New Agency Launches Sport Footprint

06 Jul 2015 | tshego

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Sports agent Rhodri Burgess has launched a new sports marketing and talent management agency, Footprint Sports & Entertainment, with headline clients including Gary Neville & Ryan Giggs.

Footprint will specialise in talent representation, sponsorship consultancy, as well as media and production.

Burgess, formerly a Wasserman VP of ten years, has a background in talent management, sponsorship consultancy and media.

He was responsible for brokering the partnerships between H&M and David Beckham, Castrol and Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes and ITV, Ryan Giggs and Super Sport, MSN and Ronaldinho, Castrol and Neymar, and for producing The Life of Ryan and co-producing The Class of 92.

Gary Neville said: “Rhodri has delivered me great value in the commercial market and I’m looking forward to continuing working with him.”

Ryan Giggs added: “I’m delighted to be joining the team at Footprint. Their credentials and expertise are second to none and consistently deliver results.”

Rhodri commented: “It’s a privilege to work in a thriving industry where talent and brands play such a large part in defining its success. I’m hugely excited about the opportunities ahead.”