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Edward Jones Dean's Speaker Series

The Edward Jones Dean's Speaker Series at Saint Louis University's Chaifetz School of Business brings together more than 1,200 area business leaders, policymakers, academics and students annually to discuss leading issues facing business in the 21st century.

Edward Jones Dean's Speaker Series 2025

7:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 29

Featuring St. Louis City SC President and General Manager Diego Gigliani

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About the Speaker

Diego Gigliani, GM of St. Louis City

Established soccer industry executive Diego Gigliani joined St. Louis CITY SC’s executive leadership team as the Major League Soccer club’s new president and general manager in the summer of 2023. 

Reporting to St Louis CITY SC CEO Carolyn Kindle, Gigliani’s responsibilities include managing all day-to-day operations of the club across the sporting, revenue, marketing, experience, operations, administration and community departments. In addition, with Gigliani’s extensive international experience, he works closely with Kindle to expand CITY SC’s global reach and partner with her on league initiatives.

In addition to his role with CITY SC, Gigliani was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of F.C. Internationale Milano, one of Italy’s largest, most valuable and best-supported clubs.

Gigliani came to St. Louis CITY SC from City Football Group, the largest global football organization and the parent company of English Premier League powerhouse Manchester City FC. In his most recent role at CFG, Gigliani oversaw eight of City Football Group’s international clubs, including all those in the European Union and Latin America, covering markets such as Spain, Italy, France and Uruguay. He sat on the board of directors of most of these clubs and worked directly with each club CEO and sporting director to set targets, provide direction, drive strategic projects, pursue synergies, and deliver results.

Before this, Diego spent five years running Manchester City and CFG’s media and innovation activities worldwide, including media rights, digital strategy, content creation, new product development, and commercialization. While in this role, Diego was voted into Leaders Sports Awards “Leaders Under 40,” winning the peer-elected award for top digital executive, and was named one of 20 worldwide “Top Sports Innovators” by SportTechie.

Before joining CFG, Diego spent 13 years as a management consultant advising blue chip companies and startups on strategic, marketing and financial decisions.

Born in Argentina and raised across the United States and Spain, Diego earned his MBA from the Wharton School and graduated summa cum laude from Boston University with a degree in business administration.