Business Conference

Saturday 13h - 14h (INEFC)

This year we are hosting a panel of prominent sports business figures to discuss up and coming issues and challenges in the sports industry.  The conference will be held mid-day at the INEFC facilities and will be conducted in an informal matter.  So play some sports in the morning, grab lunch, and then join us for an interesting discussion before heading back to the pitch.

When Sports Meet Business: A Merger of Passions

Professional sportsmen Emilio Sanchez Vicario and Gabriel Masfurroll have both achieved inspiring success in bringing their personal passions for sports into the business world. After retiring from impressive athletic pursuits, Emilio and Gabriel leveraged the values and practices of sports into their daily lives as businessmen.  Join our conference panel and enjoy an interactive discussion on what managers can learn from sports, and what sports can learn from professional management.

Emilio Sanchez Vicario

As a Top-10 world ranked professional tennis player, Emilio Sanchez won five Grand Slam men’s doubles titles and the men’s doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. He is a 3-time winner of Roland Garrós (doubles), a Wimbledon finalist in doubles, and winner of the US Open in both doubles and mixed doubles. Together with business partner Sergio Casal, Emilio founded and runs the Academia Sanchez-Casal, an educational institution with the highest standards and proven track record in using tennis and education to drive personal development in young people.

Gabriel Masfurroll

A former long distance, competitive swimmer on the Spanish National Team, Gabriel Masfurroll has also been the deputy chairman of professional football club FC Barcelona, Chairman of the NFL’s Advisory Board in Spain, and a three-times Olympic torch runner.

A founder of USP Hospitales, he is now the Chairman & CEO of the largest network of private hospitals in Spain. Gabriel’s other activities include founding the Sport & Cultura Foundation and serving as Envoy to the Madrid 2016 Olympic bid. He also has published a book, “Aprender a los Mejores” (”Learning from the Best”), in which he identifies key factors to success through interviews with elite athletes including Florentino Pérez, Joan Laporta, Miguel Indurain, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Ronaldihno Gaúcho.