Gillian Kelly is a Senior Research Manager in the Policy & Research Team at Ecorys. She is the Project Manager of the ‘Study on Athletes’ Rights in and around big sport events’. She has worked with DG EAC on several EU sport policy projects including 'Study on the European Sport Model’, ‘Study on the fight against anabolic steroids and human growth hormones in sport in the EU’, ‘Support to the SHARE (SportHub: Alliance for Regional development in Europe) initiative’, ‘Collective bargaining practices in European team sports’, and ‘Study on safeguarding children in sport’. 

Born in Australia, Dennis moved to Croatia in 1991 at the age of 23 and established himself in various executive roles stretching from government institutions, banking and tourism. In his current role as the Executive Director of Lokomotiva Zagreb FC, Dennis has overseen the evolvement of the club which returned to the Croatia's top division in 2009 for the first time in 52 years. The club has since been a regular and stable member of the Croatian top flight league and enjoyed four seasons of UEFA club competition qualification.

Dennis is a graduate of the UEFA Certificate in Football Management, the MESGO Executive Master in Global Sport Governance (2018) and the UEFA Football Law Programme (2021).

Apart from his role at Lokomotiva Zagreb, Dennis is an active member of the football community and the co-founder of the Union of European Clubs (UEC), an initiative launched in April, 2023 in Brussels to represent non-elite clubs.

Georg Häusler is currently the Director for Culture, Creativity and Sport in the European Commission (DG EAC). Prior to that, he was Director in another Commission department for seven years. He joined the Commission in 1999 and has had several senior posts including as Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, from 2009 to 2014. Before he began his Commission career, he was Secretary General of an EU-wide NGO.