Kevin Bahun-Wilson co-founded AfroBallers in 2019, building it into a multi-sport platform with more than one million followers and around 35 million monthly reach across Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube. AfroBallers regularly collaborates with FIBA, FIBA Africa, the NBA and the Basketball Africa League (BAL) on social media content.

Kevin works with companies across Africa, Europe and North America, using sport as a driver of visibility and development, with a particular focus on African and diaspora basketball talent.

Miguel Batista is currently CFO at JDS Sports, where basketball sits at the core of the firm's investment thesis and purpose-driven goals. JDS has strategically invested in over thirty companies, in various stages of growth. Its impact initiative, Play With Purpose, has partnered with several US and international non-profits, deploying ca. $5mm for court refurbishments, camps, among other community-focused programs. Miguel plays a key role in the C-Suite of SLAM, the most authentic voice in basketball and basketball culture. Founded in 1994, SLAM has grown from a single print magazine to a global media brand with unmatched capabilities across brand partnerships, print, and apparel. He brings to the table extensive property, corporate, and entertainment finance experience; and is keen to expand JDS's footprint deeper into continental Europe.

Kévin Couliau, born in 1982 in Nantes, is a French photographer and filmmaker who has chosen basketball as a lens to tell the world. Between art and documentary, his work has explored, over the course of twenty years, the social and cultural impact of this universal sport. Heir to a dual culture - basketball as a school of discipline, skateboarding as a gateway to image and creation - he shapes a unique visual language where the asphalt becomes a living canvas, the court lines turn into urban calligraphy, and the ball bounces resonate like a collective incantation. From his cult film Doin' It In The Park: pick-up basketball NYC (2013) to his monograph Blacktop Memento, fragments of erosion (2022), including major exhibitions such as Sphere of Influence (Paris, 2019) and Heart of the City (NYC, 2023), as well as his engagement with the NGO Giants of Africa, Couliau draws a poetic map of the basketball planet, revealing these playgrounds as open-air cathedrals where energy, memory, and identity intertwine. Gifted with the ability to capture both still moments and narrative movement, he navigates effortlessly between photography, cinema, and publishing, creating visual stories that are as intimate as they are universal. This versatility has enabled him to collaborate with prestigious institutions and brands, including Nike, Apple, the NBA, and Hennessy, as well as with iconic figures such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Billie Eilish, and Barack Obama. Through each of his creations, Kévin Couliau affirms a conviction: basketball is much more than a sport; it is a social force, a common language, and an endless source of poetry.

Milad Payami has extensive work experience in the field of photography. Milad began their career in 2009 as the Chief of Photography for FIBA. In this role he was responsible for capturing and documenting important moments and events for the organization. Milad also served as the Official Photographer for FIBA Asia and British Polo Day. In 2019, Payami joined the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) as an Official Photographer. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated his passion and skill in capturing compelling images. Milad Payami holds a Bachelor's degree from Azad University. https://www.instagram.com/miladpayami/?hl=en http://www.miladpayami.com/