Goran was born and raised up in Berlin Germany and after he finished the gymnasium there he decided to move to Belgrade for the purpose of signing up with the College for Sports Coaches in Belgrade Serbia. After he graduated he went on to receive a bachelor in Sports Coaching Technologies where his thesis was about opponent team scouting. Last but not least he graduated from the Euroleague Basketball Institute Master in Marketing and Communication and the Euroleague Basketball Institute Master in Sports Management and Marketing. Goran used to work in three different clubs as Chief of Basketball Operations, Assistant Coach and Player and Member Service Manager before joining Euroleague Basketball. At Euroleague Basketball he worked in the Basketball Operations department where he administered a league wide scouting server, held correspondence with EuroLeague and EuroCup Coaches and Team Captains and managed the EBI Master in Sports Management and Marketing and the Sports Business MBA by EB Institute.

Cem was born and raised in Istanbul/Turkey. He has 18+ years of professional experience in the area of finance gained at multinational companies like KPMG, Coca-Cola and NIKE based in the USA, Germany and the Netherlands. Besides his professional career, in 2016 he launched a non-profit initiative called “European Basketball Advisory Group” which provides in-depth analysis and improvement suggestions for current challenges of European basketball. Cem holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from the University of Mannheim (Germany) and University of Marmara (Turkey). He is also an alumni of the EBI master program in sports management and marketing organized by EuroLeague Basketball Institute and Ca’Foscari University (Italy). He played basketball at junior/local level and was active as a basketball trainer and referee in Turkey and Germany. He currently lives in Germany.

Jelena was born in Serbia but has spent most of her life in Australia. She is a professional basketball coach, specialising in player development. Jelena spent most of her career in the USA and Australia in men’s basketball. Jelena graduated EHCB head coaches academy and is alumni of the 1st generation, since then she has debuted in European men’s basketball and has joined the EHCB academy as operations manager.

A journalist since 1996 he has also contributed as an outside consultant to EHCB since its institution. He has worked on numerous Greek media, including digital, print, and television always covering basketball while being present in most major tournaments. In 2012 he co-created Eurohoops which has emerged as the most prominent basketball-related media outside the US with a global reach and a huge presence in European basketball. He is also currently an NBA play-by-play announcer and commentator for the Greek television service COSMOTE TV.

Yigit was born and raised in Manisa, Turkey. After he moved to Istanbul for education to get his bachelor’s degree in Electrical-Electronics Engineering, his career began as a social media consultant to elite basketball players. He also took part in the international sport events such as FIBA Eurobasket in Media Relations departmant. He is co-founder of sport marketing agency and works in there as a Head of Digital. Since June 2022, he creates creative visual contents for the all EHCB’s modules and its social media accounts.

Gábor was born in Hungary. After his basketball player career he became as a Coach in 2013. In 2018 he won the 3x3 European championship in U18 men category. In 2023 he became as Head Coach of the Hungarian 5x5 U18 men national team. Since 2017 he has been a member of a professional coahing staff in Hungary. Gábor graduated EHCB academy and is alumni of the 1st generation. In the 5th generation of the EHCB Academy he manages the Scouting project and the Practice weeks.