Alistair Maclean

Ali has held several senior roles in the sports industry, including Group Legal Director and Company Secretary at The Football Association, a Director of the National Football Centre and Group General Counsel at World Rugby.

He has worked at numerous major sports and music events across the globe with in-depth experience of bidding for major events, the staging and funding of those events, data strategies and commercial exploitation.

His commercial expertise extends across sponsorship, media rights exploitation and production, national teams, image rights, licensing, ticketing, hospitality and the protection of these income streams.

Ali was heavily involved in the governance of both The FA and World Rugby, providing advice to Chairs and CEOs on corporate structures, regulatory structures, risk and establishing new entities to run major events.

He has appeared in several high-profile player disciplinary panels involving on-field offences at Rugby World Cups and complex issues involving a range of off-field issues, including coaches and referees.

Ali has been involved in start-up companies and the intersection between sport, tech and AI.

He takes a pragmatic and commercial approach to enable the best outcomes.