“Thomas was a truly inspiring communicator with case examples build on years of vast experience within the sport marketing industry. He combines humor with triggering insights and is easy to engage with. I especially appreciate the time and effort he put in preparing and tailoring his material for our specific requirements, which without a doubt is one of the reasons our workshop was a great success.  The results of our session surpassed our expectations! When the situation occurs, we would love to work Thomas again in the future”.

"We invited Thomas to contribute to our Future Workshop. His contribution was substantial and much appreciated. Not only through his impressive presentation skills, but also through his unique and disruptive marketing insights, Thomas inspired and challenged the audience, and suggested a broad range of creative and pragmatic ways to shape our future marketing and partnership strategy. Truly recommended".

“Thomas Van Schaik spoke at our Business of Sport Summit as our brand keynote speaker. His unique perspective into this partnership was amply served by his relaxed and confident presentation, which was uniquely tailored for an audience of senior sports executives. Thomas was fantastic, our audience loved him. His presentation, titled ‘Connecting Brand Values with Sports Values – a 360 Approach’ was an engaging look at how some of the world’s biggest brands utilized the FIFA World Cup. Our audience feedback indicated that it was a highlight of our summit.”

“Thomas Van Schaik spoke at our Business of Sport Summit as our brand keynote speaker. His unique perspective into this partnership was amply served by his relaxed and confident presentation, which was uniquely tailored for an audience of senior sports executives. Thomas was fantastic, our audience loved him. His presentation, titled ‘Connecting Brand Values with Sports Values – a 360 Approach’ was an engaging look at how some of the world’s biggest brands utilized the FIFA World Cup. Our audience feedback indicated that it was a highlight of our summit.”

"I have known Thomas since meeting him as the BBC Sport Correspondent at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. We extended our collaboration on through South Africa 2010 as well. Throughout that time, Thomas has been extremely valuable in helping to illustrate the sports business, through TV and filming opportunities related to some of the great names in the world of football. Through his work, he has shown himself to be a leading expert and voice in the branding business, with a very clear and incisive understanding of how the industry works. Thomas also has superb communication skills; his own presentation on the role of branding within sport pulls no punches; he is not afraid to say it as it is, and does so with style, humor and ample illustration. His presentation at the SportAccord Convention (in Sochi, Russia) was spellbinding; it was also refreshingly contentious and eye-opening."

“As a conference producer, I truly appreciate the all-to-rare combination of a speaker who is an engaging communicator, highly knowledgeable and willing to share actionable information. Thomas van Schaik is all of those.. Thomas was one of the most highly rated speakers by the attendees at IEG’s annual sponsorship conference. Eschewing a standard review of successful programs he worked on, his presentation was content-rich; full of practical, relevant information that our audience of marketing professionals could put to use immediately for their organizations. Thomas was lauded for his candor, his humor and his ability to anticipate what the audience wanted from the session.”