The Jockey Club Announces Three Senior Appointments

The Jockey Club has announced three senior commercial appointments as part of its future growth strategy and new operational structure introduced on the back of the coronavirus pandemic.

Charlie Boss will join the organisation as Chief Commercial Officer, alongside Alexandra Goldschmidt who becomes Director of Partnerships on a fixed-term contract covering the maternity leave of Carey Weeks. Meanwhile, The Jockey Club has also promoted Hannah Grosvenor to the position of National Sales Director. 

Boss, a Sport Industry NextGen Leader, will join the organisation in March from The Walt Disney Company, where he is currently Commercial Director for Sport across Europe and Africa, leading ESPN’s UK office and overseeing its commercial activities, including digital media, content sales, and direct-to-consumer services. 

Previously, Boss also worked at the RFU and The FA, and is a Board Trustee of London Sport and a Member of the NSPCC’s Sports Board. At The Jockey Club, he will be based in the company’s head office in London and report into Chief Executive, Nevin Truesdale.

Also joining The Jockey Club’s commercial division is former NFL Director of Partnerships for the UK, Alexandra Goldschmidt, who was most recently Commercial Director at Harlequins, where amongst various commercial achievements she drove the growth of the most successful sponsorship programme within the Gallagher Premiership. She joins as Director of Partnerships on a fixed-term contract covering the maternity leave of The Jockey Club’s Carey Weeks.

The Jockey Club has also promoted Hannah Grosvenor to the position of National Sales Director. Her performance has seen Hannah rise through the ranks since joining The Jockey Club in 2008 in Newmarket. She has held the positions of Sales Executive, Business Development Manager, Regional Sales Manager and Regional Head of Sales.

The Jockey Club, whose Patron is Her Majesty The Queen, stages some of the UK’s most famous events and would normally welcome around four million people to its venues nationwide each year. As well as running the likes of the Randox Grand National Festival, The Cheltenham Festival and The Derby Festival, The Jockey Club is also one of the UK’s leading music promoters, runs The National Stud and operates racehorse training centres in Newmarket, Lambourn and Epsom Downs.