Christopher Gibbons Email & Phone Number

Senior sports event management executive with 30 years experience in sports and broadcasting.Personal profile:At UEFA since January 2007, delivering signage & look, branded material design and production, event logistics, staff services, venue and broadcast logistics for UEFA competitions and events such as: all EURO final tournaments since EURO 2008, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, UEFA Super Cup, U21, Women's EURO, Women's Champions League, Futsal EURO, European Qualifiers, UEFA Nations League, Finalissima and other youth tournament and corporate events.Key skills: multi-disciplinary team, budget and project management, managing a large, international team of 50 staff at UEFA, plus up to 500 temporary staff and hundreds of supplier staff on events. Responsible for strategy, budgeting, procurement, operations: integrated support service planning & provision for large scale events.- Native in English, plus exceptionally fluent German & French- Current scope: signage look & dressing, wayfinding, branding & backdrops, pitch perimeter boards (static, LED, virtual), design and production of event branded materials, staff and commercial partner accommodation, staff transport, event logistics, procurement, venue furniture, fittings and equipment, warehousing, freight, shipping, venue deliveries, venue logistics, broadcast logistics, on-site venue mgt teams, staff catering, casual and formal uniform design and production, event staffing.UEFA team:For all employment opportunities & applications, see UEFA.com:http://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/careers/job-opportunities/index.htmlBusiness opportunities:For all business opportunities please check the publications of tenders on the uefa.com website:http://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/documentlibrary/tenders/index.html

Listed skills include Event Management, Venue Management, Sports Management, Broadcast, and 41 others.

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  Chief Of Event Operations

  Uefa

  Sep 2011 - Present - Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland

  Previously Head of Event Operations (2016-2019), Head of Logistics Operations (2011-2016).In charge of large, diverse and dynamic team delivering signage concepts and implementation, LED and virtual advertising boards, brand application, branded materials production and procurement, equipment transport, warehousing, infrastructure procurement, staff event travel & accommodation and venue & broadcast logistics across all senior UEFA competitions. Managing a regular permanent team of around 40 staff, increasing to around 55 in Euro years, who in turn recruit, contract and manage hundreds of on-site temporary event time staff and suppliers.