Jeff Roth is a Founding Partner of Bruin Capital, where he has led the firm's investment team and strategy since its launch in 2015 and has been the principal architect of its capital structure across four successive investment platforms. Bruin is the only specialist firm dedicated exclusively to the global middle market of sports.
Jeff has helped lead the firm through nearly fifty deals across North America, Europe, and Australia — including the carve-outs that created On Location Experiences and Two Circles (both exited), the global growth of Deltatre and Full Swing (both exited), the launch of As1, the creation of FairPlay Sports Media, and the investment in Matchroom Sport. He serves on the boards of As1, FairPlay Sports Media, Matchroom Sport, Soulsight, and TGI Sport.
Before Bruin, Jeff was a Vice President at Allen & Company, focused on entrepreneur-led transactions in entertainment, technology, and media, and previously advised on landmark media transactions at Citi. A Sports Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree, he holds a BBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, with his wife and three daughters.
Javier Tebas Medrano (San Jose, Costa Rica, 1962), of Spanish nationality, holds a degree in Law from the University of Zaragoza. His involvement in football began in 1993, when he was named president of Sociedad Deportiva Huesca. In 2001, Tebas was elected vice-president of LALIGA, before being named president in April 2013. His tenure as LALIGA president has revolved around three core areas: the introduction of a financial controls system, the collective sale of audiovisual rights and the league's internationalization, while embracing innovation and data strategies.
Other key aspects of LALIGA´s work driven by Mr Tebas are the fight against piracy, the fight against violence in football, and supporting the growth of women´s football. At the same time, LALIGA is focused on sharing the lessons it has learned to help football grow everywhere.
Danny Townsend is the CEO of SURJ Sports Investment, leading the strategic direction of the organization as it invests in global sports, brings international events to Saudi Arabia, and elevates the sports ecosystem across the country and the wider MENA region. Since October 2023, he has been steering SURJ’s vision and operations. Recognized as a key influencer in the industry, Danny was listed among SportsPro’s Top Ten Influencers and Sports Business Journal’s Most Influential People in Sports Business in 2024.
With over 25 years of global expertise in the sports industry, Danny Townsend’s career spans leadership roles across New York, London, Singapore, and Sydney. Prior to joining SURJ, he served as CEO of the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) for two years and spent four years as CEO of Sydney FC, where he significantly advanced the commercial viability and global profile of professional football in Australia and New Zealand. He also co-founded Repucom International, a leading sports marketing agency acquired by Nielsen in 2016.
Jonny Keogh is the Head of UK Sport at YouTube, overseeing the platform’s regional sports strategy and ecosystem. He partners with leading rights holders, broadcasters, and creators to innovate their distribution, drive audience growth, and maximise commercial value.
With 20 years of experience in streaming and digital, Peter is a lifelong specialist in his field. As Deltatre's Chief Revenue Officer since December 2024, he oversees new business, customer management, strategic partnerships, growth services, and marketing. His career includes key roles at BSkyB, NeuLion, Saffron Digital, and Endeavor Streaming (now part of Deltatre).
His work with customers has aligned with the rise of digital and smart devices, which transformed media, streaming, websites, and apps into primary content platforms for film, TV, sports, and news. Peter's deep industry expertise and customer-first approach enable the deployment of scalable platforms that deliver value and growth. He is a go-to expert for broadcasters, film studios, media and telecom giants, and major sports organizations. He studied Business and Marketing at Sheffield Hallam University, building a career marked by notable achievements, including deploying large-scale entertainment services for major Hollywood studios, launching BSkyB's first iterations of TV Everywhere and on-demand Premier League and Champions League offerings, delivering UEFA's first direct-to-consumer service UEFA.tv, and overseeing the upgrade of AMC Networks’ direct-to-consumer entertainment services.
Head - Rights, Innovation and Cricinfo Business
JIOSTAR
Sarah JAKOB
Sports Marketing Lead EMEA
LIVEU
Ashish BABU
CMO - Global Markets
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Ashish BABU
CMO - Global Markets
Ashish Babu is the CMO for Global Markets at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), where he leads brand strategy and communication efforts across a diverse range of regions, including North America, Europe, the UK, the Middle East and Africa (MEA), Latin America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), and the Asia-Pacific (APAC). Since joining TCS in 2008, Ashish has built a distinguished career spanning 25 years, holding several key leadership roles that have significantly impacted TCS’s growth and brand presence.
Previously, Ashish served as Head of Communications for India, Director of Communications for UK & Europe, and CMO for TCS UK & Europe. In these roles, he has been instrumental in supporting global initiatives such as the World Economic Forum, TCS Marathon properties, and the Formula E partnership with Jaguar TCS Racing—an initiative he personally conceived and led. His leadership has garnered over 70 awards for excellence in branding, communications, storytelling, digital marketing, and strategy.
A gifted storyteller, Ashish excels in building strong relationships with key clients, partners, and influencers. He collaborates closely with sales teams to drive large transformational deals. His innovative work has earned him accolades, including recognition in the Provoke Innovator 25 EMEA list of the most innovative CMOs/CCOs and the Global B2B CMO 100 award.
Before his tenure at TCS, Ashish held leadership positions in prominent organizations such as Tata Sky Ltd., Weber Shandwick, MSL, and Burson-Marsteller. He holds an Honors degree in History from Delhi University.
In his current role, Ashish is committed to unlocking new opportunities and driving innovation at TCS, while ensuring the continued support of clients and communities.
Keith Bedford is General Manager, EMEA at Wurl, a leader in the streaming TV industry. In his role, Keith oversees Wurl’s operations and key partnerships in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, working closely with his team to drive growth for the region’s publishers and streamers. Keith brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to Wurl, having built and led teams to design, create, and deliver technology to numerous clients in his previous roles. Prior to Wurl, he founded The Media Tree, a broadcast consultancy business. Before that, Keith was the Managing Director of EBS, which worked with many major players in the broadcast industry - including ITV, BBC Studios, Discovery, CBS, and Time Warner - and eventually became PA TV Metadata following an acquisition by PA Media.
Volodymyr Boiko is the founder and CEO of Epic Clips and runs multiple companies across sports, media and technology. A former engineer, his technical improvements at Booking.com generated over €50 million in annual revenue. He is now pioneering Directed AI - an approach developed at Epic Clips that combines artificial intelligence with expert editorial direction to transform how sports highlight compilations are created and distributed, boosting audience retention and engagement.
Guinness Global Marketing Manager - Head of Sport
DIAGEO
Paddy CARBERRY
Guinness Global Marketing Manager - Head of Sport
Paddy Carberry is the Head of Sports for the Guinness brand globally. Having joined the Diageo business 8 years ago, Paddy has worked across Diageo roles including leading rugby, football and horse racing as well many entertainment platforms for the business across the UK and Ireland. Paddy was integral to landing the global deal for Guinness and the Premier League, and works with over 80 Guinness marketing teams across the world to bring this partnership to life, as well as the Guinness Men’s and Women’s Six Nations, football partnerships with Arsenal, Aston Villa and Newcastle, as well as rugby partnerships with the four home unions. Prior to joining Diageo, Paddy worked at Vodafone Ireland in their sponsorship team, leading rugby and entertainment platforms. Paddy is a journalism and business graduate of Dublin City University and of the European Sponsorship association and is a proud Gaelic speaker from Ireland.
Steve Carter is CEO and co-founder of Bolt6, an Emmy award-winning sports technology company helping to shape the future of officiating and performance in sport. With a background spanning technology, innovation, and the business of sport, Steve is passionate about turning complex challenges into practical solutions that make a real difference. At Bolt6, he leads a team developing cutting-edge tracking, replay, and data technology used across global sport. Steve brings a unique perspective on how technology is changing the way sport is played, officiated, analysed, and experienced by fans.
President & Co-founder of PROTOCOL SPORTS GROUP and President of satellite/internet transmission provider TV2GO INTERNATIONAL - Lowell Conn is an expert in media rights distribution, content delivery and live sports production. Over the past decade, Protocol has licensed tens of thousands of hours of sports programming to broadcasters around the world. As traditional broadcast is being gradually displaced by digital and streaming, Conn and his team have pioneered creative approaches to leverage new platforms to enhance revenue for traditional sports properties, and to launch/monetize emerging sports.
Senior Director, Business Development
QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Patrick COSTELLO
Senior Director, Business Development
Patrick Costello, Senior Director of Business Development at Qualcomm Technologies Inc., is responsible for building partnerships in support of Qualcomm’s XR and Gaming initiatives. Patrick leads North American engagements with content studios, sports leagues, top brands, OEM’s, and ISV’s to foster partnerships and drive adoption of Qualcomm’s broader technology portfolio.
Paul Devlin is a leader in sports for AWS and has over 20 years of experience at almost every layer of the sports industry. Devlin spent 10 years as a professional rugby player across Europe before pivoting into high performance coaching where he managed staff in the sports science, sports medicine, sports technology, medical, and strength and conditioning departments. He has consulted to many global sports technology companies across the last 15 years, and also has extensive executive coaching experience. Paul has an MSc in strength and conditioning science, an MBA from AGSM in Sydney, and an LLM in International Sports Law in Practice from Sheffield University in the UK.
SVP, Graphics Technology and Integration
FOX SPORTS
Zac FIELDS
SVP, Graphics Technology and Integration
Zac Fields oversees Fox Sports’ real-time graphic development and integration, software development, and new technology. This team provides design, implementation, and support for all of the Fox Sports Media Group. Along with the daily workflows across all FSMG networks, this group provides high-end graphic design with new ways to display information for large events such as the Super Bowl, Daytona 500, MLB World Series, the U.S. Open, and the FIFA World Cup.
Ken Kerschbaumer is co-executive director of editorial services for the Sports Video Group and SVG Europe. He has been writing about how sports networks and leagues use video and audio technology to deliver a quality TV experience since 1991. In 2000, he joined Broadcasting & Cable magazine as senior editor of technology where he covered technology for the broadcast industry. He helped launch SVG and SVG Europe in 2006 and today the company holds events for sports production professionals around the world.
Head of Media at the International University Sports Federation (FISU), leading the global media strategy across broadcast, digital and content for the Winter and Summer Universiade and Championships. Overseeing media partnerships, rights, production and distribution, whilst growing digital audiences through modern, multi-platform strategies. Previously led broadcast and media rights at international federations including Boxing, Judo and Equestrian.
Partner & Executive Director & Business Growth
REVOLUT
Patrick MOSTBOECK
SVP, Fan Engagement
SPORTRADAR GROUP AG
Patrick MOSTBOECK
SVP, Fan Engagement
Patrick Mostboeck leads Sportradar’s fan engagement division consisting of video & live streaming product offerings towards sports betting as well as OTT / media industries as well as Betting Entertainment Tools, Sports Virtualisation and iGaming. As part
of this, Patrick manages a team of experienced product managers, business analysts & engineers across multiple locations. Further he owns the fan engagement product roadmaps, manages & develops relationships with key clients in the sports betting & media &
entertainment space as well as drives Sportradar’s strategic product partnerships in this product segment.
Patrick joined Sportradar in July 2016 while being originally with the Sportsman Media Holding (which became part of the Sportradar group in 2016) since 2014. He previously co-founded fanreport.com - an Austrian publisher specialised in grassroots soccer.
He studied Marketing & Communication at the University of Applied Sciences in St.Poelten as well as Marketing & Sales at the Danube Business School and is now active as a lecturer in Digital Business at the University FHWKW in Vienna.
Kish Patel leads partnerships for Dolby OptiView in EMEA. Having worked in live sports production at Hawk-Eye Innovations and streaming operations at Prime Video, he brings a deep understanding of live workflows and how technology can create better experiences for audiences and new commercial opportunities for rights holders. In his current role, Kish drives Dolby OptiView’s growth through strategic sports partnerships that help shape the future of live fan experiences.
As Vice President at YouTube, Pedro oversees the platform’s business and creator ecosystem across the entire EMEA region—a role he stepped into after a decade of driving Google’s deepest partnerships with global giants like LVMH, Unilever, and Volkswagen.
A 30-year veteran of the tech and consumer industries, Pedro is a celebrated champion for inclusion, twice recognized as one of the UK’s most influential LGBTQ+ leaders and named the world’s top LGBT+ executive role model. Beyond his work at Google, he serves as a Trustee of the Victoria & Albert Museum, appointed by the British Prime Minister. A native of Portugal and a true global citizen, Pedro lives in London with his husband, Rodrigo, and their two children.
Charles-Edwin Rolot is Digital Marketing Manager at HBS, where he works at the intersection of sports, digital media and emerging technologies. He is also actively involved in the XR Sports Alliance (XRSA), a collaboration between HBS, Accedo and Qualcomm exploring how immersive technologies can transform the sports experience. His work focuses on turning technologies such as XR and immersive technologies into tangible opportunities for sports rights holders, broadcasters and fans. With over seven years at HBS, Charles-Edwin combines digital strategy, creator economy expertise and innovation to explore the future of sports media.
Since he created his Media Universe Map, Evan Shapiro has become known as the Media Cartographer. Using his very specific voice and point of view, Shapiro charts Medias future through his essays on the Media War; Peace Newsletter - which is now one of the most read entertainment business publications on Substack. He also co-hosts The Media Odyssey podcast, which has become an industry touchstone and won him the 2026 Webby Award for Thought Leadership.
Shapiro has been a featured speaker at the world’s most important media events. His maps, infographics, and ruminations are now widely quoted and used by businesses, executives, analysts, and colleges around the world.
He is also an Emmy and Peabody Award winning producer of TV, films and podcasts, including Portlandia, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Please Like Me, and Brick City. He also served 18 years as a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Carlos Silva is a sports media and executive leader currently serving as President of Anthem Sports Group and TNA Wrestling, part of Toronto-based Anthem Sports & Entertainment. He joined from SeventySix Capital, where he was a fund partner and President of SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory. Previously he served as CEO of C360 (known for the NFL’s PylonCam), led the Professional Fighters League (and its predecessor World Series of Fighting), and held senior roles at World TeamTennis, Park Lane investment bank, and NBC’s Universal Sports Network.
Thiago Tourinho is a partner at LiveMode, where he leads the company’s international expansion and investments in sports properties. Prior to joining LiveMode, he built a career in management, investments, and business expansion, with experience at McKinsey&Co, Somos Educação, and QuintoAndar. Thiago holds an MBA from Stanford University.
Phil Ventre, Chief Strategy Officer at Pixotope, is a seasoned industry leader with a track record spanning sales, marketing, and business development. Having held pivotal roles at Avid, Apple, Ross Video, and Silver Spoon Animation, Phil has been instrumental in driving innovation and delivering captivating experiences. At Pixotope, Phil spearheads strategic initiatives in the sports, e-sports, and broadcast sectors, leveraging his expertise to address market demands and fuel the company's growth trajectory.
