Lukáš Havlícek

A former pro player, Havlícek is the GM of Slovan Bratislava. He has served as Director for Central Europe at North American company Legacy Global Sports and later as Director and minority co-owner of the youth hockey organisation World Hockey Group.
As an agent, he worked with, for example, Slovak NHLer Martin Fehérváry for many years, and then for the Pittsburgh Penguins as their European scout.

 

Peter Kúdelka

Peter Kúdelka has a degree in coaching from the Comenius University in Bratislava, and later completed studies in sports management and coaching at Haaga-Helia University in Finland.
After leading HK Dukla Michalovce to a sensational fourth-place finish in 2024, he became Executive Director of HC Slovan Bratislava. He is also on the board of the European Hockey Clubs (EHC) Alliance.
Before retiring at 21, Kúdelka won the Slovak title with Slovan Bratislava in 2008.

Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros

The co-founder and elected Global CEO of SIGA, the world’s largest independent coalition for sport integrity. Before founding SIGA, he served as CEO of European Leagues, co-founded the World Leagues Association and held senior roles across UEFA, FIFA and the European Commission. A lawyer by profession, he is also member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Bryant McBride

A former NHL executive, McBride has spent his career at the intersection of sports, media, learning, and technology, working with dozens of startups. He has also produced two award-winning films, including Willie, the story of Willie O'Ree, the first Black player in NHL history. In addition, he was a partner in the Premier Hockey Federation, the women's professional hockey league.

Dominik Schreyer

Dominik Schreyer, an apl. Professor of Sports Economics at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Düsseldorf, Germany, has published over 40 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. He’s particularly interested in analyzing sports demand—for example, football spectator no-show behaviour and the growth of women’s sport.

Zuzana Tomcíková

A former hockey goalie, Zuzana Tomcikova represented Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Following a successful playing career, she moved into sports management, serving as Marketing Manager at the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation and later as Sports Manager at the Slovak Olympic Committee. Today, she works at Red Bull, focusing on sports partnerships, athlete projects, and strategic sports initiatives.

Laurel Walzak

Walzak is an Associate Professor in RTA Sport Media at Toronto Metropolitan University, currently serving as an Academic Guest at the Center for Research in Sports Administration (CRSA), University of Zürich, Walzak examines sport media and applied technology through a behavioural science lens, drawing on management and marketing methods to explore fandom, talent identification, officiating, and broadcast innovation..

Felix Dahlin

Felix Dahlin is Assistant GM and Junior GM at MoDo Hockey and analyst with the Swedish national-team program. He previously worked in scouting and analytics for Frölunda HC.

Before entering professional hockey, Felix built his career in cybersecurity and IT. His work centers on integrating traditional hockey evaluation with data, creating clear development pathways, and building sustainable systems that give organizations a competitive advantage.

Mike Helber

Mike Helber arrived in Sweden to play hockey for a Division 2 team in Linköping in the early 1990s, and when he retired a decade later, the team was in the top division. He then took over as CEO, a position he held for twelve years. He has also been a TV hockey analyst and a Strategic Sports Director at the Swedish Ice Hockey Association.

Hampus Sjöström

Before joining Rögle in the SHL, where he currently serves as GM, Sjöström worked as a sports administrator and project manager at the Swedish Ice Hockey Association. With experience both on the ice and in hockey management — he’s a former goaltender — he brings a broad perspective on hockey, leadership and organizational development..