SportsPro Live
Join over 65 experts from across the sports business ecosystem this September at the SportsPro Live virtual summit.
Speakers
Scott O’Neil
CEO
Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment
Phil Lynch
CEO of Media
Manchester United
Steven Ziff
Chief Marketing Officer
Los Angeles Chargers
Moon Javaid
Chief Strategy Officer
San Francisco 49ers
Paul Rogers
Chief Strategy Officer
AS Roma
Michael Conley
SVP & Chief Information Officer
Cleveland Cavaliers
Theodore Dalton
SVP, Corporate Partnerships & Business Development
Boston Celtics
Hattie Park
Head of Sustainability
Wimbledon
| Hattie is the Sustainability Manager for The All England Lawn Tennis Club, which stages The Wimbledon Championships. There she is responsible for developing and supporting the environmental sustainability agenda for the organisation across climate impacts, resource use and biodiversity. She joined the AELTC in February 2019 following nine years as Sustainability Manager for the BBC. Hattie holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. Hattie will share the AELTC’s approach to protecting the environment for 50 weeks of the year as a club and how this is magnified during the Wimbledon Championships. |
George Pyne
Founder & Chief Executive
Bruin Sports Capital
George Pyne is CEO of Bruin Sports Capital which he founded in January 2015. Bruin specializes in developing high-growth, high-yield global businesses in the technology, sports, media, live events, marketing, and entertainment sectors. Today, Bruin’s reach spans five continents, and its companies are in business with virtually every top sports league, rights holder, governing body, blue-chip brand, and sporting event.
Andreas Heyden
Chief Executive
DFL Digital Sports
Since June 2015, Andreas Heyden is serving as CEO of the DFL digital sports GmbH being responsible for digital platforms & production and distribution of national and international media content. Before Andreas was the Managing Director of maxdome GmbH since July 1st, 2013. Previously, Andreas was COO as part the management of ProSiebenSat.1 Game GmbH from December 2011 on.
Yath Gangkumaran
Director of Strategy and Business Development
Formula 1
Steve Sayer
VP & GM
The O2
| Steve Sayer is Vice President and General Manager of The O2, the world’s most popular music and entertainment venue. As VP & GM, Steve heads up the Senior Leadership team at The O2, and is fully accountable for all aspects of venue management across the busy campus, including overseeing all aspects of venue strategy, improving the experience for The O2’s many customers, venue development projects and driving continued commercial growth. |
Susie Tomson
Sustainability Director
SailGP
Susie established Earth to Ocean in 2009 as a specialist sustainability consultancy specialising in the sports sector as well as other organisations who look to deliver more than business as usual. Her early career was in marine and coastal policy and management from a practical perspective as well as a consultant. Susie continues to lead the sustainability programmes for high profile projects currently working with SailGP, international sailing league, Goodwood Estate and Events, Ben Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR team, the Ryder Cup 2014, the European Tour Green Drive Programme as well as London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics
Michael Lloyd
Deputy Stadium Manager
Arsenal
I have worked for Arsenal for 15 years and have experienced the move from the old Highbury stadium into the new Emirates Stadium. Coming from a facilities-based background we have always been involved in operating and managing building. At Arsenal, we have started our sustainability journey by looking at energy usage and waste management and have had success in reducing both.
Anne-Cecile Turner
Sustainability Director
The Ocean Race
Michael Cole
Chief Technology Officer
European Tour
Michael was appointed as the CTO for the PGA European Tour in November 2017, with the responsibilities extending across Digital Systems, Scoring Systems, Technology Infrastructure and Data Management including Official World Golf Rankings.
Formerly, Michael was CEO And Co-founder for TrueGold Communications, a sports marketing agency specialising in technology-based global sport sponsorship, supporting the number of Olympic Games and sponsors for Rio2016, Pyeongchang 2018 and Tokyo2020, as well as the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru.
Akhil Nambiar
GM, Content Strategy
The Athletic
Carsten Thode
Founder
Aphetor
Julia Pallé
Head of Sustainability
Formula E
Damani Leech
Chief Operating Officer, International
NFL