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Europe

Overall management of the Eurovision Sport streaming platform.Responsible for all areas of the business including strategy, editorial, commercial, P&L.

Emea

Advising on commercial growth, partnerships, and strategy. Multi platform. Working with a broad range of businesses in sports marketing, digital tech and digital publishing including contracts with FotMob (global digital publisher), Arsenal FC and WePlay (Sports Marketing Agency).

London, England, United Kingdom

Directly accountable for the management of ESPN Sports Media across EMEA. Oversight of all lines of business including Media Distribution, Direct-To-Consumer products and services, Marketing, Digital Publishing and Advertising Sales.P&L responsibility for the business.Director of three internal sports companies (ESPN Sports Media, ESPN Global Ventures and China BB Ltd).Part of the Disney UK Leadership Team.Key Achievements include:Doubled UK digital audiences through the creation of an award-winning social content strategy (grew the fan base by +4m in 18 months)DTC: Management of all aspects of ESPN Player (DTC platform) including subscriptions, pricing, marketing, and content. Transformed profitability via new subscriptions and lower churn.Partnerships: a focus on creating long-lasting, successful partnerships that generate strong results (generating $100m+ in revenues)Advertising & Sponsorship: Creation of an award-winning branded content and advertising partnerships divisionTeam and Culture: Creation of a work culture where success was celebrated, great results were rewarded, and the team had fun along the way.Leadership: working as part of the Disney Leadership Team to encourage communication and collaboration across LOB’s, and nurture company wide culture. Guiding the business through Covid was an area of focus.

Hammersmith, Uk

Responsible for media sales for Disney's core media platforms and brands in the UK and for ESPN across EMEA.The portfolio included Sports (ESPN), Kids (Disney Channels), Entertainment (Fox Channels) and Factual (National Geographic).Launch of multiple new products to drive incremental revenue. Winner of several industry awards for excellence in branded content and partnerships.

Ownership of advertising and sponsorship sales in EMEA. Building senior level client and agency relationship across the region.Setting of commercial strategy and management of all sales teams across the region.Doubled revenue in first two years within role. Launch of ESPN Creative Works (podcasts, vodcasts, studio shows, and content partnerships).

Transformed the perception of the product in core territories, leading to 100% improvement in revenues.

An exciting time of growth with the launch of multiple market leading commercial products across the region.

Pitch co-ordination: working with senior management to develop pitch strategies/execution