Alex ByarsSenior consultant |
Alex is a senior consultant. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte in Manchester and spent two years on secondment in Melbourne, before joining the Sports Business Group. He has undertaken various assignments working with national and international governing bodies, clubs, local authorities and other sports business organisations in the UK and internationally.
Alex leads our work in tennis and has delivered several projects for the ATP and the WTA including tournament financial reviews and benchmarking player remuneration against other sports.
Alex is a leading expert on sports finance and worked on UEFA Club Licensing, where he helped develop the revised financial criteria for their club licensing system. Alex's work involved technical advice with particular emphasis on international financial reporting and auditing standards, issue resolution, drafting regulations and providing football business expertise.
His other work in sport includes due diligence examinations on acquisitions of several Premier League clubs, development of Information Memoranda for potential investors, Business Plan reviews, the creation of a Performance Related Pay framework for a Champions League football club, and economic impact studies.
He worked on secondment at London 2012, assisting with financial reporting and analysis. Alex is the north west co-ordinator for the Deloitte Disability Sports programme.
Alex is an author of the Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance and he is a media spokesperson for the Sports Business Group. He has recently spoken at several conferences on the impact of the economic downturn on sport.
Alex is a keen sportsman and enjoys triathlons, tennis, skiing and trekking.
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