Industry Moves

Fuse, the sponsorship activation and strategy agency owned by Omnicom Media Group, is to launch a Spanish operation after hiring Juli Ferre, a former commercial executive at AS Monaco and FC Barcelona

Stephen van Rooyen has announced he is to leave Sky, the pay-television giant where he is group chief commercial officer and chief executive of the UK and Ireland business, at the end of next month

Manchester United has announced the appointment of Omar Berrada as its new chief executive after he left his position as head of football operations at City Football Group (CFG), the parent company of Premier League rivals Manchester City.

Experienced broadcast rights executive Simon Green has been promoted to chief executive of Supponor as successor to James B. Gambrell at the virtual replacement technology firm

Silke Kuisle, former chief financial officer at OneFootball, has been named as director of corporate strategy at the German Football League (DFL)

Former BBC and Discovery executive Dominic Coles has entered into a partnership with NPG Sport & Communication, the Norwegian brand activation agency

Sportfive has appointed Chris Russell as director of global sales for its basketball division

Iris Sport Media, the company set up by Ioris Francini and his former IMG colleagues Floris Weisz and Luca Baldanza, has recruited Graham Wallace as chief corporate and financial officer

Roger Lodewick, president of sports games at esports’ ESL FACEIT Group and previously of Team Marketing, has been recruited by Viaplay to lead its operations in the Netherlands.

Keith Pelley is to depart as CEO of the DP World Tour for Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to become company's president and chief executive and is expected to be replaced by Ryder Cup director Guy Kinnings.

CAA Eleven’s Emmanuel Homaidan is taking up a leading sponsorship sales role at the International Olympic Committee, SportBusiness understands.

ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media rights sales and broadcast production arm, has appointed Mark Hogan from the English Football Association (FA) as director of sales.

DAZN has recruited Walker Jacobs from Twitch to the newly created position of global chief revenue officer and president of DAZN’s US operation.

Hans-Joachim Watzke, one of the most powerful figures in German football, is to step down as chief executive of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund by the end of 2025

Marie Donoghue, who played an integral role in growing Amazon's sports rights portfolio in the United States, is to leave the online retail giant

TKO Group, the Endeavor-owned public company created by last year’s merger of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has announced plans to combine the globa…

Hari Vijayarajan, chief commercial officer at ONE Championship, has left his role to become a regional chief executive at Reebelo, the Singapore-based consumer electronics resale platform

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has appointed Clare Akamanzi as the new chief executive of NBA Africa