Industry Moves
Barça commercial director ‘quits’ as pressure builds on main shirt deal
Jordi Camps, the commercial director and head of global partnerships for Spanish LaLiga club Barcelona, will resign at the end of this month, according to Spanish media sources
Sportal Media founder Grimm succeeds Blaser as Ringier Sports CEO
Ringier Sports, the sports marketing agency owned by Swiss media group Ringier, has promoted Alexander Grimm to the chief executive position, replacing the incumbent Martin Blaser
Wasserman opens Germany office headed by Burkhard and Birwe
Wasserman has opened a full-service marketing office in Düsseldorf that will be led by marketing executives Kai Burkhard and Sebastian Birwe, who have joined the sports marketing and management agency …
Nike’s Reeves joins Relo Metrics board
Relo Metrics, the AI-powered sponsorship analytics platform, has appointed Marc Reeves, the Nike executive who previously worked at the NFL and IMG agency, to its board
CSM appoints Beauchamp to head up expansion into Saudi Arabia
Sports marketing agency CSM Sport & Entertainment has appointed Charlie Beauchamp as its inaugural country manager for Saudi Arabia ahead of the opening of its first office in the Kingdom later this year
FA looking for head of commercial partnerships to replace Kiddle
The Football Association, English football’s governing body, has kicked off a recruitment process for a head of commercial partnerships to replace Dan Kiddle, the incumbent in the position.
WME Sports hires Texas Rangers’ Januszewski to run property unit
WME Sports, part of the Endeavor Group, has hired Texas Rangers executive Joe Januszewski as senior vice-president and division head of its full-service property solutions division, which delivers stadium…
Negus steps down as FMA sponsorship head
Ned Negus has stepped down from leading the sponsorship sales team at the Football Marketing Asia agency, for family reasons
Bayern’s head of international relationships Ruwe to join Fifa
Benno Ruwe, head of international relationships and product development at Bayern Munich, has left the Bundesliga side to take up a position at Fifa next month
Infront recruits Fifa sponsorship sales head Axer
The Infront agency has appointed Christopher Axer, Fifa’s head of sponsorship sales, to lead the central sales team at its ProSports division.
IOC’s Voigt seizes ‘amazing opportunity’ to join Whoop after Tokyo 2020
Christian Voigt, vice-president of marketing development within IOC Television and Marketing Services (TMS), is to move from the role after Tokyo 2020 to join the wearable fitness brand Whoop
Octagon promotes Errey to managing director in Australia
Sports marketing agency Octagon has promoted Simone Errey to the position of managing director in Australia
Sportfive’s APAC head Staiti stepping down
The Sportfive agency's head of Asia-Pacific and president of global sales, Adrian Staiti, is stepping down from the company in the coming months, SportBusiness understands
Sportfive seeks further growth in Spain as Vieta handed key role
The Sportfive agency has detailed plans to enhance its presence and activity in the Spanish market
Tennis Australia appoints former Qantas executive Cornelis as new CCO
Tennis Australia has appointed former Qantas and DHL executive Cedric Cornelis as its new chief commercial officer
Industry veteran Morgan to spearhead Standard Life Aberdeen sponsorship strategy
Sports sponsorship industry consultant Giles Morgan has been appointed head of sponsorship and partnerships at investment and asset management company Standard Life Aberdeen
Engelbert Strauss recruits Infront’s Dominguez to head up in-house sponsorship unit
Germany-based workwear supplier Engelbert Strauss has recruited Antonio Dominguez from the Infront agency to head up its new in-house sponsorship division