Leaders in Football has announced that former FIFA Executive and President of the Chilean Football Federation Harold Mayne-Nicholls will speak at its conference at Chelsea FC on 7 and 8 October 2009.
Mayne-Nicholls will deliver an exclusive interview at the football business event covering the specific challenges faced by Chile, and other developing football nations, within a region dominated by some of the most successful countries in the world.
Mayne-Nicholls has been involved in South American football for nearly 10 years and during that time has delivered a number of high profile and innovative projects, including a successful Under 20 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the launch of a new TV channel “Canal del Fútbol”, and a number of significant social responsibility grassroots projects.
The announcement of Mayne-Nicholls to the main conference stage at Leaders in Football follows other high profile names such as Jeremy Darroch (CEO of BSkyB), Jack Warner (President of Concacaf), Andy Roxburgh (UEFA Technical Director), Sunil Gulati (President of United States Soccer Federation), Lord Triesman (Chairman of the Football Association), Tim Leiweke (President and CEO of AEG) and Lord Mawhinney (Chairman of The Football League).
