Members and Leadership

Faisal Randeree is a London based business person and Chairman of the Football for Peace UK Board. He is the Managing Director of DCD London & Mutual plc and DCD Properties, a property and investment group founded 30 years ago, and DCD are founding members of Football for Peace UK. Faisal also...

sits on the Board of several other businesses covering sectors such as hospitality, technology, and co-working. With 20 years of experience primarily in Finance, Real Estate, and Venture Capital, Faisal has displayed a strong business acumen and management expertise in a variety of industries throughout his career.

Romy Hawatt is a leading entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for cultivating innovation and transforming start-up and fledgling businesses into successful multi-million dollar commercial projects. He is also active in philanthropy and continues to develop and support various water, education, orphanage and other projects in the Middle East and Africa. He is...

a founding member of the Global Sustainability Network, which was launched with joint efforts of the Vatican and Lambeth Palace. It is a community and platform that has committed to delivering Goal 8 of the 17 Global Goals for the United Nations. Romy Hawatt is credited with a major role in the development of the world’s largest creative/digital media educator, SAE Institute www.sae.edu which was sold in 2011 to Navitas and offers programs to more than 12,000 students in across more than 25 countries. He is also an experienced helicopter pilot and has taken his passion for flying to new heights building and leveraging his industry experience & profile in developing a new and unique aviation education model as the Founder and CEO of Airways Aviation. Romy Hawatt is one of the aviation training industry’s increasingly recognised players, offering accredited aeroplane programs (Ab initio through to ATPL) from well resourced and equipped facilities, located across four continents, to meet the exponential increase in the international demand for pilots. Romy Hawatt has resided in the UAE since 2004 and manages his global group of companies and general business and charity interests in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East from his Headquarters in Dubai.

Born in 1971 in Bursa Turkey, Elif studied at Bursa and Uludag University of Educational Sciences. She became the founding member of European Freedom for Education (EFFE). Elif also worked as a teacher and director of Multiple Language Education department of Ozel Namik Sozeri College in Bursa for ten years. She...

went on to start a unique education programme in Bursaspor club for the football players in 2008.The model has achieved great success and had an important role in team's becoming champions of the league in 2010. In 2011, Elif Became a licensed football agent and built a company with her business partner based in London, Lisbon and Istanbul and has a vast portfolio of world class players in Europe. As an agent her role involves finding football talent, educating them and building them a sustainable and promising future career in football.

Hayley is one of the UK's leading football broadcasters and a current presenter of Sky Sports News. She is one of only a handful of females to have anchored live football from the Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Cup, League Cup and Champions League. Hayley McQueen started her career behind the camera...

as a reporter and an RTS award winning producer. She has presented many outside broadcasts from locations around the world including a daily live show for Al Jazeera Sport throughout the 2010 World Cup tournament with high profile guests and daily viewing figures of over 100million. She has also interviewed many of the biggest names in the world of sport, including Usain Bolt, David Beckham, Jose Mourinho, Sebastian Coe, Cristiano Ronaldo, the late Sir Bobby Robson, Sir Bobby Charlton, Dame Kelly Holmes and the late George Best to name a few. She has been involved in a variety of events including the United for Unicef Gala Dinner, Samsung Olympic Torch Launch, The Bobby Moore Fund Quiz Night, Manchester United Player of the Year Awards, Fashion Kicks at Sunderland AFC, The Bobby Robson Foundation Football Day and The Hublot Manchester United Partnership press launch. Her first love is football, but she is also a fan of golf and rugby and a regular at Lancashire Cricket Club. She is actively involved with various ‘Football in the Community’ projects such as Football for Peace projects and has a BA (Hons) degree in PR, Marketing & Journalism.

A retired Chief Inspector at New Scotland Yard - Metropolitan Police. Ian has a variety of operational policing experience in London including public order roles with regards to football and Notting Hill Carnival. Based at New Scotland Yard he undertook and oversaw many roles including security, safety and policy development...

Since retiring in 2007 Ian has undertaken voluntarily community role as chairman of Eastcote Residents Association (Hillingdon), Chair of Hillingdon Safer Neighbourhood Board and more recently as a Volunteer and Trustee for Football for Peace.

Elías Ricardo Figueroa Brander is a former Chilean football player known in South America as "Don" Elias as a sign of respect, and is one of FIFA's 100 greatest players of all time and co-founder of Football for Peace. He is widely regarded across the world as Chile's greatest

footballer of all time, as well as one of the greatest defenders of all time. The statistical data of the Brazilian Football Championship shows Elias to be the best foreign player, playing in the league in the twentieth century. He is a two time Champion of the Brazilian National... Championship, winner of 3 Silver Balls as the best defender of the year and 2 Gold Balls (1972 and 1976) for the best player of the year, playing alongside footballing icons such as Rivellino, Jairizinho , Tostao, Pelé and many others in 5 years playing at Sport Club Internacional from Porto Alegre, in Brazil. He was also awarded the South American Footballer of the Year three times in a row by Venezuelan newspaper El Mundo in 1974, 1975 and 1976. He was named Best Player in Uruguay in 1967 and 1968, and Best Player in Chile in 1977 and 1978. After retiring, he was named one of the world's 125 best living soccer players by Pelé in 2004, and was also voted 8th best South American and 37th best player in the world of the 20th Century by the IFFHS in 1999. Figueroa played for several clubs during his long career, notably his hometown club Santiago Wanderers, Brazilian club Internacional and Uruguayan club Peñarol. He also represented Chile 47 times, appearing in three FIFA World Cups, in 1966, 1974, and 1982. Figueroa was noted for his elegant style of play, his composure in the centre of defence and his ability to cut out opposition attacks and immediately launch counterattacks from the back with his passing. He was also praised throughout his career for being a gentleman on and off the pitch. Don Elias is also has been a huge philanthropist of the pitch and in 2006 Elias established Futbol Por La Paz (Football for Peace) at the UN with the late Kofi Annan. During the same time he initiated The Gol Iluminado Corporacion’ which has evolved to become a dynamic and prolific force for good providing Education through Sport to families and children in need and at risk from harm. Recognised by world leaders, organisations and individuals for their contribution to Sport for Development.

Jay is an ex professional tennis player who was appointed as the CEO of Football for Peace in 2015. Jay has played an integral part in shaping the charities pillars and has driven debates to governments around the world on how sport can play an important role to tackle some of the toughest issues within communities. He has overseen young peace leader projects across four

continents that have engaged and impacted over 10,000 young people. With Jay’s professional sporting background, he understands the power that sport can play in today’s society. Using sport as a vehicle to help humanity in today’s climate is something Jay is committed to and Football for Peace has given him the opportunity to do so. Jay now works on all legal, compliance, and diplomatic affairs across international offices throughout the world.

David oversees all the UK office’s legal, operative and business needs of the organization. He has more than 30 years of experience in the international energy and utility space directing global teams in blue chip companies. As an executive member at the charity, David brings his experience having sat on company boards... Among his... significant previous positions, David served as Global Head for London based trading operation, Board member of an international shipping business, commercial director in Asia and Managing Director of an international advisory business. Companies include BG plc, RWE AG, Lattice plc, Excelerate Energy, National Grid plc and Santos Ltd.

In his various roles David has gained and understanding of the balance between driving businesses and the political/financial constraints, he has acted as principal representative on a number of large international projects and acquisitions and has the ability to lead top tier professional teams. He has a good understanding of technical, financial, legal, tax aspects of business and has operated in a best in class in a commercial environment. David holds a BSc (Hons) and an MBA.

Ikram made sporting history becoming the first British Asian to represent England at Rugby League. Ikram was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Sport Science by Leeds Beckett University and a Fellowship by Bradford College for his contribution towards community development and sport. Ikram is hands on with the Young Peace leaders.

Ikram made sporting history becoming the first British Asian to represent England at Rugby League. Ikram was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Sport Science by Leeds Beckett University and a Fellowship by Bradford College for his contribution towards community development and sport. Ikram is hands on with the Young Peace leaders. Read less

Jessica was a City for Peace graduate out of Birmingham where since she has delivered multiple community outreach projects in Birmingham. Jessica also led a discussion on behalf of Football for Peace to an audience on how sport can play a role in development of confidence and leadership. Jessica met HRH in Birmingham in 2015 to receive her City for Peace diploma.

Jessica was a City for Peace graduate out of Birmingham where since she has delivered multiple community outreach projects in Birmingham. Jessica also led a discussion on behalf of Football for Peace to an audience on how sport can play a role in development of confidence and leadership. Jessica met HRH in Birmingham in 2015 to receive her City for Peace diploma.

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Simon is Executive Director of Global Solutions, APCO’s geopolitical practice. Until March 2018 he was a senior civil servant in the British government, where he served as Press Secretary to former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and led HM Diplomatic Service’s worldwide media operation. Over seven years in government, Simon headed the media departments in three UK ministries - the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Department for International Development (DFID) and Department for Transport (DfT) – where he was responsible for designing and delivering strategic communications to promote foreign and domestic policy initiatives, and to defend the reputations of the... British government and her ministers.

He advised Mr Johnson for almost two years and before that his predecessor as Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, now Chancellor of the Exchequer, for more than a year. As a member of the FCO’s Senior Management Structure, he also worked closely with the Head of the Diplomatic Service, directors-general and senior ambassadors across the breadth of Britain’s global interests with a focus on European bilateral relations and the EU, the US, the Middle East, the Far East, the multilateral system, and international security. Simon routinely led on communications at “COBRA” national emergency committee meetings during crisis situations, delivered the regular press briefings for international correspondents at No 10 Downing Street alongside the UK Prime Minister’s official spokesperson, and regularly advised the Foreign Secretary and briefed the media at international summits and diplomatic negotiations. As Press Secretary to International Development Secretary Justine Greening (2013-2015), Simon headed an award-winning team delivering communications campaigns on Britain’s gender equality programmes across Africa and Asia, the UK’s response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and partnerships with the private sector to grow jobs and self-sufficiency in the developing world. Over his five years at the FCO and DFID he accompanied his Secretaries of State on official visits to 56 different countries. While working as Press Secretary to two successive Transport Secretaries (2011-2013), he led central government transport communications around the 2012 London Olympic Games and the development stages of Britain’s new high speed train network, HS2. Before joining the British government, Simon spent a decade (2001-2011) as a political correspondent and senior staff reporter on UK newspapers including The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and Yorkshire Post. His first job was in the EU institutions in Brussels serving as parliamentary aide to the chairwoman of the European Parliament’s environment, public health and consumer protection committee. He holds a First Class Honours degree in politics from the University of Warwick.

Kate Hamer is a Marketeer who specialises in Digital. She has 20 years’ experience working for global household brand names such as Orange, Unilever, Tesco, Disney and L’Oréal. She now works as an independent consultant supporting large corporations, small start-ups and individuals with their marketing and digital strategy. She also lectures on digital marketing at a range of universities and for Google's Online Squared programme.

Her love of sport led her to work on several different projects in the industry, before partnering with Louis Saha to develop AxisStars, a private community for Stars from the worlds of Sport & Entertainment... to inform & equip themselves throughout their careers.

Mark co-founded Brand in 2005 to provide International Brands with a straightforward and knowledgeable partner that would calmly deliver campaigns consistently around the world. 14 years on, Brand have more people, more services and are now in four continents, but the heartbeat of the business hasn’t changed; Brand still want to deliver an outstanding service, all the time, whether it’s to create, execute or enable with technology.

Brand continues to identify, develop, direct and implement global opportunities across all formats, including packaging, advertising and digital campaigns working alongside a fantastic selection of clients in the Food and Drinks, FMCG, Retail & Health... and Beauty sectors

Dr J. Simon Rofe is Reader in Diplomatic and International Studies in the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, at SOAS University of London: he is the School’s Head of Digital Learning and Programme Director for the MA Global Diplomacy, following a role in the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) in 2012. Simon co-founded the field of Sports Diplomacy, through his scholarship, working with key stakeholders: most notably practitioners. He has shared counsel with numerous national and international bodies, governments and other stakeholders such as Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Embassies, National Governing Bodies, International Sporting Federations, National Olympic Committees,... Anti-Doping Organisations, global media organisations and athlete advocacy organisations (further details available on request).

He is the author and editor of a numerous books and articles including: 'Sport and Diplomacy: Games within Games', (Manchester: Manchester University Press / USA Oxford University Press 2018) 'The Untold Story of FIFA’s Diplomacy and the 1966 World Cup: North Korea, Africa and Sir Stanley Rous', The International History Review, 2019: 'Sport and Diplomacy: A Global Diplomacy Framework.' Diplomacy and Statecraft, 2016; and 'It is a squad game: Manchester United as a diplomatic non-state actor in international affairs.' Sport in Society, 2014. Simon developed the first MA module globally to address ‘Sport and Diplomacy: More than a Game’, founded the Sport, Diplomacy, and Governance Hub, and has established the Global Sports Conversations podcast series.

William Jones is the founder of Beaumont Governance (“BG”) which provides directorship and corporate governance services from Luxembourg. Mr. Jones has over 32 years’ experience in the funds industry and has held senior positions with Commodities Corporation, Goldman Sachs Asset Management International and Bank of Bermuda/HSBC. Mr. Jones acts as director of investment funds and related entities sponsored by major US and international banks and asset managers. He also acts as advisor and director of non-financial start-up and early stage companies. He completed the first cohort of the INSEAD International Directors Program (“IIDP”) in 2011 and was a member of

the IIDP Advisory Board (2011-2017) and served as its first President (2011-2015). Mr. Jones was accredited in 2011 as a certified director by IIDP and the Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (“ILA”). He sits on the Board of Directors of ILA and its Fund Governance Committee and co-chaired the Alternative Investment Task Force of ILA’s Fund Governance Committee which issued the “ILA Guide for Board Members in the Context of AIF and AIFM” in July 2014. He sits on multiple committees of ALFI, the Luxembourg fund industry association. He was co-vice chair of the Alternative Investment Management Association’s (“AIMA”) working group which issued “AIMA’s Fund Director Guide” in April 2015. He served on the Board of Governors of the International School of Luxembourg from 2011 to 2015 and was its Chairman during 2014-15. Mr Jones has law and business degrees (1988) from Columbia University and a bachelor degree (1984) from Princeton University.