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On Saturday, 30 March, FGV, Brazil’s most important think-tank, and CIES jointly held their ninth seminar in sport management – this time the theme was “Successful Career Paths in the Sports Industry” – as it celebrated the...

The Brazilian Gustavo Oliveira Vieira is a pioneer. He is one of the 20-plus young professionals who, in 2001, graduated from the first ever class of the International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport, a.k.a....

David Fowler (42), who hails from Scotland, is an experienced marketer with a notable career in the sports industry. An alumnus of the fifth edition of the FIFA Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport, he recently...

On 31 January 2019 and 1 February 2019, alumni from Asia and Oceania met in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to attend the first FMA Asia-Oceania gathering.

Abu Dhabi proved the perfect location given that there are...

Last week, Brazil’s President, Michel Temer, sanctioned a new ground-breaking legislation on sports betting, which may alter the fate of all sports, but primarily football, in the country. That event was motivated by the...

THE FMA COMMITTEE WISHES YOU VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A GREAT 2019!

The Brazilian Marcelo Cordeiro, 42, is yet another good example of an accomplished professional who came to impact the sports industry following his graduation from the FIFA Master. The “carioca” (natural...

The Canadian Caroline Anderson is another accomplished sports professional graduated from the renowned FIFA Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport. Currently at FIFA’s Internal Communications, she’s been working in...

Last week, two FIFA Master alumni took the centre stage at the prestigious global football convention, Soccerex, which took place at the Marlins Park in Miami, USA.

FIFA Master Alumni Pedro Trengrouse, Academic...

The Chinese-Canadian Xigang (David) Tang, 46, has had an outstanding career in sports management, since graduating from the 3rd edition of the FIFA Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport, in 2003. He recalls: “Right...

On 29 June 2018 to 1 July 2018, the FIFA Master Alumni Association (FMA) held its eighth World Gathering in the Russian capital… and it was remarkable.

More than 80 alumni representing all 17 editions of the...

Moscow, 1 July 2018 - On Friday, 29 June, global leaders in the sports industry took part in the “HSE CIES FIFA Master Alumni Conference: Sport and Future”, in the Russian capital.

The event was organised by the Higher...

The 2018 SportBusiness International global rankings have named the FIFA Master International MA in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport as Europe’s No.1 ranked Postgraduate Sport Management course for a record sixth time....

The Argentinian Jair Bertoni has always been crazy about football – and that love for the game led him to pursue a career in football administration, first enrolling in the FIFA Master, which led him to work at the European...

The Canadian Hannah Burns is another example of a strong and accomplished woman that started to make a difference in the sports industry after graduating from the FIFA Master. Currently the Head of...

This week, FIFA Master alumnus Court Jeske (FMA’04) was featured in the session “Forty Under 40” of the prestigious publication SportsBusiness Journal.

Congratulations, Court!

Forty Under 40: Court Jeske

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 Angelo Rigopoulos is another FIFA Master alumni with an outstanding career in sports. The Italian-Greek lawyer – currently the Head of National Associations Governance at UEFA - has been in love with the game of football from...

February 13th 2018 was a big day for FIFA Master Alumni, and Committee member, Martin Kaswurm (FMA’14) – the creator of snow volleyball, a new discipline recently endorsed by the International...

British-Canadian, born and raised in Toronto, father of a baby girl and a football-lover. That’s Matt Davidson, Senior Director of Global Brand Communications Football at adidas - arguably the biggest soccer brand in the world...

Hi, everyone! A quick update about me. I’m a bit outside the Sports Industry this year. After the experience as Venue General Manager in the last Summer Olympic Games, I took a year off to dedicate to creative projects.

As of 2nd October 2017, the International...

 The Brazilian Andre Zanotta, 37, has risen quite fast to high ranks of club football management in Brazil, since his graduation from the FIFA Master, in 2010. Currently the sport director of Gremio FBPA, one of the country’s...

The Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) - CIES’s partner in Brazil on the organisation of the FIFA/CIES Executive Programme in Sports Management - is organising, with the support of the FMA, the 6th FGV FIFA Master Alumni Seminar in...

The FIFA Master alumni continues to make headlines in the sports industry. This time it was Danis Roberts (Class of 2013), who received a prestigious award in the name of the rugby club Harlequins FC, yesterday night.

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It is with great sadness that the FIFA Master Alumni family receives the news of the passing away of Mr Jean Louis Juvet, former president of the CIES, on the 1st May, at the age of 86.

Mr Juvet, a former Economics...

Austrian Martin Kaswurm, 30, is a sports-addict and a successful entrepreneur. Since he was a teenager, he’s been not only doing sport, but also working with it.

At 20 years’ old, Martin joined the Sports & Culture...

Alumni Amir Sedighi (FMA’12) and Martin Kaswurm (FMA’14) organised the first FIVB supported Snow Volleyball Competition in the Dizin International Ski Resort in Iran

The Iranian Volleyball Federation staged a snow...

Alum Sarah O'Shea (FMA'06) was appointed Honorary Secretary General of the Olympic Counsel of Ireland.

Sarah will be part of a new Olympic Counsel of Ireland composed of Sarah Keane (President), Colm Barrington (First...

The Belgian Diederik Dewaele, 38, is another “FIFA Master” alumnus with a notable career in sports – football administration, more specifically. Graduated from the 5th edition of our globally acclaimed postgraduate programme...

During the 35th FIVB World Congress, which took in Buenos Aires, 0n 5-6 October, alum Martin Kaswurm (Class of 2014) was honored for his work in the world of volleyball in the past decade. His creative concept Snow Volleyball...

On the evening of 4 October, alum Honey Thaljieh (Class of 2012) received a Special Recognition by the panel choosing the winners of this years' Leaders Under 40 Awards, which took place in London and was co-organised by...

Last month, alum Emma Twigg (class of 2015) lived one of the most remarkable experiences one athlete can live: she participated in the Olympic Games in Rio – and that was the third time for her.

An accomplished rower –...

The Portuguese Pedro Presa is one of the most enthusiastic people to have ever graduated from the FIFA Master. Always with a big smile in his face, a “can do” attitude and a captivating spark in his eyes – especially when...