Directors are considered the most influential people in their region's and the ones responsible for moving the sport of flair forward.
Tomoyuki Hojo
Country: JAPAN
City: Tokyo
In Asia he is called the grandfather of flair but the “catman” as he is more commonly known is pretty far from being a grandfather with lots of passion for flair and wealth of knowledge when it comes to bartending. Having organised competitions all over Asia in the past 12 year's he still works as a bartender in Yokohama, Japan where he trains students in all aspects of bartending.
He is responsible for discovering, training and helping many a Asian bartender to become World class competitors and definitely the reason we have so many bartenders travelling from the East competing and making waves in competitions all over the World today. Without the “catman” flair would be a couple of year's behind and having him on your team one can't help but to feel positive about the future of flair.
Grzegorz Ziêba
Country: POLAND
City: Warsaw
This is a man with lots of drive, respect and a vision that reaches far beyond his native Poland. His recent appointment as WFA Director of operations in Europe has given him even more drive to further the sport/art of flair bartending. His ability to combine excellent visual production with flair bartending events has raised competitions his involved with to the next level. Grzegorz is based in Warsaw, Poland where he is one of the directors of a very succesfull entertainment company.
Kiko Pericoli
Country: PORTUGAL
City: Lisbon
Kiko originally hails from Italy but made the move to Portugal 6 year's ago and never looked back. As the CEO of a very successful events company he constantly travels pushing the boundaries of the events entertainment industry. As a long time flair bartender he has gone on to organise many a competition in Portugal which earned him the reputation as a great organiser, judge and overall nice guy. He is also the founder of the NPA (nice people association) which makes him a great asset to the WFA Team.
Jaco Brink
Country: SOUTH AFRICA
City: Cape Town
Anybody that's met Jaco know that he is a very person with a big heart and great love for flair. He is currently the operations manager for a very large South African restaurant & bar chain but he still finds time either organise or assist events related to flair in South Africa. The WFA team is very happy that he decided to be more actively involved in Africa and we believe with his help S.A flair is most definitely on the right track.
Timppa Nyyssönen
Country: FINLAND
City: Helsinki
Timppa has been involved in the drinks and flair industry for a very long time both as flair bartender, competitor, judge and more recently as the organiser of one of the biggest competitions in Scandinavia. As the operations director of a very large nightclub chain in Finland it is amazing that he still finds time to grow and support flair as much as he does. Having Timppa on the WFA Directors board for Scandinavia is truly a boost and we feel that his presence will help push flair forward not only in his home country but where ever he may roam.