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The world's first truly global football organisation 

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Stadium photographed from above

ABOUT CITY FOOTBALL GROUP

City Football Group is the world's leading private owner and operator of football clubs – with 13 football clubs across five continents within the CFG family.
 
Established in May 2013, the CFG approach ensures that every club remains authentic to its fans and community, plays entertaining football and benefits from being part of a global organisation that applies the world's best expertise on and off the pitch.

Starting from 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025, CFG’s shareholding in Girona FC has been put into an independent blind trust to ensure compliance with UEFA rules and regulations.

CFG pioneers and delivers a consistent underlying approach to talent development, fan experiences, sports entertainment, commercial opportunities and community impact.
 
More than one billion followers worldwide support and connect with their CFG clubs.

RECENT ACCOLADES

2024 & 2023

Brand Finance Most Valuable Football Club Brand

Manchester City FC

2023

World Football Summit Best Internationalization Strategy

City Football Group

2023 & 2022

Ballon d’Or Club of the Year

Manchester City FC

2021-2018

ESPN Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year Award Finalist

New York City FC

2022 & 2021

Deloitte Football Money League Top Position

Manchester City FC

2021

Sports Innovation Lab Most Innovative Sports Team

Manchester City FC

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CITY FOOTBALL

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OWNERSHIP

CFG is majority owned by Newton Investment and Development LLC, fully owned by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with a significant minority shareholding of nearly 18% held by US-based global technology investment firm, Silver Lake.

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NEWTON INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT LLC

Newton Investment and Development LLC is a company registered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and fully owned by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

CFG exemplifies our vision for football's global impact, uniting cultures and communities through the beautiful game.

–– His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Majority Owner of City Football Group through Newton Investment and Development LLC

SILVER LAKE

Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, has been an investor in City Football Group since 2019, progressively increasing their stake to nearly 18% and actively contributing to CFG’S value creation.

Silver lake signing
Silver lake signing

BOARD MEMBERS

Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Khaldoon Al Mubarak is the Founding Chairman of CFG.  He has been the Chairman of Manchester City FC since 2008.


Mr. Al Mubarak is the Managing Director and Group CEO of Mubadala Investment Company. He also serves as the Chairman of the Boards of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Emirates Global Aluminium and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation.  He is a member of the Boards of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and the AI company G42.  He is also Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, and a member of the New York University Board of Trustees.

Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Chairman

Martin Edelman

Martin Edelman was appointed to the Board of CFG upon its formation in 2013. He is also Vice Chairman of New York City FC.


Since June 2000, he has been Of Counsel to Paul Hastings LLP, a New York City law firm.  Mr. Edelman also currently serves as Chairman of Manchester Life Development Company and as Director of Equity Commonwealth, BXMT and Aldar.  Mr. Edelman works on behalf of several philanthropic initiatives and is on the boards of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Fisher Alzheimer Center and Tribeca Film Institute.

Martin Edelman

Member of the Board

Simon Pearce

Simon Pearce was appointed to the Board of CFG upon its formation in 2013. He is also Vice Chairman of Melbourne City FC.


Mr. Pearce is a Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority in the UAE. He is also a Board Member of Ethara, which is the recent integration of two pioneering industry leaders in Abu Dhabi - Flash Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM). Mr. Pearce is also a Board Member of the Manchester Life Development Company. He is a founding Board Member of the Australian Professional Leagues (APL).

Simon Pearce

Member of the Board

John MacBeath

John MacBeath was appointed to the Board of CFG upon its formation in 2013.  He is also Chairman of ESTAC.


Mr. MacBeath also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Manchester City FC from September 2011 to September 2012.  He is a Chartered Accountant with extensive international business experience in the oil and gas, and aerospace industrial sectors.

John MacBeath

Member of the Board

Alberto Galassi

Alberto Galassi was appointed to the Board of CFG upon its formation in 2013.


Mr. Galassi is the CEO of Ferretti Group, a multinational shipbuilding company and leader in luxury yachts.  He is an attorney at law specialised in international commerce and arbitration.

Alberto Galassi

Member of the Board

Abdulla Khouri

Abdulla Khouri was appointed to the Board in July 2018.


Mr. Khouri is the Chairman of Ethara, which is the recent integration of two pioneering industry leaders in Abu Dhabi - Flash Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM).


Since 2008, Mr. Khouri has been the Executive Director of Government Affairs at the Executive Affairs Authority in the UAE.

Abdulla Khouri

Member of the Board

Egon Durban

Egon Durban was appointed to the Board in December 2019.


Mr. Durban is a founding principal and Co-CEO of Silver Lake. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Endeavor Group Holdings.  He also serves on the board of directors of Dell Technologies, Learfield, Motorola Solutions, Qualtrics, Twitter, Unity Technologies, VMware, Verily, and Waymo.

Egon Durban

Member of the Board

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Ferran Soriano

Ferran Soriano

Chief Executive Officer

Roel de Vries

Roel de Vries

Group Chief Operating Officer

Ingo Bank

Ingo Bank

Chief Financial Officer

Simon Cliff

Simon Cliff

General Counsel

Simon Heggie

Simon Heggie

Chief Communications Officer

Carolyn Macnab

Carolyn Macnab

Chief People Officer

Brian Marwood

Brian Marwood

Managing Director of Global Football

Txiki Begiristain

Txiki Begiristain

Director of Football

Nuria Tarre

Nuria Tarre

Chief Marketing Officer

Greg Swimer

Greg Swimer

Chief Technology Officer

Jorgina Busquets

Jorgina Busquets

Managing Director Football Education, Recreation & Partner Clubs

Peter Laundy

Peter Laundy

Senior Vice President of Partnerships

Danny Wilson

Danny Wilson

Managing Director, Manchester City Operations

CITY FOOTBALL GROUP REPORTS

2023/24

Chairman’s Interview Part 1

2023/24

Chairman’s Interview Part 2

2023/24

SafeAtCity: A Guide to CFG’s Safeguarding Programme

2022/23

Chairman’s Interview Part 1

2022/23

Chairman’s Interview Part 2

2022/23

Manchester City Annual Report

2022/23

City in the Community – Manchester City

2021/22

Chairman’s Interview Part 1

2021/22

Chairman’s Interview Part 2

2021/22

Manchester City Annual Report

2020/21

Chairman’s Interview Part 1

2020/21

Chairman’s Interview Part 2

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