Essar Gabriel
Executive Vice President & Co–Founder
Essar is the Co-Founder of Druid Sports, a very close friend and associate of Diarmuid Crowley and all that is Druid. He has over 20 years’ experience in the management and delivery of the largest international sporting events, including the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup and has worked at C-suite level for the International Olympic Committee and World Athletics.
Druid
Essar spent his career creating and developing large multi-sport events and working with event owners/local organisers on national marketing, commercial and promotional plans. He led the conception and implementation of the now well established Youth Olympic Games in 2019, and led ideation, planning and the delivery of the inaugural World Urban Games in Budapest.
Essar is an expert in elite sports facility operations, having operated some of the most iconic venues in the world including Stade de France & Accor Arena in Paris, Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing.
Qualifications
He now specialises in C-Level advisory work and strategic and operational consultancy. Essar is trilingual, speaking English, French and Arabic and has an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in Civil Engineering.
