Industry Moves

The global focus on health and fitness, and the need for companies to promote it among their workforce, is set to pay commercial dividends for sports properties such as The Ironman Group, its new executive vice-president of global partnerships has declared.

FeedConstruct, the sports data and video content supplier for the betting industry, has promoted Narek Harutyunyan, its head of rights and content, to CEO as a replacement for the outgoing Robert Blaszczak.

Sky New Zealand has recruited Disney Star’s Gary Burchett, an experienced programming and sports production executive, as its head of sports content.

Guillermo Santa Cruz and James Tree, two of IMG’s most senior executives in the Americas, are leaving the agency.

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,…

Vincent Pereira has stepped down as head of esports at the International Olympic Committee after two and a half years in the role, less than a month after the governing body announced plans to create the Olympic Esports Games.

Seven West Media, the Australian commercial broadcaster, has made a host of changes in its sports team following the departure of Lewis Martin, its department head

Sportfive has appointed Jordan Iannuzzi as its new senior commercial partnerships manager in Australasia

Micky Lawler, who helped spearhead the growth of women's tennis over the past decade, has turned her attentions to basketball, becoming commissioner of the new 3x3 women's league, Unrivaled.

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

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.

Andrew Corser, one of the remaining top senior executives at IMG Arena, is set to be the latest exit from the data and betting division of the Endeavor-owned IMG agency, SportBusiness has learned

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.

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

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”.

The organising committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics has finally filled its chief executive void, with Reynold Hoover the third person to take on the role.