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This list showcases the top Manchester based Director operating in the Sports space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Sir Alex Ferguson
Director, Football Board of Manchester United Football Club Limited
Born in Govan, Glasgow in 1941, Sir Alex Ferguson retired as manager of Manchester United in May 2013 following a period of over 26 years at the helm. Over the course of a management career that lasted 39 years, he won 49 major trophies, making him the most successful manager in the history of British football. He made his name with Aberdeen, who became the first club to consistently break the Old Firm dominance of the Scottish game, winning 9 domestic trophies over a 6 year period. But it was victory over Real Madrid in the European Cup-Winners Cup Final in 1983 that brought him to national attention. Following his move to Manchester United in 1986, he set about restructuring the club and his first trophy in 1990 opened the floodgates. In 2001 he became the first manager to win three championships in a row since the league began in 1888, a feat he repeated in 2009. Admired for placing his emphasis on attacking football, with homegrown talent at the heart of his teams, he bowed out as league champion following his 1,500th game in charge of Manchester United. In 2012, Harvard Business School wrote the case study “Sir Alex Ferguson: Managing Manchester United” before appointing him as a Fellow to the Executive Education Programme. Following his retirement in 2013 he took up the positions of both Director and Global Ambassador with Manchester United and was also appointed Coaching Ambassador by UEFA. In the same year he released “My Autobiography” which became the UK’s quickest selling non-fiction book since records began. This work was a follow-up to his first best-selling memoir, “Managing My Life”, which appeared in 1999. His new book ‘Leading’, written with Sir Michael Moritz, details the key skills and philosophies he used to deliver success both on and off the field and will be released in September 2015.
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About Harvard Business School, Manchester United Football Club Limited, UEFA, UNICEF – New York, Unicef UK: Manchester United is one of the most popular and successful sports teams in the world, playing one of the most popular spectator sports.
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Dean Dempsey
Marketing and Innovations Director of Naturelly Jelly Juice
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About Naturelly Jelly Juice: Naturelly is a fun & fruity juicy jelly snack for active kids.
Andy Etches
Co-Founder and Director of Rezzil
Andy Etches is the Co-Founder and Director of Rezzil.
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About Rezzil: Rezzil improves resilience ,performance and reaction times across a wide range of sports, from beginner to Elite level.
Adam Dickinson
Co-Founder and Development Director of Rezzil
Adam Dickinson is the Co-Founder and Development Director of Rezzil.
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About Rezzil: Rezzil improves resilience, performance and reaction times across a wide range of sports, from beginner to Elite level.
Gareth Thatcher
Technical Director of Rezzil
Gareth Thatcher is the Technical Director of Rezzil.
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About Rezzil: Rezzil improves resilience, performance and reaction times across a wide range of sports, from beginner to Elite level.
Kevin Dale
Director of Lottorate
Kevin Dale has spent the last 20 years in the online gaming industry. He was previously CEO of online skill gaming company, GAN plc. Prior to this he was Marketing Director at two of the leading global brands in online gaming, Betfair plc and Sportingbet (now part of GVC plc). Before life in gaming, he worked as a consultant across diferent industries including ERP software, aviation, payments and building products and set up a new change management consulting team at Ernst & Young’s Management Consultancy Practice in London. He also lectured for three years in Marketing and International Marketing at University in the UK.
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About Lottorate: Lottorate’s mission is quite simple: to research the world’s lotteries then review and rate them for players.
