Industry Moves

Former ESPN and Formula 1 executive Sean Bratches has landed a new role as chairman of US-based sports marketing agency Relevent Sports.

Melissa Soobratty, senior media director of World Table Tennis, will serve as Professional Squash Association's head of media and marketing.

Paul Calder has taken up a role as media sales director at Two Circles, the data-driven sports marketing and sponsorship sales agency, charged with leading the growth of its broadcast rights division

Matthias Kirschenhofer has become the sole chief executive of German sports broadcaster Sport1 following the closure of a 50-per-cent equity stake sale to Acunmedya, the Turkish media group

OneFootball has wound up its Singapore-based Asia-Pacific operations amid a small number of redundancies globally as the media platform continues to reshape its business, SportBusiness understands

IMG is reshuffling its operations in the Asia-Pacific region, relocating from Singapore to Sydney under the joint guidance of Dale Levin and Matt Dwyer, SportBusiness can reveal.

Experienced UK media rights executive Hannah Griffiths has joined global sports streaming service and media company DAZN in its broadcast partnerships business

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.

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

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.

Jonathan Davis has become the latest DAZN media rights executive to join Peak Sport Media, the joint venture set up a year ago by Spain’s LaLiga and Simon Denyer’s Ocho Sport Advisory company.

Former Sky UK boss Stephen van Rooyen has been appointed chief executive of VodafoneZiggo, the Dutch telco and pay-television operator

Cricket Australia has filled a key void in its executive team, with the appointment of Ed Sanders as its chief commercial officer.