Global Keynote Speaker

Brands don’t need customers. They need fans.

Former Chief Marketing Officer of FC Barcelona, co-founder of D2F Partners and Everesting. I help organisations turn audiences into communities — and communities into business.

Keynotes delivered in EnglishEspañolCatalà
Speaker

Keynotes that turn marketing teams into fan builders.

Tailored for leadership summits, marketing conferences and corporate events — in English, Spanish or Catalan.

Fans celebrating at an FC Barcelona event
Fans, not customers

The Belonging Brands

Why the strongest brands of the next decade won’t sell products — they’ll offer belonging. A framework for building community-first brands.

Direct-to-Fan Strategy

Lessons from FC Barcelona and global entertainment brands on converting massive audiences into direct relationships and direct revenue.

Building LoveBrands

How to move a brand from being chosen to being loved — and what that changes in product, content and organisation.

Sport & Entertainment as a Business Model

What every industry can learn from how sport and entertainment monetise emotion, identity and fandom.

Guillem Graell keynote at Tigo Fest, El Salvador
Watch a keynote

More than a transformation: Barça, from football club to the biggest LoveBrand in sport

Keynote for Tigo at Tigo Fest, El Salvador — 1,000 attendees. English subtitles.

Watch on Vimeo →
The Book
Coming soon

The Belonging Brands — the book.

Guillem’s first book is on its way: how the strongest brands of the next decade will be built on belonging, community and fandom. Subscribe on Substack to be the first to know.

The Belonging Brands by Guillem Graell — working cover design
Podcast

Direct to Fan Podcast

Fans, not customers — with Shopify

Conversations with the people behind brands that have fans, not customers — in sports, entertainment and beyond. In Spanish.

About
Guillem Graell

Two decades building brands people belong to.

As CMO of FC Barcelona, Guillem led the club’s transformation into the world’s most valuable football brand — building its direct-to-fan strategy, launching Barça Studios and growing a global community of hundreds of millions of followers.

Today he is co-founder and Managing Partner of D2F Partners and co-founder of Everesting, advising brands in sport, entertainment and consumer industries on how to close the gap between the love they inspire and the business they build. He speaks at conferences and corporate events worldwide.

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400M+social followers grown at FC Barcelona
20+years building global brands in sport, FMCG & entertainment
3languages on stage: English, Spanish, Catalan
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