25 Sports Business Hiring/Firings of the Month: May 2012 June 1, 2012 1 Graham Taylor Quits as Watford’s Non-Executive Chairman Wednesday, 30 May 2012 2 Luis-Moreno Ocampo to Head-Up FIFA’s Ethic Committee Wednesday, 30 May 2012 3 Manchester City Snag Tom Glick for Commercial Role Tuesday, 29 May 2012 4 Carmelo Anthony Assigned VP Role at Powercoco Tuesday, 29 May 2012 5 Ukraine National Olympic Committee Official Quits Over Alleged Ticket Scam Tuesday, 29 May 2012 6 Therese Walsh Becomes Head of New Zealand for 2015 ICC World Cup Monday, 28 May 2012 7 Paul Barber Named New CEO of Brighton & Hove Albion Monday, 28 May 2012 8 Liverpool Appoint Billy Hogan as Chief Commercial Officer Thursday, 24 May 2012 9 Jeffrey Webb Succeeds Warner as CONCACAF President Wednesday, 23 May 2012 10 Francesco Ricci Bitti Elected President of ASOIF Wednesday, 23 May 2012 11 FIFA Names First Female Executive Tuesday, 22 May 2012 12 Liverpool to Appoint Sports Illustrated Writer as New Communications Director Friday, 18 May 2012 13 ITF Appoints Kris Dent as Executive Director Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14 Shaquille O’Neal’s Agent Joins Harlem Globetrotter’s Board of Directors Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15 Rochdale Duo Step Down from Board of Directors Monday, 14 May 2012 16 Glasgow 2014 Commercial Director to Quit Role Monday, 14 May 2012 17 Liverpool’s Director of Communications Gets the Boot Friday, 11 May 2012 18 ICC to Announce David Richardson as New CEO Thursday, 10 May 2012 19 Nigel Chamier Takes Stockwell Seat as Chairman of the 2018 Gold Coast Bid Wednesday, 09 May 2012 20 Blackburn Rovers Sack Deputy Chief Paul Hunt Wednesday, 09 May 2012 21 Head of Gold Coast Bid Mark Stockwell Gets the Chop Tuesday, 08 May 2012 22 Big East Commissioner Marinatto Resigns Post Tuesday, 08 May 2012 23 Marc Bergevin Named New GM of NHL’s Montreal Canadiens Friday, 04 May 2012 24 NCAA’s Big 12 Conference to Appoint Stanford’s Bob Bowlsby as Commissioner Thursday, 03 May 2012 25 Ian Beattie Named Non-Executive Chairman of Scottish Athletics Tuesday, 01 May 2012 More for you General Motors join FIA Formula One World Championship in 2026 New York Knicks signs ‘Experience Abu Dhabi’ as official patch partner Carling named as Official Beer of the SPFL ATX Open signs Tixr as ticketing partner DAZN announced as broadcasting partner of Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 in Canada Scottish FA and Scottish Gas announce five-year agreement Envision Racing announce new partnership with Cartoon Network EMEA Post-Event Report: GenZ Masterclass+ Lando Norris’s Quadrant team prepare for Rocket League Championship Series
