Leaders in Football has announced that Danny Jordaan will be speaking at the event at Chelsea FC on 7 and 8 October.
Jordaan will be discussing the progress made and lessons learnt from hosting the Confederations Cup and South Africa’s final preparations for the World Cup next year. He currently serves as the CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee and 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Organising Committee.
Jordaan was elected CEO of the South African Football Association in 1997 and has served FIFA in numerous capacities, including as a General Co-ordinator for the Youth World Cup (now FIFA U20 World Cup), 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan. He was also a match commissioner for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and a member of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee.
Other speakers at Leaders in Football include Jeremy Darroch (CEO of BSkyB), Jack Warner (President of Concacaf), Andy Roxburgh (UEFA Technical Director), Sunil Gulati (President of the United States Soccer Federation), Lord Triesman (Chairman of The Football Association), Tim Leiweke (President and CEO of AEG), Lord Mawhinney (Chairman of The Football League) and Andy Anson (CEO of England’s 2018 World Cup Bid).
