Our Team.

Robert co-founded The Sports Consultancy in 2006 and is responsible for the growth of our rights holder, event consulting, host city, government and legal teams. Robert’s work focuses on enhancing commercial models and major event formats, gathering impact data, articulating returns on investment and selling hosting rights using state of the art due diligence tools, through our industry leading competitive tenders to iconic cities around the globe for some of the world’s most recognised events.

Robert also creates major event strategies, event calendars and manages major event bids for our city and government clients.

Robert also oversees the growth and development of our legal team and has created our regulated law firm The Sports Consultancy Legal and our independent Global Investigations service.

Robert trained at one of the world’s largest law-firms, Linklaters in the 1990s and qualified and practised there as a litigator for 4 years. He joined the British Olympic Association as its head of legal through the Sydney Olympic cycle and the early days of the London 2012 bid. Robert then became a partner at the international law firm Farrer & Co., where he worked in the firm’s commercial sports group (ranked no.1 in the UK for 5 consecutive years for its sponsorship work) advising sports rights holders and international federations.

Robert became global director of the Laureus Sport for Good foundation distributing commercial funding from founding patron brands to projects around the world using sport for social change.

Robert’s recent work includes advising the IAAF, the BIE (World Expo), the IOC, World Rugby, European Professional Club Rugby, the Volvo Ocean Race, the America’s Cup, the International Equestrian Federation and the city of Gothenburg, the regional government of Flanders and the city of London in relation to sporting and major entertainment events.

When Robert’s not running bids and event projects for major federations and governments, he’s out running the streets of north London, clocking up the middle distance training miles to scrape a few 10ths off his 800m time for the GB masters team.

Angus has worked in the sports industry for over 25 years having successfully made the transition from professional sportsman to the one of the leading strategy consultants and commercial negotiators in the sector. During that time Angus and Robert have grown The Sports Consultancy from start up to 40 strong team and cemented the company’s position as one of the leading independent consultancies in sport and entertainment. Angus specialises on asset and event creation and the commercialisation of rights having worked with events ranging from Volvo Ocean Race generating over €200m revenues from new and existing rights revenues to the creation of new events like Ride London and leading on commercial work with rights holders such as FIBA, The America’s Cup, FEI, ICC, World Rugby.  Having trained as a lawyer and worked as an oil and gas litigator early in his career, Angus is well known as a creative and practical deal maker.

Matt leads the Consulting team at The Sports Consultancy. He works with rights holders, cities and brands to optimise their events, commercial strategies, asset portfolios and hosting relationships. His rights holder and event clients include Formula 1, World Rugby, FIA, World Athletics, ICC, NFL, FIBA, FEI, The Ocean Race, European Professional Club Rugby, Formula E, Goodwood, BIE, The Ryder Cup, Rugby League World Cup 2021, Interkultur, Red Bull and Nitro World Games. His national, regional and city government clients include Mayor of London, Government of Abu Dhabi, Government of Oman, EventFlanders, Goteborg & Co, City of Manchester, City of Barcelona, Government of Dubai and London & Partners.

Prior to joining The Sports Consultancy, Matt spent 11 years with Deloitte, where he delivered transformation projects for some of their largest clients across Europe, North America and the Middle East. Matt also spent 2 years with LOCOG, the organising committee for London 2012, where he took a lead role in designing and delivering the operational readiness integration programme.

Siân is a management consultant with over twelve years’ experience in the consulting and sports industries. At The Sports Consultancy, Sian works with both host cities and rights holder to secure innovative and successful hosting partnerships.

Siân has worked with rights holders including World Rugby (Rugby World Cup), World Table Tennis (Portfolio of events), Interkultur (World Choir Games and European Choir Games), Red Bull (Cliff Diving and Ice Cross), World Athletics (World Indoors) and FIBA (FIBA Basketball World Cup) to secure new hosts.

On the other side of the rights holder relationship, Siân enjoys working with cities and event agencies to produce exciting and creative event strategies and before designing event calendar portfolios that put that strategy into practice.

Sian also works on creating compelling and successful bids and bid narratives for our city and national clients. Examples include FEI World Championships (Herning), World Choir Games (Flanders, Belgium) and Rugby League World Cup 2021 (England).

Prior to joining The Sports Consultancy in 2013, Siân worked at Deloitte in their Operations Consultancy practice, consulting both private and public sector clients on all aspects for the project lifecycle from strategy to delivery. Siân also spent two years working at the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), where she helped create and deliver a readiness and testing programme involving a range of exercises across all venues.

Kirsten has over 12 years’ experience in legal, consulting, major events and sport.

She specialises in supporting rights holder clients to design practical, implementable and measurable business and commercial strategy. She believes in having an ambitious and realistic strategy but also ensuring that organisations are set up to deliver success through the right governance structures, operating models and organisation designs.

She also advises public and private institutional investors on their investments in sport.

Her recent and current clients include Abu Dhabi Sports Council, NEOM, World Athletics, European Aquatics, British Cycling, UCI Cycling World Championships 2023, Rugby League World Cup, the Kuwait FA, the FIA, The FA, UK Sport, EventFlanders, and the International Tennis Federation.

Kirsten spent five years in New Zealand where she led the Major Events Feasibility team at Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development developing and implementing events strategy. At PwC New Zealand, she advised sports sector clients including New Zealand Major Events, the New Zealand Olympic Committee and Sport NZ on operational effectiveness, operating model and organisation design.

Kirsten is legally qualified, training at Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer before being seconded to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

After 20 years in the sports industry Fraser joined The Sports Consultancy in February 2018. Following successes with The UCI Road World Championships 2019, where 17 sponsors generated significant revenues, Fraser continues to lead The Sports Consultancy’s sponsorship work and is now involved in a number of host procurement projects.

Fraser joined The Sports Consultancy from The Female Sports Group, a consultancy he jointly founded in 2014 and which is dedicated to female and mixed gender sport. During his time there, he transformed parkrun’s commercial proposition, which saw a presenting partner (Vitality), two official partners (Exodus and Leeds Building Society) and several other sponsors (Vhi, Co-op and Healthspan) secured, more than tripling its commercial revenue with seven-figure deals. Whilst there, Fraser also worked with Table Tennis England, England Netball, Badminton England, World Cycling Revival and Herne Hill Velodrome to secure new commercial partners.

Fraser was previously General Manager of BDS Sponsorship, a business that he was part of for 18 years with six of those at the helm. During his time at BDS, he worked with a wide range of rights holders to commercialise their sponsorship assets and wrote over 75 commercial strategies for these clients.

As well as being a keen cyclist Fraser loves all sports and regularly runs, plays football and represents Kings at rugby – where he is also a coach and chairman in the mini rugby section.

Kailash leads the consulting practice for The Sports Consultancy in the Middle East. He works with cities, brands, major events, and rights holders to optimise their commercial and events strategies, asset portfolios, calendar planning, and fan and visitor data analytics.

With over two decades in mega events strategic planning, commercial leadership and general management, Kailash has led the execution of feasibility studies, successful bid campaigns, and commercial and operational delivery for mega events.

Prior to joining TSC, Kailash served as a Senior Vice President for World Expo 2020 in Dubai to deliver 24 million visits to the Expo and spearheaded the analytics and special projects teams. He also served as a strategic advisor for Riyadh City’s successful bid for World Expo 2030.

Previously, Kailash served as the Managing Director for YouGov Middle East, overseeing commercial and analytics projects for tourism authorities, theme parks, and consumer brands across the GCC, North Africa, and India.

Kailash holds an MBA with distinction from Manchester Business School.

Will joined The Sports Consultancy as an experienced hire, having began his career at Goldman Sachs and later setting up and successfully exiting his own sports travel business. He joined with several years experience working in strategy teams across multiple sectors, including FMCG, TMT and Sport, and has a valuable blend of strategic, commercial and operational expertise. He has a strong track record of delivering solutions that generate significant step changes in revenue and working collaboratively with clients to ensure successful delivery and execution of growth strategies.

Whilst at The Sports Consultancy, Will has helped major Rights Holders and sports investors to unlock growth potential, by delivering value-add proposition to fans that grow both direct and indirect revenues. Outside of the day to day Will also runs the valuation process for the TSC sponsorship sales team, which articulates the return on investment to brands from sports related sponsorship activity.

He is an avid sports fan and sits on the red side of Manchester having grown up in the north west, and is a keen golfer now that he’s hung up his footballing boots.

Stewart joined The Sports Consultancy as a manager in May 2023 and works across TSC’s consulting offering with a primary focus on strategy, transformation and growth.

Since joining TSC, Stewart has advised major international rights holders and national governing bodies across a breadth of topics including strategy development, operating model design, commercial growth strategy, major events and impact assessment. Some of his past and current clients include the Football Association (FA), the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).

Stewart has a degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Edinburgh and a strong finance background having qualified with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) in 2017. Prior to joining TSC, Stewart spent over 8 years with Ernst & Young (EY) in the UK, New Zealand and Australia with a focus on delivering strategy and business transformation projects.

Outside of work, Stewart is a sports enthusiast. Since hanging up his rugby boots after a long amateur career, his focus has turned to lower impact sports such as tennis, golf and running, travelling to major sporting events and dealing with the emotional turmoil of being a Scottish rugby fan.

Matthew joined The Sports Consultancy in 2014, and works in the Consulting team across a range of projects and clients.

He has worked for a variety of rights holders and international federations on strategy and major event host procurement projects for clients including the ICC, FIA, World Rugby, IAAF, EPCR and ITF. He has also worked for several public sector organisations, developing event strategies for the Government of Flanders and London & Partners and creating bids for events such as the Ryder Cup. In addition, Matthew spent a year working in the Rights Marketing team, helping to secure commercial partners for a range of rights holders and defining sponsorship structures for events including the Rugby League World Cup and Sailing World Championships.

Matthew has a degree in Music from Durham University, and previously worked at IMG Artists in classical music artist management. Outside of work, he can usually be found running, playing the trumpet or watching Everton.

Fiona joined The Sports Consultancy in 2016 and has a wide breadth of consulting experience across our host city advisory, host city procurement and major event bidding service offerings. Fiona has worked with some of the world’s leading rights holders and major event hosts across the world, securing high value hosting partnerships and delivering impact measurement reporting.

Recent work has included:

Working with Laver Cup to appoint the 2023 (Vancouver, Canada) and 2024 (Berlin, Germany) edition hosts

Managing the global host city selection process for MLB’s international series, working closely with public and private sector partners in target territories

Measuring and reporting the social and economic impact of the 2023 Jakarta E-Prix and the 2023 Rome E-Prix

Supporting the English FA on its successful 2028 UEFA UERO 2028 bid, by running a clear and transparent host city and stadia selection process

Supporting E1, the world’s first all-electric raceboat championship, to appoint Puerto Banus and Hong Kong as hosts in its inaugural season

During 2023 Fiona spearheaded the development of an industry report focused on major event trends which captured the opinions of more than 60 senior decision makers from major rights holders and host cities (through consultations and survey). The report covers key themes including investment behaviours and decision-making processes, impact measurement priorities, and demand for certain events.

Fiona has always been a passionate sportswoman. When not working, she is most likely to be found running, cycling or in the gym.

Hannah joined The Sports Consultancy in 2022 as a Senior Consultant with over seven years of management consulting experience. Since joining she has worked on a range of projects including major events impact analysis, strategic investment opportunities for growth, and commercialisation of intellectual property.

Hannah began her career at IBM in the finance practice primarily focussing on clients within financial services, helping in all aspects of the project lifecycle, from strategy to delivery. She is an experienced project manager with a strong track record of successfully delivering complex technology and transformation programmes.

Outside of work Hannah can usually be found running around one of London’s parks and recently completed a 250km ultra marathon across the Wadi Rum desert for charity.

Laurent joined The Sports Consultancy in September 2022.

Laurent has over seven years of consulting experience with a focus on helping clients address complex challenges through designing and implementing market-leading operating models and strategies across a wide range of different industries in both the public and private sector. He has a strong record in helping organisations use innovation to develop and execute on new growth strategies to achieve their growth ambitions.

Outside of work, Laurent is an avid rugby fan and enjoys following England around the world as they seek to claim their next piece of silverware. He also trains throughout the year to compete in triathlons.

Stuart Turner is an events industry professional with thirty years’ experience of working in the fields of sport, culture and events.

Stuart has worked as the Head of EventScotland and was responsible for leading on the creation of the National Events Strategy ‘Scotland the Perfect Stage’. He also led the EventScotland team in developing a portfolio of events over a period of ten years, working across both sport and culture. Stuart was integral to the establishment of themed years in Scotland and initiated the work on Scotland’s year of Homecoming in 2014. He led EventScotlands work on successful bids for World Gymnastics Championships, World Orienteering Championships, European Eventing Championships, MTV Europe Awards and many other World and European events.

Stuart worked extensively on and around the Glasgow 2014 commonwealth Games and was a member of the Sport Advisory Group as well as the Games Legacy Executive Board. He led work to secure events to test readiness for the games including World Junior Track Cycling, World Junior Netball and eight nations hockey.

Stuart also worked as Head of Major Events in Auckland where he wrote the ‘Major Events Strategy for Auckland’ as well as leading on the establishment of a new Cultural Festivals strategy. Stuart was central to delivering the Host Venue Agreement for the 36th Americas Cup and played an active role as a member of the Event Steering Group. In his time in Auckland Stuart also restructured the Major Events team and introduced policies and processes to help deliver the strategy. Stuart was also the driving force behind Auckland’s new winter festival, Elemental and led his organisations involvement in the successful bid to host the womens Rugby World Cup in 2021.

Stuart has been involved in working with Team Scotland at every commonwealth games since 1998 in various roles and was involved in the Team GB preparations for both Syndey 2000 and Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics. He is currently a Director of the International Association of Event Hosts.

Pascal is a Senior Consultant in the Consulting team, having joined the company in 2019.

He works across the full breadth of our service offering for some of our highest-profile rights holder and host city clients. Recent work includes supporting Major League Baseball enter new international markets with the development of their International Regular Season Games, creating a Foundation Plan for the Organising Committee of the 2034 Asian Games in Riyadh, and securing Brussels as a new host on the World Padel Tour circuit for 2022.

Pascal has also written various major event impact analysis and assessments for rights holder clients, and led the latest development of our economic impact methodology. He delivered an economic impact report for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales, a social impact study for a Transport for London event, and is currently working with Formula 1 to create comprehensive impact reports for three of their Grands Prix in 2021 and 2022.

Other clients include Destination New South Wales, Greater London Authority, London & Partners, the Homeless World Cup Foundation and TGI.

Pascal also led on the launch of SEER, TSC’s internal think-tank and research unit, writing two detailed reports investigating the disconnect between rights holders and their two most important investors – host governments and brand sponsors.

Pascal also speaks three languages, having graduated from Oxford University with First Class Honours in French and Italian prior to joining company.

Outside of work, Pascal is a keen footballer and spends his Saturdays following the trials and tribulations of Sunderland AFC

Peter is a Senior Consultant at The Sports Consultancy and has a background in Economics. He has an MSc in International Economics from the University of Birmingham plus strong industry experience having joined the TSC Team in Summer 2023 after working at the Centre for Economics and Business Research for 3 years.

His particular area of expertise is in economic impact assessments where he is proficient in mapping complex economic impacts across various industries and geographical regions. Beyond this, Peter understands the intersection of economic drivers and social impact and is adept at providing a holistic view of value. He has experience in designing social value measurement frameworks using innovative methods to effectively quantify intangible social outcomes.

Outside of work, Peter is an avid fan of cricket, hockey, and cycling. He is also very proud of his Duolingo streak, despite the limit of his French skills extending to “Deux bières, s’il vous plait”.

Tom joined The Sports Consultancy as an Analyst in the Consulting team in September 2019. At TSC Tom works across our consulting offering, including strategy development, host procurement, and sponsorship valuation/optimisation. Recent projects include host city strategy for World Athletics and developing the sponsorship strategy for the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships.

Prior to joining TSC, Tom completed a graduate scheme at Arsenal Football Club. At Arsenal Tom worked across commercial, operational and high performance functions of the Club. Before joining Arsenal Tom graduated from the University of Exeter with a First Class Honours in Economics and Politics.

Outside of work Tom is a qualified skydiver, a keen MMA and NBA fan, and can often be found agonising over his NFL fantasy team.

Jay joined TSC as an Analyst in the consulting team in January 2020. Since joining he has worked across TSC’s Consulting and Rights Marketing functions.

His consulting project experience includes commercial strategy, event strategy, host city procurement, sponsorship regulation, strategy and operating model design for clients that include Badminton England, NEOM, IARD, Super League Triathlon and Metro Vancouver.

On the Rights Marketing side, Jay has been leading on market analysis, brand identification and sponsorship sales outreach. Working across a portfolio of national and international rights holders, he has developed a deep understanding of sports partnerships and the value they can deliver to brands.

Outside of the office, Jay is a keen sportsman. He enjoys playing rugby and long-distance running. Away from the pitch, he is a passionate Welsh Rugby fan.

Mayank joined The Sports Consultancy as a Consultant in October 2022.

Prior to joining TSC, Mayank completed a graduate program with Ernst and Young (EY) Australia, where over a 3 year period, helped deliver numerous risk transformation and strategic projects for various private and public sector clients. He brings knowledge in the fields of business strategy, financial and process modelling, event impact analysis and program management. Before joining EY, Mayank graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting and Finance.

Outside of work, Mayank is a Cricket tragic and is also an avid fan of Tennis, Formula One and Australian Rules Football. He is also passionate about promoting positive mental health and wellbeing within the community and is the co-founder of a podcast aiming to de-stigmatise mental health through the power of storytelling and conversation.

Joel joined TSC as a Consultant in June 2023, working on clients like BLAST, WADA and the Caledonia Gladiators. Previously, Joel was the Partnerships Lead for the Rugby League World Cup 2021 and has amassed a wealth of experience in Football and Cricket, specializing in Commercial Strategy, Sports Sponsorships, and Athlete Representation in both the UK and India. His client portfolio is extensive, featuring Rights Holders such as City Football Group and Eleven Sports, Brands including Cazoo, Vodafone, PepsiCo, Dream11 and Proctor & Gamble, and notable Talent like Sania Mirza and Shikhar Dhawan.

A graduate of the prestigious Football Industries MBA program from the University of Liverpool, Joel’s multi-sport background, bi-lingual skills and work with athletes, brands, rightsholders, and in the agency business has given him great insight into industry functions and allows him to offer a unique perspective to business challenges. Throughout his career, Joel has demonstrated a consistent ability to drive growth in revenue streams, pioneer new business development initiatives and exceed stakeholder expectations.

Sian joined The Sports Consultancy as an Analyst in August 2022.

She holds a Masters in Sports Management from the Johan Cruyff Institute and a First-Class undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford in Spanish and Linguistics.

Combining her language skills and cricketing background, Sian was previously the Coach of the Argentine Women’s Cricket team and Female Development Officer for Cricket Argentina, before returning to the UK to work as an Account Executive at Sports Marketing firm InCrowd Sports. She is particularly passionate about the growth and increased professionalisation of women’s sport, and enjoys playing cricket at her local club each week.

Chris joined The Sports Consultancy in June 2023 and works across the consulting product suite.

Prior to joining, he worked for Accenture, specialising in commercial strategy and value creation across several industries, including Financial Services and Luxury Hospitality. He brings experience of defining business strategy, delivering strategic, growth initiatives and project managing complex, technology transformations.

Outside of work, Chris enjoys following the ups and downs of Arsenal, trying his hand at most sports and is often found stringing an assortment of racquets in his kitchen.

Michael joined The Sports Consultancy as an Analyst in the Consulting team in March 2022 after a successful internship.

Life at TSC has begun with a secondment role as project manager for Major League Baseball, working across all seasons of the global project Home Run Derby X. At TSC Michael works across our consulting offering, including hosting and campaigns and commercial partnerships and has worked with major rights holders including esports entertainment network BLAST and The National Hockey League.

Michael speaks three languages, having graduated from Durham University with First Class Honours in French and Spanish prior to joining the company.

Outside of work Michael enjoys playing darts and is a long-suffering Queens Park Rangers F.C. fan.

Oli joined The Sports Consultancy as an Analyst in June 2022 after completing a three-month internship with the firm.

Oli works on a wide range of projects covering commercial strategy development, new concept creation, host city procurement, and economic impact studies across a variety of clients, including World Athletics, the National Hockey League (NHL), and Volleyball World.

Prior to joining TSC, Oli completed a master’s degree in Management from Imperial College Business School with Distinction. Having grown up in Hong Kong, and graduating with a bachelor’s degree in German and Russian at University College, London, he also speaks several languages.

Outside work, Oli is a passionate Manchester United fan, and he enjoys playing football and ice hockey, scuba diving, and watching Formula One.

Following a successful three-month internship, Sami joined The Sports Consultancy as an Analyst in the Consulting team in October 2022.

Prior to joining TSC, Sami obtained a first-class degree in Performance Psychology from The University of Edinburgh. Sami has always had a passion to work in the sports industry, completing her undergraduate degree in Sports and Exercise Science at Durham University where she received a Distinction. Sami has experience working in a variety of roles within the sport and health industry with five years’ experience in marketing and advertisement for chiropractic clinics and placement experience on the Active 30 Programme, a scheme set out by the Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan, getting children to achieve sixty minutes of physical activity per day.

Sami works across our consulting offering including event strategy, host city procurement, commercial strategy development and sponsorship regulation for clients including the National Hockey League, Formula One and World Athletics.

Outside of work Sami enjoys watching her favourite team, Arsenal, play and is an avid Formula One fan with a dream of attending the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.

Federico joined The Sports Consultancy as an Analyst in April 2023, after completing a three-month internship within the consulting division of the firm. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and master’s degree from Loughborough University London, which he obtained with a distinction.

At TSC Federico works across the firm’s consulting offering, focusing on unlocking commercial value for a number of high-profile clients, including Formula 1, NASCAR and Rugby League World Cup. Prior to joining TSC, Federico accrued 2 years of industry experience by engaging in research collaborations, internships, and industry placements. His project portfolio includes an international strategy development piece for Global Squad Basketball (MD, USA), a talent identification and development research project for Valencia Basket Club, and a CSR framework development project for SlumsDunk ODV, a non-profit basketball academy operating out of Nairobi, Kenya.

A passionate traveller, Federico has lived in 5 countries and is fluent in Italian, English and Spanish. Outside of work, he can be found watching basketball, exploring London or planning the next trip to the nearest beach.

Ivo joined The Sport Consultancy as an Analyst in the Consulting team in May 2023.

Prior to joining TSC, Ivo worked at Nestle on a Commercial Graduate Training Program. During his time there he worked across multiple teams within the Sales function where he managed accounts, delivered strategic plans and developed skills in planning and analysis. Aside from this Ivo is passionate about sustainability and worked on multiple projects to drive this, including leading the relationship with a key charity partner.

Before joining Nestle he graduated from Nottingham University where he received First Class honours from a degree in Industrial Economics.
Outside of work Ivo enjoys his fitness and is a member of a CrossFit gym, he can also often be found losing balls on the golf course which he doesn’t enjoy as much! Ivo is a keen sports fan and supports Harlequins where he is a season ticket holder.

Kian joined The Sports Consultancy as an Analyst in October 2023, after completing a three month internship with the firm.

At TSC, Kian has worked across the firms consulting offering, including developing commercial strategies, creating demand models, and facilitating host city procurement processes for clients such as The FA and the International Shooting Sport Federation.

Prior to joining TSC, Kian has worked in private equity, consulting (at PwC), and capital raising advisory. He holds a bachelor’s degree at Warwick Business School in International Management with Finance, where he also completed an exchange at ESADE in Barcelona and worked in Washington D.C.

Kian speaks English, German, and Farsi, and is constantly looking to play basketball, tennis, and football.

Harry joined The Sports Consultancy as an Analyst in January 2024.

Before joining TSC, Harry held a graduate role at AECOM, specialising in stakeholder engagement, consultation, and communications for nationally significant infrastructure projects. Prior to that, he completed a master’s degree in Sustainability and Consultancy at the University of Leeds, graduating with distinction. During his studies, he conducted a consultancy project with International Mixed Ability Sport (IMAS), exploring the intersections and opportunities between Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles and mixed ability sport. Harry’s commitment to sustainability has been recognised through his attainment of professional accreditations: he is a Registered Environmental Practitioner with the Society for the Environment (REnPV) and a Practitioner Member of the Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment (PIEMA). Harry is excited to combine his passions for sustainability and sport at TSC, aiming to achieve Chartered Environmentalist status.

Raised on the grounds of his local sports club, Harry has always been a keen sportsperson. Much of his competitive sport has revolved around cricket, where he has represented teams such as Derbyshire CCC, Cheshire CCC, and Leeds Bradford MCCU. Recently, Harry has become an ambassador for Last Man Stands Cricket (8-a-side) and is the current England Captain. This role has provided him opportunities to compete in tournaments in Barbados and India, as well as an upcoming World Cup in Kenya.

Andy is a sports marketing lawyer with over twenty years’ experience in the industry.  Specializing predominantly in sponsorship agreements, he is equally comfortable advising brands or rights holders.  He has advised the likes of Carlsberg, Nike, Nationwide, npower, Aviva, Aegon and Gillette on sponsorship matters and has drafted and negotiated sports marketing contracts for rights owners such as FIFA, UEFA, Rugby World Cup, British & Irish Lions, Six Nations Rugby, the English Football League, Cricket West Indies, Ascot Racecourse, the International Tennis Federation, Intenazionale di Milano, AS Roma and numerous sports clubs and celebrities.  He also acts as a consultant for sponsorship clients, advising on the structuring of commercial programmes and refining rights packages.  Andy lectures regularly on sports marketing topics at a number of universities and at industry events.  He supports Everton.

Rob trained at the international law firm Squire Patton Boggs in the Sports & Entertainment group.

He has experience advising a wide range of clients in the sports, media and entertainment sectors, from start-ups to rights holders of major international events. He advises them on a range of corporate and commercial matters including event hosting terms; event operations; venue hire; commercial structures; sponsorship and IP protection and distribution. The corporate matters he typically advises on include purchase agreements; shareholders’ agreements; group re-structuring; debt finance; company restorations and matters of general corporate governance.

Rob’s work highlights include advising on the legal, commercial and governance aspects of the inaugural 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships; the host procurement process for the European Professional Club Rugby finals; and drafting and negotiating sponsorship agreements for the Glasgow 2019 European Indoor Athletics Championships; the Athletics World Cup London 2018, and Spartan.

Rob also has in-house experience having worked in the legal teams at The Walt Disney Company and Sport England where, at Disney, he advised on the distribution of its media programming and channels to international TV broadcasters and media platforms.

In his spare time, Rob plays and watches a wide range of sports. He is a playing member of the MCC, has featured in an award nominated short film and volunteers for the homeless charity – The Passage.

David Becker is an international lawyer specializing in the sports industry.

David began his career working as a corporate lawyer with prominent Freshfields in London. He then joined sports law specialists Townleys before becoming a partner at Bedford Row firm Collyer Bristow, where he headed up the Sports Group. During that time David was listed by Legal 500 and Chambers as a leading lawyer in the sports sector several years running. After five years at Collyer Bristow, David was recruited as senior counsel for the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Dubai in 2007. He was promoted to Head of Legal of the ICC in 2008. In 2011, he completed the General Management Programme at Harvard Business School in Boston.

In 2012 David joined The Sports Consultancy as Director of Legal. After a sabbatical in 2017 to work on South Africa’s Rugby World Cup bid committee for the 2023 World Cup bid, David resumed his career at The Sports Consultancy in 2018.

David has advised a number of high profile clients in the sports industry during his career, including International Cricket Council, NIKE, Vodafone, World Rugby, England & Wales Cricket Board, Paralympic World Cup, Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Cricket South Africa, Rugby Centurions and America’s Cup, as well as a host of leading athletes such as four-time Olympic gold medalist Sir Ben Ainslie, four of golf’s major winners, Olympic swimmer Chad le Clos, Protea’s captain Graeme Smith and former President of the FEI, HRH Princess Haya of Jordan. David has written chapters in the first edition of “Sport: Law and Practice” by Taylor and Lewis and in 2007 published the first book dedicated to the legal aspects of event management, entitled “The Essential Legal Guide to Events“.

He represented Protea’s captain Faf du Plessis and fast bowler Kagiso Rabada in their recent high profile appeal cases before the ICC and worked as part of the legal team in the prosecution of the three Pakistan players for spot fixing in 2010 and several South African players for attempted match fixing during the 2016 Ram Slam T20 competition.

He has appeared on BBC News 24, BBC World, Radio Five Live and Sky News Australia on regular occasions advising on matters ranging from slide tackles and sacked managers to drug scandals and match fixing.

A competitive sportsman and endurance athlete, David has completed the 7-day Sahara Ultra-marathon, and has participated in the World Memory Championships, the Mind Sports Olympiad and the World Speed-reading Championships. He is a founding trustee of the international Aids charity Starfish, Beyond Sport and the Lewis Pugh Foundation.

Georgia joined TSC Legal as a Paralegal in February 2024, having completed a Masters of Law. She also holds a MA in History from the University of St Andrews and has previously worked in commercial and talent acquisition roles at SportQuake and W Series. Georgia combines her experience in the sports industry with her legal studies to support TSC and TSC Legal across sports law matters. She is aiming to complete the SQE route to qualification to become a specialist sports & entertainment lawyer.

Outside of work, Georgia enjoys sailing, skiing, and horse riding, and is a qualified scuba diver.

Simon began his career at Sport England in 1999 where he worked in the Lottery Strategy Unit, monitoring and evaluating the company’s progress against the 1999-2009 funding strategy. In 2002, he moved into consultancy and worked on a range of high-profile projects, including an 18-month secondment with Elmbridge Borough Council project managing the Elmbridge Xcel Centre leisure PPP and a secondment with World Cup Barbados Inc. In the latter role, he spent three-and-a-half months as Cricket and Facilities Manager for WCB’s successful bid to host the final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

In 2007, Simon moved to Capita Symonds Sport & Leisure, where he was primarily responsible for major event work, as well as delivering business planning and procurement support to local authorities. High profile projects included the 2015/2017 World Athletics Championships Feasibility Study for London, the 2014/16 European Swimming Championships Feasibility Study for London and 2015 Eurobasket Feasibility Study, as well as the first joint leisure management contract procurement in the UK (for Guildford and Woking Borough Councils).

He joined The Sports Consultancy as a Director in January 2012 and has continued to deliver a range of high profile projects, including the procurement for British Cycling of a new Delivery Partner for the Tour of Britain from 2014-18, the feasibility study and bid support for Scotland’s successful submission to host the 2019 Solheim Cup, the feasibility study for the new Scottish National Performance Centre for Sport (now Oriam, opened in 2016) and economic impact appraisals for the 2016 and 2017 EPCR Champions and Challenge Cup Finals and the 2017 IAAF World Cross-Country Championships.

Chris began his career in the City, working in management buy-outs and corporate acquisitions for Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest financing.  Completing a number of sport and leisure related deals sparked a professional interest in sport and he moved to a specialist leisure consultancy PMP in 2003.

Before joining the Sports Consultancy Chris was an Associate Director with Capita Symonds Sport & Leisure. He led the consultancy’s management and procurement work. In 2011 Chris completed the procurement of an operator for Guildford Spectrum – the largest public leisure centre in the UK – as part of the first ever joint procurement process on behalf of Guildford and Woking Borough Councils.

Chris focuses on two key areas of consultancy work: leisure management procurement and venue facility feasibility. He has delivered projects for many clients including UK Sport, the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, The Government of the Isle of Man and the States of Guernsey, as well as numerous local authorities across the UK.

Tom is responsible for leading the growth of The Sports Consultancy’s venue development capability, establishing the team as a leading consultancy in the development of significant sport and leisure facilities and venues. He has delivered commissions for many clients including central and local government, national governing bodies of sport, universities, developers, architects and other consultancies. He has over 15 years’ experience in the sport and leisure sector, focussing on the development of capital projects.

Tom began his career at Sport England, where he worked on the development and assessment of capital projects. From Sport England he moved to the Big Lottery Fund where he was a programme manager leading the development and delivery of the £750m Physical Education and School Sport Programme. He then moved to consultancy, rising to become an Associate Director within Capita’s Sport & Leisure Consultancy team, before joining The Sports Consultancy in 2011.

Dominic initially joined The Sports Consultancy in October 2020 as part of his industrial placement from Loughborough University, where he studied Business Economics and Finance. Having successfully graduated with First Class Honours in July 2022, he has since returned to the Facilities & Venues Team as a Consultant.

His F&V consulting project experience includes strategic planning, feasibility studies, needs assessments, options appraisals, contract monitoring and operator procurement. Dominic has worked with a broad range of both public and private clients, including the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sport, The Department for International Trade and Padel4All.

Outside of work, Dominic is a keen racquet sports player, and has represented his university at both tennis and squash. You will also see him at the Emirates Stadium every week, where he copes with the stresses of being an Arsenal fan.

Freddie joined The Sports Consultancy in April 2023 as an Analyst on the Facilities & Venues Team after 4 years at the University of Bristol, where he studied Chemistry. His project experience so far includes facility benchmarking, needs assessments, strategic planning, energy benchmarking and contract monitoring for both private and public sector clients.

Freddie is an avid fan of most sports, especially football, cricket, rugby union and the NFL, and he loves learning about and watching a new sport. His weekends are often spent playing cricket for his home village side in Kent or at Stamford Bridge, where he struggles to cope with the recent downfall of his beloved Chelsea.

Luke has recently joined the team as part of our 2023/24 Loughborough University Internship Programme. He is currently studying International Business and has been heavily involved in the operations of sport at Loughborough. Alongside manging a league winning Loughborough Women’s Football side, Luke also represented the university football team as goalkeeper.

Outside of university, Luke is a keen cyclist and has recently completed the North Coast 500 with a charity called BikeTheUKForMS. He is a fan of most sports and spends his weekends watching in disbelief at the recent success of his beloved Ipswich Town.

Dave joined The Sports Consultancy in February 2024.

Dave has had a long and varied career in practice, initially focusing on audit and assurance (at both Moore Stephens and Grant Thornton) before moving into the advisory space back at Moore Stephens and into BDO, including corporate finance, forensic accounting and valuations.  At BDO, Dave had a central role in the professional sports group, assisting with BDO’s annual Football Club Finance Directors Survey and helping to write two co-published papers with TSC on PE investment and investment in women’s sport.

Out of work Dave used to play a lot of sport, but over time this has been whittled down to golf, the gym and running, and he spends more time watching than playing. In his sporting heyday he describes himself as “a very average right back and a reasonable medium pace outswing bowler”.

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Sahil is an experienced creative director with over sixteen years of experience in design and communications across the creative cycle from concept to delivery. Working with national and international clients, he has managed and delivered high impact award winning campaigns and events. His focus has been in Presentations and Brand design, along with Communication Strategy, Art Direction, Sets & Exhibits and Marketing Collateral.

Starting his career in a multi-discipline graphic design firm, Sahil went on to work for studios specialising in presentations, web and finally print.  He went onto head design for internal communication globally at Aegis, which is a leading global business services provider of customer experience management. He then joined C. S. Direkt as Associate Creative Director where he designed executed the first social media push campaign for an Automotive brand in the country. Sahil comes to The Sports Consultancy from Salt, India’s fourth largest experience management agency, where he was heading the design team.

Although you would not associate Sahil with sports, he is huge fan of sports films and movies in general. He’s also a huge graphic novel fan, particularly the DC universe.

Esme joined The Sports Consultancy in 2015 and is Senior Executive Assistant to The CEO.

Outside of work Esme enjoys spending time training in the gym, being a dog Mum and visiting sunnier countries.

Alex joined The Sports Consultancy as a Management Accountant in October 2022.

Prior to joining TSC, Alex completed the Finance Graduate Scheme at Siemens PLC. Whilst at Siemens, Alex finished his CIMA Accountancy exams and was the finance partner to the Head of Operational Services. He has also achieved an undergraduate degree in Economics from Bournemouth University.

Outside of work, Alex can often be found wandering around a golf course looking for his lost ball, he is also a keen footballer and enjoys going to live sporting events.

Harriet has over 13 years experience in sports marketing, working previously for a short while at The Football Association, and then agency-side in sports hospitality and advertising.

She has a degree in Marketing Management and Branding and is interested in marketing across international cultures, and within generational dynamics. She has a deep interest in NextGen, particularly Generation Alpha, and has delivered talks about engaging with this consumer group.

Harriet is especially interested in moving the women’s sport agenda forwards with an affinity for netball, having pioneered in 2011, Planet Netball; the world’s first news site for netball fans.

Harriet is a cold water swimmer and is part of a group that swims in the English Channel through the winter. Outside of work Harriet enjoys seeing musicals and theatre, and walking her golden retriever at the beach.

Kareem joined The Sports Consultancy as a Financial Accountant in January 2024.

Kareem is bilingual in German and comes to us with an impressive 7-year track record in accounting, specializing in Digital Marketing and real estate.

Kareem is part qualified in his ACCA Professional Qualification with the aim to become fully qualified by 2025. He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics with Finance from Portsmouth University.

Outside of work, Kareem dedicates his leisure time to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Weekdays you will find him at the gym, while weekends he enjoys playing tennis.