EI Interviews

I had the luck to meet Camillo, father of Dion, in Madrid at the RFEF event organised by The Showcase Int’l, in 2023. Camillo and his son Dion came all the way from Adelaide, Australia for this Spanish trial.

Matteo is a Design Industry Innovator, Teacher, Global Speaker, and broadly speaking he’s an Inspirational Genius. Matteo is the owner of Daruma Design Limited and the School of Design called indeed Design Maestros. He taught at Chelsea College of Art & Design, Moscow Design School, and ELLE Education.

Sarthak is the co-founder of Smrt Stats, a platform that empowers football clubs, teams, academies and colleges with data about the football match (I mean a mesmerizing amount of data).

Arthur Voukeng is the Cameroonian National Volleyball Team captain, class 1992, the owner and CEO of Domino Charity and the Founder & CEO of ALM Creative Studios. He is among the five best volleyball players in all of Africa. A 203cm tall Middle Blocker, keen and smart entrepreneur, and an all-rounded healthy influencer.

Arthur Farndell, class 1937, was born in London just before the Second World War. He was an evacuee and then moved to Leicester after the war. Later Cambridge University became his new home, where he took a degree in Modern Languages. After graduating and gaining his certificate in teaching, he began his professional work in London.

Roy Wells is the President and Managing Director of Triad Strategies, an established Public Affair Firm in Pennsylvania, United States. People work with Roy in order to create Relationships with Decision-Makers at all levels of Government.

Pulkit Garg is a Wellness enthusiast and proactive entrepreneur. He is the Founder and CEO of Aanya Wellness Aanya Wellness promises to bridge the gap between wellness seekers and wellness providers, it’s the go-to place to get all your queries about wellness based on Ayurveda, Yoga, Diet, Naturopathy and other natural healing therapies answered.

As we believe in Humans before Professionals we took a moment to talk about Humanity and we have been lucky to hear from an insider how the situation is in Gaza today, and how is lived by the locals. The question What is the meaning of Life came up as expected. “A lot of humans, not a lot of humanity”.

Alex Valassidis is a lifetime all-around salesperson. Started and thrived in Greece in the Hospitality sector, then moved to Telecommunications programs and once again it was a great business. “If You visited Greece after the Olympic games in 2004 as a tourist, You very likely have been using one of Alex’s services!”

Maria is a Leadership expert, she worked for Sotheby's Art Auction House for over two decades as a Senior Executive, before starting her private business, still training leaders and leveraging on her built and gained expertise.

Patrick played for Paris Saint Germain, He played still in France for Metz and Chateauroux, in Italy for Cagliari and Parma, and in the English Premier League with Sunderland. He played in Japan for Gamba Osaka, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe and for almost a decade with the Cameroonian National Team, today he still cooperates with the FECAFOOT Cameroon Football Federation.

Tom is an English-born Doctor currently living and working in British Columbia, Canada. He worked as a GP in the NHS (UK) and now he still works as a GP in Canada. He is a Coach as well both for Individuals and Teams Coaching in the Healthcare industry. Tom is a relentless student, he is indeed now pursuing his Master Degree in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology.

Giorgio Taparelli is almost thirty years old and has already great experience in Business, alongside a decade of Football coaching with Youth Athletes. Student, Coach and Professional, Giorgio gave us a perspective that encompasses all these industries under the lens of Emotional Intelligence.

Sadibou Kamaso is one of the most recognised football development ambassadors in The Gambia. Former Board Member of The Gambia Football Federation (2018 – 2022), CEO of a Football Club for over thirteen years, and without maximising, one of the most known football agents in the country.

Micah Jimerson is a Health and Wellness expert, who grew up and surrounded by the topic since he was born. Micah was born in the US, in California, then moved to Los Angeles where he had the opportunity to work with Dave Matthews Band as a health coach.

The interaction with Kenji is a three-way coaching relationship between the Athlete, the EI coach, and the athlete’s Agent (and father), Patrick. The whole interaction happened online between London, Dubai and Omaha University in Nebraska, USA.

Norbert Csorba, friendly “Norbs” or “NC” is a full-rounded football coach, Academy coach at Norwich City FC and Manager of Chelsea Rovers FC, he also collaborates with football clubs across Europe as Ajax FC, Sevilla, and others, specifically with Coach-Education Academies.

Marc Bautista is the CEO of The Showcase International, headquartered in Madrid, Spain. As an ex-footballer, Marc realised the difficulties for talented athletes to be seen by renowned teams and scouts, and this is the core objective of his project: Provide Life Opportunities.

Colin Chambers is THE Football Scout. With over twenty-three years of experience, he is now sharing his knowledge through IPSO (International Professional Scouting Organisation) empowering Scouts with high-accuracy details for spotting talented players.

Chris Bullock is the co-founder and Managing Director of Opus Sports Consultancy Agency, a FIFA Licenced Football Agent, currently living in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally from the UK, he ran a Premier League football club in Lesotho, which also included developing women and youth footballers and was attached to a charity which used football as a tool to empower the lives of youth.

Brian Wesaala is the founder and CEO of the Football Foundation for Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a former United Nations who worked for a decade in Geneva, Switzerland, before consciously deciding to shift his career and commitment and embark on a mission.

Christelle Ngueping’s testimonial focuses on the benefits gained from a series of coaching sessions tailored around personality and tailored around life ambitions, transition period and personal tendencies toward tasks both personal and professional.

Elias Theil is the Netherlands Country Manager for Footbar and one of the youngest leaders around. In this interview, he shared his impression and benefits gained from the test report and EI session, we rationalised how Technical-Physical and Psycho-Emotional Profiles can work together and provide a comprehensive and wide prospect of the players, critically useful for the athlete, for the coach, and broadly for the club.

Vishal is the owner of west1health.com, established in Harley Street and now moved to a bigger location in Mandeville Place. Vishal decided to integrate an Emotional Intelligence Training session into the usual monthly team get-together

Emma decided to undertake Emotional Intelligence coaching after talking with a friend-entrepreneur informally chatting some of the emotional and cognitive obstacles to performing well and with peace of mind. His friend mentioned a typology of coaching that he thought would be helpful and that’s how the referral has been made.

James is a former professional footballer having played for Tranmere Rovers FC, Cardiff City, Derry City, FC RoPs and OFK between 1996-2007. Currently a FIFA and UEFA player Agent/Intermediary with a stable of professional footballers and coaches including Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler.