iSportconnect has confirmed that Richard Lamb,International Business Director at F.C. Internazionale Milano, will be joining the panel for the event taking place on July 7 at Dentons’ offices in Paris in partnership with the World Football Forum.
Before joining Inter Milan, Richard used his wealth of knowledge of the Chinese and Asian markets and culture to expand the sponsorship base of Manchester United in the region, spending almost four years as Sales Manager at their office in Hong Kong.
Now Inter’s managing director based in Jakarta, Indonesia, he is responsible for the Italian side’s interests outside Europe, including commerce, media, branding or travel.
He has paid a key role in a number of Inter’s key international business partnerships as well as cultural and coaching exchanges through the club’s network of soccer schools.
Richard will provide unique insight and experience for the China-focused portion of the forum in Paris at a time when new football business partnerships are being forged between East and West at an unprecedented rate.
Richard Lamb will be joined as a panellist by
– Ma Guoli, Vice-President of LeSports TV
– Sunando Dhar, CEO of India’s I-League
iSportconnect Chairman Michael Cunnah said: “With just a week to go we are looking forward to bringing together some of the biggest names in world sport. With the theme being ‘New Geography of Football’ our panel will bring some great insight into growing markets in sport.”