Industry Moves

Barbara Slater will retire from her role as director of BBC Sport next spring, the UK public-service broadcaster has announced today (Wednesday).

World Athletics has today (Monday) appointed Marton Gyulai as its director of competition and events, fresh off the back of the official helping to deliver a widely acclaimed 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

The Danish Football Association (DBU) has parted ways with its chief commercial officer Tobias Hoff just over a year into his post

Tom Hill, former chief commercial officer at World Rugby, is to head up a new venture set up by Global Venue Services (GVS) and the Propel collective of sports and health specialists to develop shared…

IMG has made two high-profile production hires with the appointment of Sally Brown and Steve Rudge to the newly created roles of vice-presidents and co-heads of the agency’s multi-sport content.H

Ben Bradley, a former global partnerships director at Manchester United, has taken on a new role as international director in the global partnerships team at live entertainment and sports group AEG Europe

Technology company Infinite Athlete, which is expected to be named as the new shirt sponsor of Premier League football club Chelsea, has appointed Teodora Ivanova-Limon as its general manager of Europe.

The German Football League (DFL) has announced the promotions of Marcus Beisiegel and Vito Esposito, helping to fill the positions left vacant by the internal appointments of Steffen Merkel and Marc Lenz…

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has appointed Pedro Adrega as its new interim chief executive as the sport awaits a decision on whether or not it will be included on the programme for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Oliver Ciesla, a veteran of the sports and media industry, has left his role as chief executive of Motorsport Network Media (MSNM) following the takeover by private equity investment firm GMF Capital

Newcastle United has announced that Jonathan Kane has joined the English Premier League club as its new director of partnerships

Marek Szkolnikowski is to leave his role as Head of Sports at Polish public-service broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) after more than seven years in the position

Arsenal has made several additions to its commercial team as it looks to capitalise on its return to the Champions League for the 2023-24 season

New Zealand Rugby has appointed Google executive Craig Fenton to head up its commercial activity after the recent departure of Richard Thomas. 

Former Disney executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs are returning to work with the US media giant on the future strategy of ESPN

Allison Kirkby, the president and chief executive of Swedish telco Telia, has been named as the new chief executive of BT Group and will take up her new role by the end of January 2024 at the latest