With effect from October 1st 2007 Richard Worth will take over the duties and responsibilities which were transitionally handled by Olivier Guiguet and Stéphane Schindler (Chief Operating Officer, Lagardère Sports). Both will now concentrate on their functions at Lagardère Sports, the Lagardère division into which SPORTFIVE has been incorporated.
Worth is the former Chief Executive Officer of Team Marketing AG, the Switzerland-based sports agency which manages the commercial rights for the UEFA Champions League, European soccer’s top clubs competition. Prior to the ten years Richard Worth spent with Team Marketing AG, he was with the London-based British commercial broadcaster ITV for 20 years, supervising much of ITV’s sports programming in his capacity as Executive Producer.
Lagardère Sports said that Richard Worth’s appointment is the next major step in the management restructuring SPORTFIVE is undertaking.
“Richard Worth will bring tremendous experience and value to SPORTFIVE. He has an impressive track record in the different aspects of the sport business and in terms of managing a company. We welcome his many contacts to key stakeholders in the market and we are glad that Richard is joining us to run SPORTFIVE and thus to support the development of Lagardère Sports,” said Olivier Guiguet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère Sports.
