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The Quarterly Interview #14: Shoto Zhu

FMA News

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 federations, the IOC, sports marketing agencies, clubs, leagues or other types of business. Howe…

fmacommittee·30 November 2015

Zico sends a message to the FMA

FMA News

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 gain five nominations to become a candidate to be the next FIFA Preside…

fma_committee·24 September 2015

The Quarterly Interview #13: Francesca Sanzone & Pascal Sommerhalder

FMA News

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 cases, in the classroom. That has been the case for many years at the FIFA Ma…

fmacommittee·31 August 2015

The Quarterly Interview #12: Court Jeske

FMA News

  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 arm, Soccer United Marketing (SUM), where he has just been promoted to the…

fmacommittee·31 May 2015

FMA delivers successful Entrepreneurship Workshops in Neuchatel and at WISE Convention

FMA News

On May 5th the FMA Committee delivered its 1-day Entrepreneurship Workshop to the current students of the FIFA Master in Neuchatel, with the objective to present to the class this ever-growing trend of self-employment and entrepreneurism in the sports industry. The workshop was coordinated a…

fma_committee·8 May 2015

FIFA Master named the Best Sports Management Master in Europe for the 4th Consecutive Year

FMA News

During the WISE - Work in Sports Exhibition - convention (Wednesday 6th May), CIES received the coveted 2015 Professors' Choice Award from SportBusiness International for its International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport (FIFA Master). It means that the FIFA Master was …

fma_committee·8 May 2015

The Quarterly Interview #11: Ophir Zardok

FMA News

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 university and started his career working for global technology companies in diffe…

fmacommittee·28 February 2015

The Quarterly Interview #10: Pierre Ducrey

FMA News

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. His sports management career started right after the masters, when he went to work as an intern for t…

fmacommittee·4 December 2014

Brazilian Official Discusses Olympics at Harvard

FMA News

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 presentation by Brazil's Vice-Minister of Sports, Luis Fernan…

fma_committee·26 November 2014

Watch Honey Thaljieh on TEDx Zurich

FMA News

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”. We all have multiple identities that we are born with or that we acquire thr…

fma_committee·18 November 2014

FIFA Master Alum invited as visiting scholar at prestigious Harvard University

FMA News

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 Law School, scheduled Trengrouse's first lecture to early September. Trengrou…

fma_committee·18 August 2014

The FMA Seminar featured in the SportBusiness Magazine – and in other major media outlets

FMA News

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 covering the event who brought together some of the most influential people in the sp…

fma_committee·12 August 2014

3rd FGV FIFA Master Alumni Seminar: a huge success!

FMA News

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 topics in industry of sport. Over 400 people, including more than 80 accr…

fma_committee·10 July 2014

The Quarterly Interview #8: Pedro Trengrouse

FMA News

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 The Brazilian Pedro Trengrouse (Class of 2004), 35, who also holds a French pas…

fmacommittee·31 May 2014

The Quarterly Interview #7: Lauren Decker

FMA News

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 she has trailed a successful career in sports. Currently she works as Account Di…

fmacommittee·28 February 2014

Sarah O’Shea named as the FAI’s first deputy chief executive

FMA News

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 Football Association of Ireland since 2006 when he she joined fresh from comple…

fma_committee·8 January 2014

The Quarterly Interview #6: Hervé Blanchard

FMA News

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. If you meet Hervé Blanchard (FMA’11) among a large group of friends, …

fmacommittee·30 November 2013

Article by Pedro Trengrouse on Sports Pro Magazine

FMA News

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 World Cup. Click on the link below to read it.

fma_committee·25 November 2013

Introducing the Lanfranchi Cup

FMA News

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 who are fans of the beautiful game. Thinking about making such sport event eve…

fma_committee·18 September 2013

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