Patrick Vajda - Host City speaker

Patrick Vajda

Position: Sports & Events Practice - Senior Risk Advisor, SIACI SAINT HONORE

Patrick Vajda is the President of XAW Sports. To develop XAW Sports’ sport and events risk and insurance solutions, he joined SIACI SAINT HONORE group, one of the Europe’s leading insurance brokers.

Patrick has worked in the world of sport for more than 40 years.

A former member of the Refereeing Commission of the International Fencing Federation, Patrick is now President of AFCAM, which represents 246,000 French judges and referees at the National Olympic Committee. He is also member of the IOC Athletes’ Entourage Commission and is the founding member of FICAM, a new international federation for sport judges and referees.

He was closely involved in organizing risk management teams for the Winter Games ‘92, ‘94, ‘98, 2006, 2010 and 2014 and for the Summer Games ‘92, ‘96, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.

He was also risk manager of the FIFA World Cup in 1998 in France and Paris Saint-Denis 2003 Athletic World Championships. He was also involved in the risk management programme for the Asian Cup Qatar 2011.