Industry Moves
Sponsorship sales executive Checha swaps Sportfive role for Infront Germany
Sponsorship executive Diego Checha has been appointed as associate director of sales for winter sports and premium rights at Infront Germany after five and a half years with the Sportfive agency
Right Formula’s Fenwick details strategy behind new advisory board
Sports and entertainment marketing consultancy Right Formula has formed a new advisory board to help guide the company’s growth and development.
Schlünz to head Nürnberg’s commercial team after Sportfive split
German second-tier football club 1. FC Nürnberg has recruited Dirk Schlünz, the former head of the commercial division at FC St.
Spurs bolster commercial team with addition of F1’s Symon
English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur has appointed Will Symon as its new head of partnership development
Commercial director Neill makes early RLWC2021 exit
Jonathan Neill, the commercial director at the organisers of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England, is to leave his role at the end of this month
Sutherden and Yaffe join Antourage’s advisory board
Fan development platform Antourage has appointed well-known sports marketers Andy Sutherden and Ken Yaffe to its advisory board
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