Industry Shorts: New Harlequins Ceo, Man City
Harlequins have named former Wolves Managing Director Laurie Dalrymple as their new CEO.
Dalrymple left the club in July 2019 after having overseen a significantly increased turnover thanks to both domestic promotion and a return to European football, leading to increased commercial deals. Originally a Harlequins fan, the 44-year-old takes over from the Premiership club’s outgoing CEO David Ellis.
Hays Recruitment has appointed WeAreFearless to lead the creative and content strategy for its 2019/20 partnership with Manchester City.
WeAreFearless will create digital content for the Behind Every Goal campaign which launched at the start of the season, but will see a new content series in January 2020 to run across City’s social media channels.
Featuring the likes of Raheem Sterling, Steph Houghton and Ilkay Gündoğan, the content series will include members of the club’s men’s and women’s teams discussing the key elements behind their career success, including leadership, teamwork and skills development.
Reema Juffali will become the first Saudi Arabian women to compete in international racing series in Saudi Arabia when the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY series kicks off in Diriyah on 22nd and 23rd November.
The country allowed women to drive cars just 18 months ago, and Juffali – who made her competitive racing debut at the F4 British Championship just months after the ban on women drivers was lifted – will take to the track ahead of the Formula E season opener that weekend.
UEFA has announced Takeaway.com as its Official Food Delivery Service Partner of EURO 2020.
European football’s governing body has hailed the partnership with the digitally native brand as a sign of the strength of the EURO 2020 brand as well as UEFA’s digital strategy.
British sporting personalities Ian Wright and James Haskell will join the 2019 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here lineup.
The pair will enter the jungle alongside celebrities such as Olympian Caitlin Jenner and former Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle.
