The business around the game
Leadership for the industries that surround sport.
The businesses around sport need leaders who understand fans, rights and competition as well as they understand a balance sheet. Our network reaches both sides of that line.
§ 01 / The practice
Sports-Adjacent leadership.
We recruit commercial, product, technology and operational executives for rights holders, platforms, operators and brands, and for the investors who own them.
Mandates we run
- Chief executives and managing directors
- Chief commercial and revenue officers
- Chief product and technology officers
- Heads of content, rights and distribution
- Heads of compliance and regulatory affairs
- Venue, event and hospitality directors
- Portfolio operating partners
§ 02 / Why AGTS
Why organisations retain us for sports-adjacent.
Fluent in both languages
We speak sport and we speak enterprise, so shortlists make sense to a commissioner and to a board.
Transferable talent mapped
Our research reaches into adjacent sectors to find leaders who can cross into sport, and sports executives who can cross out.
Investor-grade process
Calibrated, evidence-led assessment built for private equity and sovereign-backed owners.
§ 03 / Other practices
Explore the rest of the firm.
Sports
Front-office and C-suite leadership for leagues, franchises, federations, collegiate programs and ownership groups.
Explore the practiceTechnology, Finance & Private Equity
C-suite and functional leaders for technology companies, financial institutions, private equity firms and their portfolio companies.
Explore the practiceGovernment & Public Sector
Senior appointments for ministries, commissions and public institutions, including sports ministries and athletic commissions.
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