iSportconnect Directors’ Club is Finally Here

February 13, 2013

The iSportconnect Directors’ Club is finally here, with senior decision makers from across the sports industry meeting tonight to share high level insight and opinion on business trends and relevant industry news.

In a ‘Question Time’ format, Tim Ellerton, Global Sponsorship Manager of Heineken, Margaret Byrne, Chief Executive of Sunderland AFC, Ian Ritchie, the RFU Chief Executive Officer and Sir Craig Reedie, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee will meet today, with a specially invited audience of premium iSportconnect.com members.

The event, in partnership with Generate Sponsorship and Regus, invites guests to offer questions to speakers in a session moderated by Michael Cunnah, Chairman of iSportconnect.com, followed by a networking opportunity in a relaxed environment.

Sree Varma, Founder and CEO of iSportconnect said, ‘We are now in the second year of the iSportconnect Directors’ Club event and it is going from strength-to-strength. The quality of industry leading sports professionals attending the event and lively debate is bound to keep the guests enthralled at next week’s event.’

Ian Ritchie, CEO of RFU and Directors’ Club panelist added: “Connecting across other sports is always extremely helpful. I think we can all learn from each other and looking at the calibre of people on the panel, I am very much looking forward to the discussion. Providing us a platform for that, to connect, I think is extremely helpful and I am looking forward to an interesting evening.”

Attendees include:

Top executives across the industry will be attending, including: English Premier League, The FA, RFU, IRB, ITF, Manchester United FC, Liverpool FCArsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Tottenham FC, LTA, UK Athletics, West Ham FC, English & Wales Cricket Board, UK Athletics, Liverpool, QPR, Ascot Racecourse and WMRT and a string of sponsorship brands…

For further information go to dev.isportconnect.com


Questions for the panel: The format for the Director’s Club event is modelled on BBC Question Time. We’ve chosen this structure to enable delegates to challenge the panel on some of the big questions facing the sports business today. Delegates with questions should submit them in advance to the moderator, Michael Cunnah through the iSportconnect networking tool >>