Vlad Marinescu is the Director General of International Judo Federation, a President of International Esports Federation (IESF), and President of United States Esports Federation (USEF). He is working in International Sport for over 15 years, he was a Romanian Born, American Raised and Studied in Budapest. He worked through each level of sport organization, from athlete, to event organizer in all departments, to management of sport organization and sport business. Awarded next 10 under 30 by Sport Business.

Graduated from the Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California as Cadet Captain and Company Commander; business qualification from Oxford Brookes University.

A tour de force of energy and strategy at the International Judo Federation (IJF), deeply involved in the federation’s recent modernisation process in the fields of event organisation, sponsorship, marketing, TV production and rights distribution, Vlad Marinescu followed IJF president Marius Vizer to SportAccord in the summer of 2013. He is leading the restructuring of the union of international sports federations and the development of the annual SportAccord Convention.