The world's first truly global football organisation
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
CITY FOOTBALL
GROUP
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.
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.
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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.
BOARD MEMBERS
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Chief Executive Officer
Roel de Vries
Group Chief Operating Officer
Ingo Bank
Chief Financial Officer
Simon Cliff
General Counsel
Simon Heggie
Chief Communications Officer
Carolyn Macnab
Chief People Officer
Brian Marwood
Managing Director of Global Football
Txiki Begiristain
Director of Football
Nuria Tarre
Chief Marketing Officer
Greg Swimer
Chief Technology Officer
Jorgina Busquets
Managing Director Football Education, Recreation & Partner Clubs
Peter Laundy
Senior Vice President of Partnerships
Danny Wilson
Managing Director, Manchester City Operations