The Sports Consultancy has announced the appointment of Ben Wells, the former Chelsea FC head of marketing, to its team of senior consultants as it looks to build on its brand sponsorship consulting expertise.
Wells spent six years at Chelsea, where he was responsible for marketing strategy, sponsorship and CRM and was instrumental in negotiating the club’s largest ever shirt sponsorship agreement with Samsung in 2009.
Prior to his spell at Stamford Bridge, he worked at Redmandarin, the strategic sponsorship consultancy.
The Sports Consultancy managing director, Angus Buchanan said: ‘Ben’s experience, professional approach and energetic work ethic will make him an excellent addition to our growing team of senior consultants.’
‘We have ambitious plans to develop our brand and rights holder consultancy offering and believe our combination of commercial, legal and marketing expertise and our deep understanding of the sports industry is well placed to meet this challenge.’
Ben Wells added: ‘I am delighted to be joining The Sports Consultancy as they build on their growing international reputation as high end strategic and commercial consultants and hope that my industry insight will support their continued growth.’