Management Team

His Eminence Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi

President
Pontifical Council for Culture

Bishop Paul Tighe

Adjunct Secretary
Pontifical Council for Culture

Monsignor Melchor Sanchez de Toca y Alameda

Undersecretary
Pontifical Council for Culture

Mr. Chris Lang

President
LANG Marketing Network

Mr. Andrew Craig

President
The Craig Company LLC

Dr. Bernard J. Mullin, Ph.D

Chairman / CEO
The Aspire Sports Group

Mr. David Eades

Presenter
BBC World News
BBC Radio 4 “The World Tonight”

Mr. Nick Marrone

Principal, Marrone & Associates
Board Member, Golf Canada

Project Management Team

Mr. Phillip Leopold

Partnerships & Marketing

Ms. Malu Marella‐Sulit

Management & Planning

Mr. Stefano Calvigioni

Institutional Relations & Ceremonies Advisor

Ms. Eleonora Tinelli

Assistant to the Undersecretary
Pontifical Council for Culture

Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee is comprised of global thought leaders and decision makers from the world of sport, business, media and academe.

Ms. Val Ackerman

Commissioner
Big East Conference

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah

President
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)

Mr. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

President
Alitalia

Mr. Thomas D’Aquino

Chairman and Chief Executive
Intercounsel Ltd.

Dr. Christian Deuringer

Director Global Brand Management
Allianz SE

Dr. Robert Ellis

Principal, Regent’s Park College
Faculty of Theology, Oxford University

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein

Founder and Chairman
Generations for Peace

Ambassador Francesco Paolo Fulci

Chairman
Ferrero s.p.a.

Baron Emilio Galli-Zugaro

Chairman of Methodos S.p.A. Author, Educator, Executive Coach, Communicative Leadership Advisor

Mr. Patrick Joseph Hickey

President
European Olympic Committees

Mr. Giovanni Malagò

President
Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI)

Ms. Fiona May

Track & Field Athlete
World Champion & Olympic Silver Medalist

Mr. Scott McCune

Founder and CEO
McCune Sports and Entertainment Ventures

Mr. Erwin Raphael McManus

Founder and Lead Pastor
The Mosaic Church

Mr. Luca Pancalli

President
National Paralympic Committee Italy

Mr. Keith Pelley

Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer
PGA European Tour

Mr. Mario Pescante

Permanent Observer for the IOC
to the United Nations

Ms. Njeri Rionge

President and CEO
NRBC Inc.

Ms. Naseema Sparks AM

Independent director
various ASX listed companies

Mr. Timothy Shriver

Chairman
Special Olympics International

Mr. Peter White

Partner & Co-Chair
Global Media, Sports & Entertainment Group
DLA Piper LLP