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At the beginning of his career, Igor worked for Coca Cola. In 1995, he became business manager of Duracell, Gillette Group, and five years later worked as area manager for Gillette International for CIS and Baltic States. He supervised the company’s projects in Melbourne, Australia. From 2004 to 2006, he held the post of Vice-President for Sales and Service of the biggest Russian of cellular communications operator, MTS. In 2005, he was recognised as Best Business Manager, according to the Managers’ Association. In 2007, he was honoured with the Russian Government’s award for his assistance in starting up State Corporation RosNanoTech. From 2007 to 2014, he worked on the Organising Committee for Sochi 2014 in the capacity of Senior Vice-President. Mr. Stolyarov was awarded the memory medal and diploma of the Russian President, numerous Letters of Appreciation from the IOC and OCR for the preparations for the Olympics. In 2014–2015, he was Acting envoy of Infront Media AG to Russia. Igor is a Member of the Board of a number of agencies engaged in marketing sports channels. He teaches marketing, branding and economics of sports assets at the Academy of the National Economy, RIOU, MGIMO and RGGU.

Ma Guoli, vice Chairman of Le Sports, is one of the most influential figures in the Chinese sports and broadcasting industry. He was born in Beijing in 1953. In 1982, he graduated from the Beijing Broadcasting University and joined China Central Television’s (CCTV) sport department. He played various roles in his career, such as a cameraman, a reporter and a producer. In 1984, he studied in Germany with ARD and ZDF, German television networks for one year. He had led CCTV Sports for 16 years since 1989. During this time, he was in charge of CCTV’s coverage of World Cup Soccer 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002; Olympic Games 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004; and Asian Games from 1990 to 2002. He founded CCTV’s Sports Channel — CCTV5 in 1995. From June 2005 until end of 2008 he was the Chief Operating Officer of Beijing Olympic Broadcasting (BOB) – the company responsible for TV production and services of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. He then became the chairman of Guangzhou Asian Game Broadcasting on Jan 1, 2009, and also joined Infront China as Managing Director at the same time. Mr. Ma assumed the role of Chairman of Infront China in January 2014. He becomes vice Chairman of Board for LeSports from April 2016.

Born March 26, 1972 in Moscow. Education 1994: Graduated from the Economics Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in Economic Cybernetics. 1994: Graduated from the New Economic School with a Masters in Economics. 1997: Graduated from Duke University in North Carolina with a Masters in Economics. Experience 1994: Consultant, senior expert, chief executive and scientific director of the Economic Expert Group of the Russian Ministry of Finance. 2000: Expert at the Centre for Strategic Research. August 2000: Adviser to the Minister for Economic Development and Trade. 2001: Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Trade. 2004-2008: Head of the Presidential Experts' Directorate. 2008-May 2012: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. May 21, 2012: Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation by Presidential Executive Order.

Tina (full name: Tinatin) Kandelaki was born on November, 10 1975 in Tbilisi (Georgia). Her father is an economist and her mother a physician. Tina graduated from the journalism department of Tbilisi State University and from the department of international relations of the Russian State University for the Humanities. Prior to 1995, she worked at Radio 105 radio station and for Georgian television. After 1995, she worked for the radio stations and television channels M-Radio, RDV, Serebryany Dozhd, 2x2, Biz-TV, Muz-TV, Vremechko on TVC, YV-6 in Moscow. 2002–2007: host of the Detali programme on the STS TV Channel. From 2003: host and producer of The Smartest programme. 2008–2011: host of the TV programme Unreal Politics on REN TV and later on NTV channels. In 2008, Ms. Kandelaki became a co-owner of Apostle Media (later –Centre for Strategic Communications Apostle), specialising in PR and production of television and video content. In 2010, she was author and host of the discussion programme Alternative on the Vesti FM radio station. In August 2011, she organised and conducted the first National Educational Forum Smart School. 2010–2012: member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. In 2013, together with Margarita Simonyan, she co-hosted the political talk show Iron Lady on the NTV channel. From 2014, she was co-investor and art director of the elite club village Shelestovo in New Moscow. In July 2015, Tina was appointed General Producer and Deputy General Director of the consolidated sports editorial board established on the basis of the new federal TV Channel Match TV.

Born September 19, 1967 in Novosibirsk. Married with three children. Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh convocations) Doctor of pedagogical sciences Three-time Olympic gold medallist Merited Master of Sport of the USSR and Russia 1991 Teacher of physical education and sport, Omsk Pedagogical Institute 1998 Associate professor, P. F. Lesgaft St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Education 2001 St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Jurisprudence. 2002 Became a doctor of pedagogical sciences at the P. F. Lesgaft St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Culture Awards:1988 Seoul – Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling 1992 Barcelona – Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling 1996 Atlanta – Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling Flagbearer – 1988 for the USSR at the Seoul Olympic Games 1992 in Barcelona for the Unified Team and 1996 in Atlanta for Russia 1989 Order of Friendship of Peoples 1997 Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Russian Federation 1998 Honorary citizen of Novosibirsk 2000 Sydney – Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling 2001 Order of Honour 2008 Order for Merit to the Fatherland, 4th Class Nine-time World Champion Twelve-time European Champion Four-time Champion of the USSR Thirteen-time Russian Champion Four-time recipient of the Golden Belt for the Best Fighter on the Planet Awarded the Golden Boot in wrestling Gold Olympic Order FILA Gold Necklace

Sergei Kupriyanov was born 1974 in Vyazma, the Smolensk Region of Russia. Sergei Kupriyanov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Economic Process Simulation on the platform of the Systems Analysis Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 1996–1997 Analyst and subsequently Division Head, Sobolev Consulting Agency 1997–2000 Editorial board member, Securities Market magazine; Deputy General Director, Agency of Business Relations (consulting services in the Investor Relations area) 2000–2003 Senior Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Analytical Service Head, Equity Market publishing house; Editor-in-Chief, Company Management magazine. 2003–2014 Advisor to Head of the Information and Communications Department; Press Secretary of the Management Committee Chairman – Deputy Head of the Information and Communications Department of Gazprom. Since 2015 Press Secretary of the Management Committee Chairman – Deputy Department Head.

She founded Shankai Sports with the aim of growing the ties between China and the international world through sport. It is now a leading player in China in the areas of sponsorship consulting, broadcast rights and media management, sports travel, event planning and licensed merchandising. Ms. Li has previously served as Chief Representative of the International Olympic Committee in China from 2003 to 2008, acting as the liaison between the IOC and the Beijing Organising Committee during the preparation of the 2008 Olympic Games. Prior to this she worked at Qualcomm Incorporated in the USA and in China and practiced as a registered civil engineer in California. Ms. Li holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Tsinghua University and Arizona State University as well as a MBA from Harvard Business School.

Khabib is a Russian athlete, professional mixed martial arts fighter taking part in bouts under the auspices of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the lightweight category. Khabib is Champion of Russia, two-time champion of the world and holder of the World Cup in combat sambo, champion of Russia and of Europe in Pankration, NAGA Grappling champion of the world. He has taken part in 23 professional bouts, seven of them under UFC auspices, and has won all of them. He is in first place in the world rating of best UFC lightweight fighters. He currently holds the record of the number of continuous fights in the UFC, the world’s best league: 23 wins in a row. On 31 March 2015, Khabib signed an exclusive sponsorship contract with Reebok.

Michael Payne has been at the forefront of the sports marketing industry for over thirty years – having led the global marketing effort for the Olympic Movement for more than two decades, from 1983 to 2004 as the IOC’s first ever Marketing and Broadcast Rights Director. Nominated as one of the world’s most influential marketers by Advertising Age, Michael oversaw the development and implementation of the marketing programmes for 15 Olympic Summer and Winter Games. On leaving the IOC, following the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Michael founded his own strategic consultancy working with many of the world’s leading sports groups and companies. For more than a decade, Michael has acted as special advisor to F1’s Chairman / CEO Bernie Ecclestone, pioneering the effort to bring F1 to new markets from Singapore to Russia for the first time ever, and supporting major F1 broadcast negotiations from UK to US. Michael also acts as special advisor to WPP CEO and founder Sir Martin Sorrell, and serves on, or as advisor to a number of boards around the world, including CVC, primary owners of F1 – on their various sports acquisitions; Samruk Kazyna, the sovereign wealth fund of Kazakhstan and their Astana Professional Presidential Sports Club. Michael continues to maintain a close association with the Olympic and International sports movement, acting as senior strategic advisor to the successful London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Bids. He advises on major Olympic, F1 and other sports media rights and sponsorship negotiations for clients across Asia, the Americas and Europe, negotiating many of the world’s largest broadcast and sponsorship deals. Recognised as a pioneer in the industry, from the original creation of the IOC’s TOP sponsorship programme, through to the introduction of brand management discipline in sports marketing and the IOC’s award winning Celebrate Humanity programme, to the creation of the world’s first digital sports film archive bureau, OTAB, to ground breaking technology introducing LED to the field of sports competition. His business book, Olympic Turnaround (Published London Business Press – June 2005) details the business story of how the Olympic Games stepped back from the brink of bankruptcy to become the world’s best known brand – and a multi billion dollar global franchise, has earned critical acclaim in the industry and been translated into more than 14 languages. Michael is a regular commentator on sports marketing industry affairs for CNN, BBC, Financial Times and other media groups around the world including regular marketing columns with Fortune China and Japan’s Yomuiri Shimbun.