45 Sports Business Arrivals/Departures of the Month: April 2014

May 2, 2014

Our Top Mover this month was Peter Dawson who is set to step down as Royal & Ancient CEO.

Dawson has been instrumental in changes to the running of the Open Championship as well as the R&A’s relationship with the United States Golf Association. He will also leave his position as secretary of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews

Other notable appointments included Princess Haya signalling her intent to run for an unprecedented third term as FEI President and Atlanta Hawks securing a new CEO. 

Our Full List Here (in date order):

1

AFL Appoint Gillon McLachlan as New CEO

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

2

London Welsh Hire Mike Stevens as New Chief Executive

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

3

Women’s Squash Association Appoints New CEO

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

4

Hibernian Poach Motherwell’s Leeann Dempster to Become CEO

Tuesday, 29 April 2014

5

Mark England Named Team GB’s Chef de Mission for Baku 2015 & Rio 2016

Tuesday, 29 April 2014

6

Princess Haya Signals Intent to Stand for Re-Election as FEI President

Tuesday, 29 April 2014

7

Andrew Coe to Step Down as CEO of MSA’s Commercial Arm

Monday, 28 April 2014

8

ARU Chairman Michael Hawker Joins Rugby World Cup Board as Director

Monday, 28 April 2014

9

Simon Clegg Replaces Jim Scherr as COO of Baku 2015 European Games

Monday, 28 April 2014

10 

NFL Senior VP of Events Frank Supovitz Steps Down

Monday, 28 April 2014

11

Glasgow 2014 Lose Deputy CEO Ty Speer with Three Months Until Games Begin

Friday, 25 April 2014

12

Bristol City Appoints New CEO

Thursday, 24 April 2014

13

Jockey Club Appoints Jeff Randall as Non-Executive Director of Sandown Park Racecourse

Thursday, 24 April 2014

14

TaylorMade CEO Mark King Becomes Adidas North America President

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

15

Slingshot Sponsorship Appoint Alex Howells to Head Up New Sports Division

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

16

Havas Sports & Entertainment Appoints New CEO for UK Office

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

17

British Triathlon Searches for New CEO

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

18

R&A CEO Peter Dawson to Step Down in 2015

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

19

NASCAR Appoints Two New Marketing Directors

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

20

Richard Childress Racing Appoints Matt Shearer as Business Development Director

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

21

Nike Announces New Board Member

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

22

PyeongChang 2018 Name Three New Vice Presidents in Organisation Restructure

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

23

Marco Polo Del Nero Named new Brazilian Football Confederation President

Thursday, 17 April 2014

24

Han Berger Set to Join Sydney FC’s Board of Directors

Thursday, 17 April 2014

25

Sebastien Gillot Leaves AIBA to Become UCI’s Head of Communications

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

26

IOC Member Octavian Morariu Resigns from Romanian Olympic Committee

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

27

Brendan Shanahan Appointed Toronto Maple Leafs President

Monday, 14 April 2014

28

Gregory Verpoorten Becomes Badminton Europe President

Monday, 14 April 2014

29

David Haigh Quits as Managing Director of Leeds United

Monday, 14 April 2014

30

Steve Koonin Named New CEO of Atlanta Hawks

Monday, 14 April 2014

31

Martin Heggie Joins PGA Board of Directors

Monday, 14 April 2014

32

Brandon Sawalich Elected to Board of Directors for Special Olympics Minnesota

Friday, 11 April 2014

33

London Broncos Shuffle Top Management

Thursday, 10 April 2014

34

United States Equestrian Federation Appoints New CEO

Thursday, 10 April 2014

35

Today at SportAccord Convention: Sir Craig Reedie Relinquishes Role on IOC Ethics Commission

Thursday, 10 April 2014

36

FIS Chief Gian Franco Kasper Becomes AIOWF President

Thursday, 10 April 2014

37

USA Triathlon Appoints Four New Board Members

Wednesday, 09 April 2014

38

BT Hires Delia Bushell as Managing Director of BT TV and Sport

Tuesday, 08 April 2014

39

Today At SportAccord Convention: Erdener Elected onto ASOIF Executive Council

Tuesday, 08 April 2014

40

Havas Sports & Entertainment Appoints Bruno Baracho as Managing Director in Brazil

Tuesday, 08 April 2014

41

Newcastle United Appoints New Managing Director, Mike Ashley Joins Board of Directors

Monday, 07 April 2014

42

ICF Chief José Perurena Becomes International World Games Association President

Monday, 07 April 2014

43

Premiership Rugby Appoints New Head of Partnerships

Monday, 07 April 2014

44

Andrew Strauss Joins Executive Team at Middlesex Cricket

Friday, 04 April 2014

45

Tranmere Rovers Appoints New CEO

Friday, 04 April 2014