Legends International has appointed Richard Seymour as Global Planning Director. The former Head of Consulting, UK and Ireland, Nielsen, will work alongside Legends International SVP, Global Planning Richard Cheesman to manage the agency’s feasibility, data analytics and business planning. The…
Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced their new sporting director on Friday, unveiling veteran German executive Axel Schuster as their choice following an “extensive global search.” Schuster arrives in British Columbia after a three-year stint at Schalke 04, where he served as…
Columbus Crew SC today announced that it has named Clive Brewer as the Club’s Director of High Performance, joining Head Coach Caleb Porter’s staff effective immediately. Brewer joins Crew SC from the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball, where…
Former Premier League and Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry is set to be appointed as the English Football League's new chairman. Parry is the EFL board's recommended successor to Ian Lenagan. The EFL's 72 clubs will meet on 26 September…
We say it all the time in the sports industry: “This is a people and relationship business.” People are a company’s key strategic advantage. Your competitors can build similar products, but they can’t clone your people. Your talent and culture…
Chad Biagini, Nolan Partners’ Global Head of Sport and MD North America, discusses a common challenge in organizations: how inertia from group think – the pressure to conform in a group - can interfere with individual critical thinking, resulting in…
New York City Football Club, with the assistance of Nolan Partners, have appointed one of England’s best youth coaches out of the Premier League, Liam Manning. Full article here
Paul Nolan, Group Managing Director of Nolan Partners, discusses how technology disruptions are currently shaping the future of recruiting, but argues that these disruptions aren’t all good. Despite the promise big data offers, AI, machine-learning and other technology-based advances…
The English Football League have been assisted by Nolan Partners in appointing Simon Bazalgette to the EFL Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director. As the current Group Chief Executive of The Jockey Club and Chairman of Jockey Club Racecourses, Bazalgette brings…
Nolan Partners’ Global Head of Performance, Stewart King, is interviewed in The Telegraph about the importance of the Sporting Director/Technical Director; how this established model in North America pro sport is now becoming standard in the English Premier League and…
