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#43 Steve Dainton - CEO, ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation)
Steve Dainton is the CEO at ITTF – The International Table Tennis Federation.
He has been with ITTF for 14 years, but took on the role as CEO in 2017 and has shown incredible result since.
He speaks fluent Chinese, which comes in handy within a sport dominated by Chinese players.
In this episode, we speak about ITTF’s growth strategy, the 50th anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy,
the ITTF Foundation and their work with CSR, what ITTF thinks about hosting events in China & Qatar and much more!
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