25 Sports Business Hirings/Firings of the Month: February 2012 March 5, 2012 1 Giles Clarke Nominated to be Re-elected as ECB Chairman Wednesday, 29 February 2012 2 Circuit of the Americas Appoint a Host of Personnel Tuesday, 28 February 2012 3 Former Everton Chief Becomes Cricket Holdings America CEO Monday, 27 February 2012 4 Rangers COO & Director of Football to Leave Club Friday, 24 February 2012 5 Squash Star Sue Wright Becomes Ambassador to London 2012 Legacy Programme Sport Makers Thursday, 23 February 2012 6 IOC Vice President Mario Pescante Quits Over Failed Rome 2020 Bid Wednesday, 22 February 2012 7 USA Triathlon Employ Jonathan Hall to Fill Performance Leader Position Tuesday, 21 February 2012 8 Niall Quinn Quits Sunderland Position Monday, 20 February 2012 9 Rio 2016 Left Flummoxed after Double Resignation Monday, 20 February 2012 10 IMG Media Appoint Tim Lacy as Executive Producer of Digital Production Monday, 20 February 2012 11 Phoenix Suns Charities Appoint Tim Benter to Board of Directors Thursday, 16 February 2012 12 Les Snead Becomes New General Manager of St Louis Rams Wednesday, 15 February 2012 13 Former CEO of MetLife Stadium Mark Lamping Becomes President of Jacksonville Jaguars Tuesday, 14 February 2012 14 ESPN Promote Jamie Horowitz to Vice President of Original Programming and Production Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15 Issa Hayatou to Remain CAF President Monday, 13 February 2012 16 San Francisco 49ers Promote Gideon Yu to President, GM Baalke’s Contract Extended Monday, 13 February 2012 17 UKA’s Ed Warner Becomes Chairman of London 2017 Committee Thursday, 09 February 2012 18 Asian Tour Appoints Former ESPN Star Sports Executive as CEO Thursday, 09 February 2012 19 OPLC Chair Baroness Margaret Ford to Step Down after London 2012 Wednesday, 08 February 2012 20 Pac-12 Conference Agree Contract Extension with Commissioner Larry Scott Tuesday, 07 February 2012 21 ASOIF President Denis Oswald Quits Clearing Path for Successor Thursday, 02 February 2012 22 Former Olympic Gold Medallist Becomes Sports Director for Tokyo 2020 Bid Thursday, 02 February 2012 23 WWE Appoint Eric Pankowski as Senior Vice President of Creative & Development Thursday, 02 February 2012 24 United Football League Commissioner Michael Huyghue Resigns Wednesday, 01 February 2012 25 Karen Webb Leaves OPLC to Become Independent Consultant to Westfield Monday, 30 January 2012 More for you 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 NFL appoints Claire Parnell as senior director, international communications Bundesliga returns to Middle East and North Africa after two year break StreamAMG appoint new directors Moovit and Medipol Başakşehir FK expand global mobility partnership  Richard Thompson appointed as new Chair of ECB EngageCraft appoint Rupert Pratt as Sales and Marketing Director