224 - Abiola Ijasanmi, COO: Sports Series, Confederation of African Football - The Most Powerful Women in African Football

08/25/24 • 58 min

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Episode Title: 🇪🇬The Most Powerful Women in African Football🇪🇬
In this concluding #HTSportsSeries episode on Heads Talk, we have a fabulous guest and conversation about the football business and sports on the African Continent. My guest is one of those individuals, when given a task, rest assured she will deliver!

Abiola Ijasanmi is the recent Chief Operating Officer for the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. Working with the President, Dr Patrice Motsepé, she was able to implement the vision of making African football globally competitive and self-sustaining.

Prior to the CAF, Abiola served as the Director of Legal & Compliance for Corporate Affairs and African Operations in the Airport Sector, and worked as a Sports Agent, pioneering representation for Female Athletes.

With a career partnering with major brands like American Express and VISA, Abiola is a recognised and leading advocate for sports governance, sports tourism; and gender equality in sports administration both in Africa and the UK.
Topics Covered:
◽️Confederation of African Football - Structure and Governance
◽️African Countries' Club and National Football League
◽️Relationship with CAF and FIFA
◽️13 Different Competitions (National and Clubs)
◽️Women's Football in Africa
◽️Impact of the 2010 South Africa World Cup
◽️Leading Footballing Countries on the Continent
◽️Types of Sponsorship and Commercial Deals in the Region
◽️Broadcasting Options
◽️Similarities and Relationship between CONMEBOL and CAF
◽️Becoming a Player on the World Stage
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223 - Kelly Simmons OBE, H: Sports Series, The FA - Pioneering Women Transformed the Beautiful Game of Football

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Episode Title: 🇬🇧Pioneering Women Transformed the Beautiful Game of Football🇬🇧
Today on Heads Talk, we are honoured to feature a remarkable and highly respected guest for the #HTSportsSeries. Through my research, I have been impressed by her achievements, especially during a time when women's football was not as popular or welcomed as it is today. She played a pivotal role in elevating the game to its current stature, truly a visionary and deservedly recognised for her 32-year contribution to the game.

Kelly Simmons OBE, who recently took up the role of FA Director of Women’s Professional Game, has been pivotal in transforming professional women’s football in England. She masterminded the first FA Women’s Professional Game Strategy, which has driven the growth of the Barclays Women’s Super League and Barclays Women’s Championship, culminating in record-breaking sponsorship and media rights deals for women’s football.

Previously, as The FA Director of Development, she oversaw the implementation of a £200 million, four-year investment programme into children’s and grassroots football. Before that, Kelly developed the FA Women’s Talent Development Programme, establishing the England Youth Teams & female centres of excellence.

One of the compelling topics we discussed is the attendance of men at women's football games. I invite contributions in the comments on this question: As a man, have you attended a women's football game? What positive aspects did you notice that might not be as evident in men's games? This is a genuine inquiry.

Topics Covered:
◽️Kelly's Pioneering Career in the Beautiful Game
◽️Achievements in FA and Women's Football League
◽️Women's Football at the Turn of the 20th Century
◽️Smart Sponsorship, Branding, Investment and Funding
◽️Broadcasting, Media Outlets and Catering to the Diverse Audiences
◽️Impact of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 England Win
◽️Men's Game to Give Reparation Money to the Women's Game?
◽️WSL Shift after 2018
◽️Work with FIFA
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◽️The FA
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225 - Gaidar Magdanurov, President: Cyber Protect Series, Acronis - Natively Integrated Cyber Protection

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Episode Title: 🇨🇭Natively Integrated Cyber Protection🇧🇬
We kickstart the #CyberProtectSeries series on Heads Talk in Barcelona! With Gaidar Magdanurov, President at Acronis, a leading provider of cybersecurity and data protection platforms for managed service providers. Acronis enables over 20,000 service providers and protects over 750,000 worldwide.
Tomorrow is the launch of the Acronis Build Your Ecosystem Event done in partnership with MSP Global. This is a 3-day event and one of the leading events for MSPs and Tech Experts. Registration details here.

Gaidar held a variety of executive positions at Acronis to include Chief Marketing Officer in 2017 and Chief Success Officer in 2020.

Before joining Acronis, he served as an Investment Director at a Venture Capital firm & had a number of roles at Microsoft, ranging from Technology Evangelist to Managing Director of the Microsoft Seed Fund.

A recognised thought leader in the business, he is a regular speaker at industry events & contributes to several well-known publications.
This was a great episode to kickstart the series. A lot of great technical content and it was a joy to talk with Gaidar and learn about the work they are doing in Acronis. Incidentally, Gaidar will be one of the Expert Speakers: The Leading Industry Voices at the event.

Topics Covered:
◽️Supply Chain Attacks
◽️Notary Technology
◽️Phishing with AI
◽️Deepfakes Case Studies
◽️Acronis Cyber Protect 16
◽️MSP Academy
◽️#CyberFit certification
◽️Cyber Insurance and AI in Cloud Security
◽️Advancements in Protection and Hacking with AI
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