30 Sports Business Hiring/Firings of the Month: January 2013 February 1, 2013 1 Owen Leed Appointed Total Sports Asia Chief Revenue Officer Wednesday, 30 January 2013 2 Brian Barwick Appointed Chairman of RFL Wednesday, 30 January 2013 3 Julio Grondona to Step Down as Argentinean Football Federation President Tuesday, 29 January 2013 4 Zhang Jian Appointed as Chinese Soccer Chief Tuesday, 29 January 2013 5 D.C. United Announce New Executive Management Tuesday, 29 January 2013 6 John Williams Appointed Chairman of Professional Game Match Officials Limited Monday, 28 January 2013 7 Durham Cricket Reveal Organisational Changes Sunday, 27 January 2013 8 Prince Felipe Named Honorary President of Madrid’s 2020 Bid Friday, 25 January 2013 9 Gloucestershire Cricket CEO Tom Richardson to Step Down Friday, 25 January 2013 10 Triathlon England Appoints Four New Board Members Thursday, 24 January 2013 11 International Cycling Union President Replaced on IOC Panel Thursday, 24 January 2013 12 David Joy Named England Golf CEO Thursday, 24 January 2013 13 Brendan Flood Steps Down from Burnley’s Board Tuesday, 22 January 2013 14 Exclusive: New Havas Recruit Gordon Lott Looking to Improve Company’s Record Growth Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15 FA Appoint Andrew Crean as Chief Financial Officer Monday, 21 January 2013 16 Toto Wolff Joins Mercedes as Director of Motorsport Monday, 21 January 2013 17 Cleveland Browns Adds New CFO & General Counsel Thursday, 17 January 2013 18 Head of Chinese Football Association Dismissed Thursday, 17 January 2013 19 Kate Hardcastle Joins Bradford Bulls Board Wednesday, 16 January 2013 20 Penny Briscoe Named ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for Sochi 2014 Tuesday, 15 January 2013 21 Brad Drewett to Step Down as ATP President Following Illness Tuesday, 15 January 2013 22 Michel Nandan Appointed Team Principal of Hyundai’s 2014 WRC Return Friday, 11 January 2013 23 Earl Buchholz Appointed Chairman of WGC’s Cadillac Championship Thursday, 10 January 2013 24 Bill Pulver Appointed New CEO of Australian Rugby Union Thursday, 10 January 2013 25 Varshaviak to Step Down as Olympic Committee of Israel President Tuesday, 08 January 2013 26 Former Goldman Sach Partner Jason Cahilly Becomes NBA’s New CFO Tuesday, 08 January 2013 27 Canadian Paralympic Committee CEO Henry Storgaard to Step Down Tuesday, 08 January 2013 28 Joanna Manning-Cooper Joins England Rugby 2015 as Communications & Marketing Director Sunday, 06 January 2013 29 Thomas Dieckhoff Becomes WTC’s New President for Europe, Middle East & South Africa Friday, 04 January 2013 30 Niki Lauda Leaves Air Berlin Board to Focus on Mercedes GP Role Thursday, 03 January 2013 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
