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Richard Worth Appointed CEO of SPORTFIVE Group
19.09.2007
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Richard Worth Appointed CEO of SPORTFIVE Group
SPORTFIVE announces new management structure
Paris / 18th September 2007 – Olivier Guiguet, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer Lagardère Sports has appointed Richard Worth (50) as the new CEO of the SPORTFIVE
Group.
With effect from October 1st 2007 Richard Worth will take over the duties and
responsibilities which were transitionally handled by Olivier Guiguet and Stéphane Schindler (Chief
Operating Officer, Lagardère Sports). Both will now concentrate on their functions at Lagardère
Sports, the Lagardère division into
which SPORTFIVE has been incorporated. Richard Worth is the former Chief Executive Officer of
Team Marketing AG, the Switzerland-based
sports agency which manages the commercial rights for the UEFA Champions League, European
soccer’s top clubs competition. Prior to the ten years Richard Worth spent with Team Marketing AG,
he was with the London-based British commercial broadcaster ITV for 20 years, supervising much of
ITV’s sports programming in his capacity as Executive Producer. Richard Worth’s appointment is the
next major step in the management restructuring SPORTFIVE is undertaking on its path to becoming a
worldwide and undisputed leader in the sports industry.
“Richard Worth will bring tremendous experience and value to SPORTFIVE. He has an impressive
track record in the different aspects of the sport business and in terms of managing a company. We
welcome his many contacts to key stakeholders in the market and we are glad that Richard is joining
us to run SPORTFIVE and thus to support the development of Lagardère Sports,” said Olivier Guiguet,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère Sports.
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