International Sports Campaign Advisory

The Sports Consultancy provides bespoke professional Presidential Candidate and other campaign management services; manifesto creation; advocacy and international relations; legal and regulatory support.

With the support of our best-in-class partners, we also provide: integrated and independent intelligence gathering and actionable analysis, investigations support, integrity management; and PR and Communications services.

Our combined Campaign support services include:

  • Campaign management – credible and industry leading professional team and process management
  • Manifesto development – developing a digestible, multi-language manifesto reflecting the views of the candidate and voting constituency which has impact with media and other stakeholders
  • Intelligence and integrity management – investigation and actionable intelligence gathering and analysis
  • International relations – supporting vote winning initiatives with research, advocacy, consultancy and experience
  • Campaign comms – Formulation and implementation of integrated PR and communications plan ensuring candidates are well prepared and authentic in all public facing activity
  • Legal and governance – Support compliance with applicable election rules and deadline whilst monitoring and actioning compliance with the election process

Where we and our team have done it before:

Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein

  • The brief: We provided a variety of services to HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein in the 2006 Fédération Equestre International (FEI) presidential election
  • Our role: Our services included campaign management, integrity services, legal, communications and manifesto development support
  • The result: We supported a winning campaign for Princes Haya which resulted in the establishment of the Equestrian Community Integrity Unit which is still operational

Brian Cookson

  • The brief: TSC supported Brian Cookson in the 2013 Union Cycliste International (UCI) presidential election
  • Our role: Our services included strategic advisory, regulatory and consulting support
  • The result: TSC supported Brian Cookson in a winning campaign and continue to work closely with the UCI on a variety of strategy and consultancy projects

Suleyman Mikhailov

  • The brief: TSC were appointed as part of a team of professional service providers, to support Suleyman Mikhailov in his 2020 AIBA presidential election campaign
  • Our role: TSC delivered strategic consulting, integrity management and legal support services
  • The result: TSC supported a team which was widely respected as providing best-in-class integrity management, intelligence support and strategic communications implementation
KEY CONTACT Siân Jenkins Director, Major Events, Destinations and Campaigns
Siân Jenkins Director, Major Events, Destinations and Campaigns sian.jenkins@thesportsconsultancy.com

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.