Taha is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Sport Makers Group, entrepreneur and sports business management expert with 15 years of experience, combines between practical implementation and strong academic background. Highly involved in sports development projects, events and alternative investments, with power of representation for high net worth individuals and private equity funds who are interested in sports and football projects. Leading communications and negotiations, developing partnerships with a good experience in working with governing bodies and sports clubs as a sports business consultant.
Through his career, Taha dedicated big time for lecturing, and now heading the Events / Management Module at FIFA/CIES Sport Management Program at Cairo University, a member in the project’s evaluation committee, FIFA guest lecturer in their global network universities, and Head of Marketing education programs in the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Middle East.
Career and Background
An entrepreneur who started his professional career early on; he has engaged in sports projects since 2005, when he established his first company; Smart Sport for the Development of Football courts and managing Sporting Events. After graduating from the Faculty of Law, English Section in 2007, Taha started his academic trip in the field of sports, as he obtained a FIFA diploma in Sports Management from the International Center for Sports Studies, Switzerland, in collaboration with Cairo University in 2009 which was the first edition. A few months later, Taha received a certificate from FIFA for Sports Clubs’ Management, before heading to Europe to complete the FIFA Master “Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sports”. Due to his high qualifications, Taha received a full Scholarship from FIFA to be the first Egyptian to hold the FIFA Master and one of the small groups to hold that honor in the Arab world. Taha graduated in 2011 from three partner universities providing the
program (De Montfort University, Leicester, UK – Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy – Neuchatel University – Switzerland).
After returning from Europe, Taha participated in several large-scale projects with his company “Sport Makers” in the field of Sports Development and Sports Marketing besides legal representation for many football entities and players in the Arab World, engaging with many clubs, sports federations and corporations. He is credited for his great contributions to putting strategic planning for Sports Development and CSR projects in Egypt and Gulf countries, cooperating with many major entities such as Limonta Italy, AC Milan Club, CIB Bank, several football clubs, federations and governmental entities like the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Egypt, Ministry of Youth in Kuwait, the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports in Kuwait among others. In the last 5 years “Sport Makers” had a massive expansion in the Arab world, especially after signing a partnership in Qatar and establishing a branch in “DOHA” with a Qatari partnership, which won the honor of participating in the World Cup through a crowed management contract with Qatar rail.
