About

WiF chair Ebru began her professional career in New York, as a financial analyst in corporate finance at Morgan Stanley, and served as a senior manager at Citibank and AIG between 1992-2000.

After joining in 2001, Ebru has held several senior positions at Galatasaray. Following the merger of football, stadium and marketing companies in 2010, she was appointed as the General Manager of the merged entity, Galatasaray Sportif A.S.

Ebru was the first woman to be elected to the Executive Board of European Club Association in September 2010 and she served as the Vice Chairwoman of Institutional Relations Working Group.

She was the recipient of the “Executive of the Year Award 2011” by Stadium Business Awards.

In October 2011, she was appointed as the General Secretary of Turkish Football Federation. After leaving TFF in 2012, she joined in FIFA’s Development Program as a consultant, became mentor at FIFA Female Leadership Development Program and UEFA Women in Football Leadership Programs and also served as a consultant at UEFA between 2016-18.  

Ebru is currently a Senior Advisor at J Stern & Co, Non-Executive Director at Doublepass BV and MNT Healthcare, a member of the Scottish FA Equality and Diversity Advisory Board and is also a founding member of the 30% Club Turkey.

Ebru is a graduate of Brown University, with dual degree in Economics and International Relations and Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Paul is Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman at Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion FC.

His career in professional football has spanned more than 20 years, during which time he has held senior positions at Vancouver Whitecaps, Tottenham Hotspur and The Football Association.

Since joining Albion, Paul has been elected to various representative roles for the Premier League, The EFL, and The FA. He is currently a member of The FA Council and also serves as one of The FA’s international ambassadors.

He was also appointed to the Professional Game Board as a Premier League representative in November 2018.

Sue directs the Centre for Sports Business at Liverpool University. She has worked in business and football education for over 20 years. 

She designed and directs the League Managers’ Association football manager Diploma and is a Non-Exec Director of the LMA's Institute. She has taught around the world for clients including FA Wales, Qatar FA, Qatar Stars League, Portuguese Football Federation, Azerbaijan FA. 

Sue has run research projects in sport and football for the LMA, PFA, FA, Women in Football, Sport England, Department of Culture, Media & Sport. Sue is on the UEFA Research Grants and Awards Jury. She is the author of books including Football Brands, Football Management and written articles on topics including football sponsorship, women in football, football leadership and football employment.

Ben took up a new role as Chief Marketing Officer at online estate agent Purple Bricks in November 2020.

Previously UK Marketing Director at Just Eat, a leading global marketplace for online food delivery, Ben was instrumental in driving their continued growth and has responsibility for consumer and restaurant marketing programmes across the UK.

Prior to joining Just Eat, Ben had an impressive track record, building impactful marketing strategies and driving the success of some of the UK’s fastest growing digital brands, including Betfair and most recently Notonthehighstreet.com where he established the brand as a lynchpin of the online retail landscape.

Monique is Managing Director at Career Path Training and Consultancy Limited. She has extensive experience in driving business and board performance through strategic people development and robust governance.

Monique combines a 26-year track record owning a business that specialises in leadership development and consultancy, with a portfolio of board positions.

She is currently a non-executive director of Brentford Football Club where she champions their diversity and inclusion initiatives and oversees their leadership and organisational development.

Liz spent 15 years with a leading London law firm where she was a Partner and Head of their highly regarded Sports Group before establishing her own sports consultancy and legal concierge business in 2020.

Liz is a trusted advisor to players, clubs, governing bodies and sports businesses, whom she works with on a broad range of issues. 

In 2015 she featured in the Independent’s inaugural list of the Most Influential Women in Sport, and has been described in Legal500’s 2020 edition as “probably the best sports lawyer in the country”. 

Liz is a strong believer and advocate for the professional benefits of equality and diversity in the sports industry. She has a Masters in Sports Management and the Business of Football. 

Lungi has worked in professional football for over 6 years, supporting the board of directors and senior management, she is efficient in planning, organising and working collaboratively to influence, design and deliver initiatives, essential to the accomplishment of the business.

She is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Birmingham City Football Club, having spent a number of years at Charlton Athletic.

In October 2018, she was named as a NextGen Leader for 2019 - one of 30 rising professionals from across the UK sports industry.

A graduate in Psychology, Lungi is especially interested in developing people and believes in the balance of diversity and representation at all levels of football.

As a Public Policy MSc graduate from the University of Glasgow, with previous postgraduate qualifications in Law, Equality and Discrimination, Hala is a keen equalities campaigner who is passionate about football and female participation.

She is currently working as Accessibility & Diversity Manager at FIFA following a spell at the Scottish FA as an Inclusion and Diversity Officer. Hala specialises in using sport to progress needs-orientated sustainable community engagement, development and coordination of social inclusion and integration programmes working with disadvantaged and marginalised communities.

An example of her recent projects has been the development and coordination of cultural and religious awareness workshops to grassroots sports clubs in the West of Scotland, in line with the UEFA Captains of Change programme.

Hala is a member of several equalities groups and most recently sits on the British Council’s Scotland Advisory Committee and is the Founder and Chair of Inspiring Women Scotland, a female led organisation promoting empowerment and leadership for multicultural young women.

Lisa is co-founder of The Space Between Sports, a sports and entertainment marketing agency launched in January 2021.

A Managing Director, sports & brand experience marketing professional with 18 years of experience, Lisa has worked for major global brands across a host of sports & entertainment properties.

She is passionate about the power of sport and brand experience to connect with new audiences in a more creative, efficient and effective way. .

Campaigns that she has spearheaded include engineering the first ever commercial sponsor of the SSE Women’s FA Cup, The Vitality Netball World Cup #WeAreRising and the Women In Football #WhatIf campaign.  In 2018 and 2019 Lisa was named in the PR Week Power 100.

Kelly was appointed Women’s Professional Game Director at The FA in September 2018 with the remit of helping deliver and transform professional women’s football in England.

She oversees The FA Women’s Super League, FA Women’s Championship, FA Women’s National League and the Women’s Pyramid of Football.

Previously Kelly was The FA Director of Participation and Development, overseeing the implementation of a £200m four-year investment programme into children’s and grassroots football. She was awarded an MBE in 2002 for Services to Football and received the BT Sports Industry Award for ‘Leadership in Sport’ in 2016.

With 20 years in the Industry Jo has experience across the board in sport, media and commercial opportunities. 

Her sports management and production company Tongue Tied Media is seen as one of the most highly respected and leading sports agencies in the UK.

In 2019 Jo was listed on the Evening Standard’s list of most influential Londoners. She was also selected as one of Leaders in Sport 40 under 40 global leaders. 

Starting out at the BBC as a sports reporter she moved into online, radio and TV before joining independent agency Somethin’ Else and editing the flagship football show 606 for 10 years. Jo co-wrote the BBC book ‘The League Doesn’t Lie’. An FA registered agent she is passionate about securing fair contracts for all clients be they male or female.

Jo currently represents over thirty former and current players and football broadcasters. She was integral in placing the first female pundit on BBC MOTD.

Jo is a Director and Board member of Women in Football. She is also a Trustee of the Michael Carrick and Jason Roberts Foundations.