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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...

Dear friends,

The 6th FMA World Gathering was, without a doubt, a very special moment in the history of the FIFA Master Alumni. You can read more about it here.

In order to remember all those special moments, but...

“This last edition of the FMA World Gathering was fantastic”, says Nick Lau, alum from the 4th edition and Project & Knowledge Management Group Leader at FIFA.

On 11 and 12 June, the FIFA Master Alumni Association (...

The FIFA Master is definitely in the minds of leaders in the sports industry. 

Infront Sports & Media's Executive Director for Summer Sports & Football, Stephan Herth, mentioned the FIFA Master by name as he...

 The Brazilian-American Andres Cardenas (born in Oklahoma City, USA, and raised in Campinas, Brazil) is yet another FIFA Master alumnus with an outstanding career in the sports industry. Andres took part in the 4th edition of...

The FIFA Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport is widely known for having a large number of its alumni in important positions in the sports industry - whether it is in international sports...

Former Brazilian star, Zico, was in Zurich this week, where he met with FIFA President, Joseph Blatter, the Chairman of FIFA Reform Commission, François Carrard, and several representatives of national federations in a bid to...

Love. L’amore. L’amour. DasWortdasgutinanderenSprachenklingt… You never know when that’s going to strike.

That could happen at a bar, at a party, at work, at a groceries store, online, during a bank robbery, or, in many...

The American Court Jeske is another FIFA Master alumnus who has had an impressive career in sports business. Graduated in 2004, he has worked for the last six years at the Major League Soccer (MLS) and its marketing...

On May 5th the FMA Committee delivered its 1-day Entrepreneurship Workshop to the current students of the...

During the WISE - Work in Sports Exhibition - convention (Wednesday 6th May), CIES received the coveted...

Graduated from the FIFA Master nearly 10 years ago, in 2005, the Israeli Ophir Zardok, 40, has had an impressive career, excelling in different fields in the sports industry.

Ophir studied industrial engineering at...

The Swiss Pierre Ducrey, 40, graduated from the FIFA Master in 2003 and since then has built a remarkable career in sports – having been recently appointed IOC’s Olympic Games Associate Director....

With Boston considering to become an applicant city to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, FIFA Master alum Pedro Trengrouse, a visiting scholar at the Law School of the prestigious Harvard University, helped them organise a...

On 17 October 2014, Honey Thaljieh (Class of 2012) spoke at the prestigious TED Talks, organized in Zurich.

The Palestinian, who currently works for FIFA, gave an encouraging speech she entitled “Breaking out of prison...

Brazilian Pedro Trengrouse (Class of 2004) will be the first FIFA Master Alumni member to teach at the worldly famous Harvard University, in the outskirts of Boston, USA.
 
Professor Charles Nesson, Dean of Harvard...

Dear friends,

The FGV FIFA Master Alumni Seminar in Rio was undoubtedly a huge success and is still being talked about.

In its latest edition, the renowned SportBusiness International magazine has two full pages...

On July 2nd The FIFA Master Alumni Association (FMA) organized in partnership with Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Brazil’s most prominent business school, an outstanding Seminar which discussed the most current and relevant...

In the 8th issue of the FMA Quarterly, we interviewed Pedro Trengrouse (FMA’04). Due to limited space, we published only a small edited version of the interview on our newsletter. Here, you can find the full interview
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In the 7th issue of the FMA Quarterly, we interviewed Lauren Decker (FMA’03). Here, you can find the full interview.

The American from California, Lauren Decker, graduated from the FIFA Master in 2003, and since then...

The FAI’s legal director, Sarah O’Shea (FMA'06), has been named as the organisation’s first deputy chief executive.

Click here to read the article on The Irish Times.

O’Shea, a solicitor, has been working for the...

In the 6th issue of the FMA Quarterly, we interviewed Hervé Blanchard (FMA’03). Due to limited space, we published only a small edited version of the interview on our newsletter. Here, you can find the full interview.

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Months after demonstrations in cities across Brazil, protesting at public spending, Pedro Trengrouse (FMA'04) offers a personal take on how Fifa and the Brazilian authorities can better communicate the benefits of staging the...

For over 5 years, the FMA football team has been going to Zurich to play an annual friendly match against FIFA, at the FIFA House.

That has become a true sporting tradition and every year is long awaited for all alumni...

In the 5th issue of the FMA Quarterly, we interviewed John Siner (FMA’02), is one of the best known alumni in our community – an active networker, he was famous for the receptions he organized in Lausanne, for many years, for...

In the 4th issue of the FMA Quarterly, we interviewed Michael gerlinger (FMA’02). Here, you can find the full interview.

The German Michael Gerlinger – a FIFA Master alumnus whom graduated in 2002 – has enjoyed some...

In the 3rd issue of the FMA Quarterly, we interviewed Hicham El Amrani (FMA’04), the ex General Secretary at CAF and currently an entrepeneur acting as Managing Director of his own HEA Sports Sports Management & Consulting...

In the 2nd issue of the FMA Quarterly, we interviewed Cadu Ferreira (FMA’03), one of the most prominent businessmen in the booming Brazilian sports market. Due to limited space, we published only a small edited version of the...

In August, John Siner (FMA'02) participated on a debate promoted by SportBusiness International addressing key issues around education and training in the international sports sector.

The magazine invited...