Takeaways from Sports Governance, Compliance, and Investigations Workshop & Seminar

On 25-26 January 2023, LawInSport had the pleasure of supporting Ankura, one of our member organisations, in hosting a workshop and seminar in Lausanne, Switzerland, for leaders from International Federations, Governing Bodies and the wider sports community. 

The event was focused on:

• Sports Integrity: What does the future hold for your risk management programme?
• Crisis Management: An interactive workshop to highlight why organisations can struggle in a crisis.
• Development funding: Overcoming compliance challenges with funding distribution
• Due diligence and reputation management: Managing the risk of interactions with third-parties, agents, and sponsors
• Investigations: How to manage an investigation? Including collection and analysis of devices and data
• Major events: The effects of Ethics, Transparency and ESG issues on major events

The speakers for the event included:

• Carl Brown, Senior Director at Ankura
• Jonathan Brown, Senior Managing Director in Ankura’s Sports Advisory practice and Head of the Risk, Forensics and Compliance Practice
• Raymond Hack, Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and a Member of the CAF, FINA and FIFA Disciplinary Committees
• Erika Riedl, Ethics Committee Member at the AIBA
• Alejandra Salmeron Garcia, Senior Legal Counsel at the FIA
• Jonny Gray, Senior Managing Director at Ankura & former founding CEO of the International Tennis Integrity Agency
• Duncan Fraser, Global Practice Leader of Sports & Entertainment at Howden Insurance Brokers
• Felix Vetter, Managing Director at Ankura
• Greg McKenna, Head of the Biathlon Integrity Unit
• Jake Marsh, Global Head of Integrity at Stats Perform and Director at the Darts Regulation Authority
• Benoit Pasquier, Partner at Charles Russell Speechlys and Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport
• Gillian Sanders OLY, former Olympian, Case Manager at Sport Resolutions and their Sports Integrity Leader
• Moses Swaibu, a former professional football player
• Alex Phillips, Independent Consultant working as an administrator for the World Football Remission Fund and former Head of Governance and Compliance at UEFA
• Sean Cottrell, CEO of LawInSport
• Ashley Ehlert, Deputy General Secretary at the International Ice Hockey Federation
• Mike Laflin, CEO and Founder of Global Sustainable Sport
• Jamie Singer, Partner at Onside Law

The complete timetable for the event is also available below.