Andrew Bailey + Andrew Bailey is the Founder and CEO of Vinciamo Sports, advising governments, investors, rights holders and leading sports organisations on strategy, investment, commercial growth and major sporting initiatives. With an MBA in Sports Management from the Real Madrid Graduate School and experience delivering projects across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, he specialises in helping organisations unlock long-term value through sport.
Yvan Barilli + Yvan brings more than 14 years of international business experience across operations, leadership and client management, complemented by an MBA in Sports Management from the Real Madrid Graduate School and a Master in Business Administration. As Chief Operating Officer at Vinciamo Sports, he turns strategy into execution, coordinating teams, partners and mandates across international markets to ensure consistent and effective delivery for clients.
Ajay Jayaraman + Ajay brings blue-chip strategy craft to the sports economy. A veteran of specialist sports advisory Portas Consulting and A.T. Kearney with an MBA from INSEAD, he has advised the Saudi Ministry of Sports on Vision 2030 partnerships and the UAE General Authority of Sports, and now leads the firm’s strategic advisory practice through market entry, repositioning and the hard calls.
Marouane El Harti + Marouane brings an engineer’s rigour to sports development. Trained in nanotechnology and holding an Executive MBA in Sports Management from the Real Madrid Graduate School, he builds development programmes and institutional partnerships from the UAE with a precision that survives contact with delivery.
Navin Govind + Navin brings market intelligence grounded in two decades of finding and assessing leadership talent. Co-founder of Dubai based executive search firm Cresco Talent Partners, he tracks capital flows, rights values and leadership movements across global sport, giving clients an information edge before deals become public.
Mathieu Deplagne + Mathieu brings the dressing room into the boardroom. A Ligue 1 champion with Montpellier who competed in the UEFA Champions League and in Major League Soccer with FC Cincinnati, he advises clubs, federations, investors and brands with the credibility of someone who has lived every level of the professional game.
Thomas Tortorici + Thomas brings the Olympic movement’s standards to partnership building. Formerly Stakeholder Relations Coordinator at the Olympic Channel, the IOC’s media platform, and educated at MIT Sloan School of Management, he leads strategic partnerships from Madrid, connecting brands with the right properties and keeping both sides invested long after signature.
Marc Esterer + Marc brings FIFA-level commercial craft. In more than four years at FIFA in Zurich he led the international business of a tier-1 FIFA asset, structuring major partnership and licensing deals across the Americas, MENA and East Asia, after eight years advising senior executives at EY-Parthenon. A Real Madrid Graduate School Executive MBA, he directs business development for governments, federations, clubs and brands.
Gaj Ravichandra + Gaj brings the psychology of winning. A registered organisational psychologist and co-founder of Dubai based Kompass Consultancy, with more than 20 years of experience and over 15,000 coaching hours across five continents, he builds the mindset, resilience and decision-making systems that keep elite teams and executives performing when it matters most.
Alexander Strulak + Alexander owns the firm’s voice. He runs corporate communications and social media for Vinciamo and leads campaign ideation and development for clients, bringing agency-level experience in creating cross-border campaigns that land in different markets without losing their edge. Alongside the communications mandate he advises on strategic partnerships across Europe and the Gulf, and he holds a Sports Management MBA from the Real Madrid Graduate School.
Santosh Keni + Santosh brings the perspective of global capital. Chief Executive of the Pantheon Global family office and formerly Head of Middle East for the South Asian business at Coutts, with three decades of senior leadership at Citibank, Barclays and Coutts, he opens doors to family offices, entrepreneurs and investors worldwide and brings institutional discipline to every transaction.
Dr. Taib Bennani + Taib brings deep institutional knowledge of African sport. A PhD and associate professor at Université Mohammed V in Rabat and a United Nations expert on sport, physical education and the Sustainable Development Goals, he advises on governance and sports public policy across the continent, opening doors where sport, government and development meet.
Charalampos Zonoros + Charalampos manages sponsorship programmes end to end, from rights packaging and partner servicing through activation on the ground. With a background in key account management, he keeps every partnership delivering on its promises long after the announcement.