Executive Board

Dr.-Ing. Fischer Consult

Since 1986, he has been managing the University and Provincial Sports Centre in Rif/Salzburg. From 2001 to 2013, he was also manager of the Salzburg Red Bull Arena football stadium before becoming a member of the stadium‘s directorate. Wolfgang lectures as an Assistant Professor at the University of Salzburg and at the private University “Schloss Seeburg”.

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BArch (Dist), BSc (Hons) Arch, UWCC, RIBA

Tom is a Senior Principal in the London office of Populous and has a keen interest in how sports and entertainment buildings and events can enhance cities and communities. He has a great passion for sport and has been able to use this in the design and delivery of a number of high-profile projects around the world, including the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Emirates Stadium for Arsenal FC and the Olympic Stadium for the London 2012 Olympic Games.  He has also worked on other major sports events, including the ICC Cricket World Cup and NFL Super Bowl.

In addition to running major projects, Tom has co-authored the technical guide to Sports Facilities in the Metric Handbook and contributed to a series of international publications. He is a member of the Executive Board of IAKS (International Association of Sports and Leisure Facilities) and sits on the Sports Economy Sector Advisory Group for DIT (Department of Industry and Trade).  He has also spoken at a range of conferences and events around the world on the sustainability of sports and entertainment buildings.

Prof Dr Robin Kähler works throughout Germany as a consultant, specialising in urban and regional development projects focusing specifically on sports, exercise, leisure and health development inclusive of the associated control, coordination and management tasks. He is a retired university lecturer and President of IAKS Germany.

Roger Gut is the owner of maj Architekten in Berne, Switzerland, an architectural office specialising in schools and sports facility planning. Since 1976, Roger has been involved in many building projects for sports facilities, and mainly for sports halls, outdoor sports facilities and football pitches. Since 2016, he has been President of IAKS Switzerland.

Zbigniew Klonowski is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience of managing a series of companies including the operator of a 5,000 seats sport arena in Poland. Zbigniew is a member of business organizations and is involved as well in non-profit organizations like the National Chamber of Commerce for Electronics and Telecommunication. He is the President of IAKS Poland.

Esben Danielsen has been CEO of the Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities since 2015. Since the early 1990’s Esben has been involved in grassroot organizations of the music industry. Esben has been the Art Director of the regional music venue Gimle in Roskilde, Denmark for eight years. In 2010 Esben became Head of Development for the Roskilde Festival where his work consisted of “city planning of a temporary city for 130,000 inhabitants”. As Head of Innovation of the special unit ‚Roskilde Festival Orange Innovation‘ he developed new experiences, events and products for the whole Roskilde Festival group. In May 2018, the IAKS Nordic General Assembly elected Esben for president.

Architect. (1981) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Free practice of the profession, specialized in sports, from 1993 to date, with several thousand m2 in sports projects executed. Partner Jorge Ehlers & Partners, Architects. Founding member and former president of the Sports Facilities Committee of the College of Architects Chile. President of the Section of Latin America and the Caribbean IAKS. Professor of Infrastructure and Resource Management in Magister of Sports and Leisure of the Metropolitan University of Education Sciences, Santiago de Chile. Author of several publications related to the design, technical aspects and management of sports facilities, in the academic field.

Prof. Dr. Mitsuru Senda graduated from the faculty of architecture at Tokyo Institute of Technology. After working for four years at Kiyonori Kikutake Architects and Associates, he established the Environment Design Institute in 1968. He has designed many sports facilities such as swimming pools, baseball stadiums, gymnasiums, tennis centers, children's "circular" play areas, mainly in Japan and China. His major works include the Shanghai Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center which received an IOC IAKS silver medal. In total, he has received two gold medals and three silver medals within the IOC IPC IAKS architecture prizes. He became President of IAKS Japan in 2011.