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2011
Jack Hill General Manager Cowboys Stadium		Marcin Herra President of the PL.2012 Board		Andreas Jung Executive Board FC Bayern München

Michael Heselschwerdt Head of Competitions UEFA		Cornel Marculescu Executive Director Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA)		Xavier Daniel Director Stadium Projects EURO 2016

Martin Kind President Hannover 96		Stephan Althoff Head of Company Sponsoring Deutsche Telekom		Hubert Nienhoff Partner gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner

Gordon Fyvie Managing Director Lagardère Unlimited Stadium Solutions		Joachim Hilke Board member Hamburger SV		Denni Strich Marketing Director DFB

Joachim E. Thomas Managing Director Olympiastadion Berlin		Sylvia Schenk Executive Board Transparency International		Michael Kirchner Head of Organisation & Event Management DFB

2010
Dr Thomas Bach Vice President, IOC		Sir Craig Reedie Board Member, LOCOG & Member of Executive Board, IOC		Charmaine Crooks Member Board of Directors, VANOC 2010 Olympic Games

Hansjörg Wirz President, EAA		Horst Lichtner General Secretary, IIHF		Patrick Baumann General Secretary, FIBA

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Chairman, FC Bayern München		Harvey Goldsmith C.B.E Managing Director, Artist Promotion Management Ltd.		Brian Kabatznick Vice President, Anschutz Entertainment Group

Paul Latham COO, Live Nation		Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros CEO, EPFL		Henk Markerink CEO, Amsterdam ArenA

2009
Andreas Abold CEO, abold		Nugraha Besoes General Secretary, Indonesian Football Association		Cedric Dufoix Head of Development, Olympique Marseille

Paul Barber Executive Director & Head of Commercial Partnership, Tottenham Hotspur		Wolfgang Holzhäuser Managing Director, Bayer 04 Leverkusen		William T. Mannarelli Vice President, ICON Venue Group

Andriy Mykytiv Stadium Expert, Football Federation of Ukraine		Wolfgang Niersbach General Secretary, German Football Association (DFB)		Philipp Johnson Principal, Populous

Thomas Speck Vice President, Wroclaw 2012		Jan van Merwijk Director Stadia, Feijenoord Rotterdam		Gorbon Orhan R. Bid Manager, Turkish Football Federation

Bernd Hoffmann President, Hamburger SV		Josef Nehl CEO, Sportcast		Ephraim Jomo Sono Chairman, Jomo Cosmos F.C.

2008
Bertrand Scholler Director Management Global Consortium, Stade de France		Brian Kabatznick Vice President Facilities Europe, Anschutz Entertainment Group		Gareth Moore International Sales Director UK, Sport+Markt

Heinz Palme Special Advisor, Organising Committee FIFA World Cup 2010		Ivan Bravo Director de Planificacion Estrategica, Real Madrid		J Parrish Global Practice Leader for Sports Architecture, ArupSport

Karlheinz Kubanek CEO, Stadium Nuremberg LLC		Malcolm Thorpe Marketing Director Sports Business, Dubai Sports City		Winfried Naß Head of Department Cities and Stadia, Organising Committee FIFA Women's World Cup 2011

2007
Detlef Kornett CEO, Anschutz Entertainment Group Germany		Ulrik Ruhnau Vice President Business Development, Sportfive		Thomas Brodocz General Manager International Projects Development, Siemens

Hubert Nienhoff Partner, gmp architects		Uwe Frommhold CEO, O2 World Hamburg		Joachim Thomas Chairman, Association of German Stadium Operators (VDS)