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Women in Football will head back to the 30th floor at Barclays’ HQ in Canary Wharf for our popular Leadership Workshop Level 1 on a revised date of Wednesday 22 May.

The course, which runs from 8.30am – 5pm at Barclays HQ, (1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HP), is designed to develop critical leadership skills, including negotiation and decision-making as well as project and time management for professional women working across the football industry.  

Highly respected ex-FIFA and UEFA Consultant Ebru Köksal will host the day, sharing her personal experience and expertise. She will also be joined by a guest speaker (tbc).

The course is designed to cover maximum learning and help women occupy executive positions in football by developing the skills they need to help fulfil their leadership potential. 

Previous attendees have been full of praise for the Workshop, stating:

“It was an utterly brilliant day, jam packed with good, solid advice. As for Ebru, what an inspiration she is; what a story she shared and it was also great to hear from so many other women working in the industry or looking for pointers on how to progress and take the next step in their career. I can thoroughly recommend attending.”

The Workshop will cover the following topics:

• The Power of Storytelling
• Decision-making and Negotiation
• Influencing Others and Managing your Boss
• Leadership defined: Great Leaders of our time
• Leadership Styles – which one are you? Identify and leverage your strengths

How to apply: 

The applications process is now open and the price is £350. Pastries, lunch and refreshments are included in the price.

Please email a short biography (2-3 pars) about yourself to info@womeninfootball.co.uk.

Women in Football will also host our special Leadership Level 2 course on a revised date of Thursday 23 May, at Barclays' HQ. Full details available by clicking on the link here. There is a special price of £550 if you book both courses.

The closing date for applications is Friday 17 May.

Ebru Köksal

Ebru began her professional career in New York, as a financial analyst in corporate finance at Morgan Stanley, and served as a senior manager at Citibank and AIG between 1992-2000.

Since joining Galatasaray Football Club in 2001, Ebru held several senior positions and following the merger of the football, stadium and marketing companies in 2010, she was appointed the General Manager of the merged entity, Galatasaray Sportif A.

Ebru is the first and only woman to be elected to the Executive Board of European Club Association and served as the Vice Chairwoman of the Institutional Relations Working Group. In October 2011, she was appointed as the General Secretary of the Turkish Football Federation. She was the recipient of the Executive of the Year Award 2011 by Stadium Business Awards.

She is currently a Senior Advisor at J Stern & Co, Board Member at Doublepass BV and MNT Healthcare, Equality and Diversity Advisory Board Member at Scottish FA and founding member of 30% Club Turkey.

Ebru is a graduate of Brown University, with a dual degree in Economics and International Relations. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and a graduate of Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, May 2017.

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