Football Clubs: Driving engagement and mitigating reputational risk

In the past few years, clubs have quickly grown from small organisations to global enterprises attracting word-wide attention. This rapid growth brings an evolving and expanding risk profile, making it difficult to establish a robust ethics and compliance framework. How can football clubs effectively mitigate risk and ensure the health and safety of players, youngsters, employees and fans in this complex environment?

Tim Greenwell, Chief Legal and Risk Officer at Southampton Football Club and Jonathan Chibafa, Director at Squire Patton Boggs will share their experiences on how to effectively mitigate risk and create a compliance framework that serves a modern, diverse workforce.

You’ll learn:

• How to foster a club culture which encourages ethical behaviour, starting with ‘tone at the top’
• The proactive steps you can take to help protect the reputation of football club and players
• How clubs of different sizes can adopt a holistic process to manage different risk profiles
• Key health and safety considerations for clubs in 2020 and beyond