Sports Business Group - meet the team |
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Dan Jones Dan is the Lead Partner of the Sports Business Group at Deloitte and manages the activities of the specialist group across all of its services, but with a particular emphasis on consulting and corporate development. Learn more |
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Amelia Ashton-Jones Amelia is a consultant in the Sports Business Group. She is a chartered accountant and manages the external audit engagements of several sports clients including Wasserman Media Group (Europe) and Jockey Club Racecourses. Learn more |
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Richard Battle Richard joined the Sports Business Group in Manchester as a Consultant in August 2010, having spent three years in our Birmingham office where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Since joining the Group, Richard has worked on projects involving a range of clubs and governing bodies across a number of sports. Learn more |
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Alex Bosshardt Alex is a Consultant in the Sports Business Group having joined in November 2012. Alex has worked on a variety of projects, including a strategic financial review for a professional governing body and is also an author of the Deloitte Football Money League. Learn more |
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Timothy Bridge Tim is a Consultant in the Sports Business Group, joining in September 2011. He is a Chartered Accountant and spent his training period working on a range of assurance and advisory clients across the North West in Deloitte’s audit department. Learn more |
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Adam Bull Adam qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in Reading before joining the Sports Business Group. He has undertaken various assignments working with governing bodies, clubs, local authorities and other sports business organisations in the UK and internationally. Learn more |
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Chris Hanson Chris is a Consultant in the Sports Business Group, having recently transferred from Deloitte’s tax practice. He has experience on a range of consulting projects and is an author of the Deloitte Football Money League. Learn more |
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Austin Houlihan He has considerable experience working on strategic and corporate development assignments with clubs, event organisers, and governing bodies in the UK and internationally across a number of sports. Austin’s responsibilities also include developing and managing the Group’s Sports Business Information System. Learn more |
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Rich Parkes Rich is a Senior Consultant and has ten years of experience with the Sports Business Group. He has undertaken a wide range of assignments for clubs, leagues, event owners, governing bodies and other sports business organisations. Learn more |
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Paul Rawnsley Paul has over ten years of sports business experience. He has undertaken a wide range of assignments working with governing bodies, clubs, leagues, rights holders and other sports business organisations in the UK and around Europe. Learn more |
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Mark Roberts Mark is a Senior Consultant within the Sports Business Group with over ten years experience in sports consulting. Mark is lead consultant on the work the Sports Business Group does with sports and leisure venues, and has advised over 30 individual venues over the last five years across a whole spectrum of areas, from feasibility studies and business plan development through to strategic and operational reviews. Learn more |
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James Savage James joined the Sports Business Group as a Consultant in November 2012. Since joining the Group, James’s work has included an economic impact report, a feasibility study for the hosting of a major event and he has also assisted with the production of the Deloitte Football Money League. Learn more |
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Andy Shaffer Andy is a Consultant in the Sports Business Group, having joined in February 2012. He is a Chartered Accountant and spent his training period working on a range of structuring assignments for multinational companies in the International Tax practice of another ‘big four’ firm. Learn more |
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Alan Switzer Alan is a Director in the Sports Business Group with over nine years experience in the sports business industry. He has worked with a wide variety of governing bodies, clubs and other organisations from a broad range of sports. Learn more |
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Alexander Thorpe Alex transferred to the Sports Business Group from the Deloitte Consulting practice in August 2010. Alex has worked on projects relating to the impact of UK Listed Events legislation, the activation strategy for a major London 2012 sponsor, and a strategic review of a major cricket governing body. Most recently he worked on a project to consider the media and internet potential for a major international sporting event. Learn more |
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Jake Wilson Jake is a Senior Consultant in the Sports Business Group, with over ten years of broad sports consulting expertise in strategy, governing bodies, ticketing, economic impact and league re-structuring. His work for International Federations includes several major strategic, financial and economic projects for the International Rugby Board, International Cycling Union and the ATP Tour in tennis. Learn more |
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