Industry Moves

Football
Industry Moves

Adrian Filby, the long-standing commercial director at Scottish Premiership club Celtic, has joined English Premier League outfit Aston Villa as chief commercial officer.
Cricket
Governance

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has appointed experienced UK sports industry executive Rupert Hunter as its new chief commercial officer, SportBusiness can reveal.
Football
Industry Moves

Sportfive has established a dedicated sales division for women's football, as agency competition in the space intensifies.
Football
Governance

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has appointed former Real Madrid executive Ramón Plaza Bautista as commercial and business development manager.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Lars Stegelmann, the former head of commercial for the Visa Cash App Formula 1 team and one-time commercial director for the DTM sports car racing series, has been appointed to lead a new office in Germany for the Two Circles marketing agency.
Squash
Industry Moves

Melissa Soobratty, senior media director of World Table Tennis, will serve as Professional Squash Association's head of media and marketing.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Chris Foy to take up position as Wasserman's executive vice-president and managing director of rights sales for North America
Multi-sport
Events

Brisbane 2032 has swooped for one of Paris 2024's top commercial executives as it embarks on its bid to hit a domestic sponsorship target of around A$2bn ($1.3bn/€1.2bn) for the Olympic Games in eight years' time.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

M&C Saatchi Group has recruited Robin Clarke from the Endeavor-owned marketing agency 160over90 to head up its sport and entertainment businesses following the recent high-profile exit of senior executive…
Motorsport
Industry Moves

Ellie Norman is to leave her executive role at Manchester United to join electric motor racing's Formula E as chief marketing officer, while the Premier League club's chief executive of alliances and partnerships,…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Sportfive has appointed Jordan Iannuzzi as its new senior commercial partnerships manager in Australasia
Mixed Martial Arts
Industry Moves

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has hired Damian Willoughby, the former City Football Group and EA Sports executive who briefly worked at Chelsea, as its head of global partnerships
Golf
Industry Moves

Leading sports marketer Andy Weitz has been named chief marketing and communications officer and executive vice-president, investor relations, for the PGA Tour’s global operations.
Football
Industry Moves

Zarah Al-Kudcy, the commercial director for reigning WSL champion Chelsea Women, is leaving the club to become the chief revenue officer for NewCo, the independent body set up to run the top-flight women’s league and the second-tier Women’s Championship.
Cycling
Industry Moves

Tom Hill, a former commercial executive at World Rugby and Manchester United, has joined UCI WorldTour professional cycling team Ineos Grenadiers as its commercial director
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Former M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment senior executives Steve Martin and Jamie Wynne-Morgan are launching a new global agency, MSQ Sport+Entertainment, which is planning further acquisitions to build its capabilities “from the ground up”.
College Sports
Industry Moves

Two Circles has continued its US market push under new ownership with the creation of a business vertical to help maximise the value of college sports athletes’ name, image and likeness (NIL) rights.
Athletics
Industry Moves

Chinese electric car brand Zeekr is looking to fill major marketing and brand positions in Europe as it backs an awareness drive that includes sponsorship of the Diamond League