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Our Team

Our team offers a wealth of expertise in strategy, performance, business, and technology to help your organization accelerate transformation.

Sportsology GroupLeadership Profiles

Mike Featured

Mike Forde

Executive Chairman

Mike Forde has worked in elite sport since 1998, including six years as a director at Chelsea Football Club, and is a trusted advisor on organizational and human capital performance. Mike Founded Sportsology Group in 2014 and is based out of New York and London, providing strategic advisory and operational excellence support to sports franchise owners, federations/leagues and institutional capital across US and Europe.

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Joel Cohen

Head of Advisory Services

Joel is an experienced management consultant, who specializes in architecting new business models and helping transform organizations as they respond to complex demands. With a 'Big 4' Advisory background at Deloitte and Accenture, Joel has worked intensively with major European Football clubs, NBA, and NHL franchises, as well as Institutional Investors. He heads Global Advisory Services for Sportsology Group from our London office.

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Chris Mann

Special Projects Director

Chris has an extensive background in sports business, having previously spent eight years working across the sports analytics and technology sectors. Chris joined Sportsology Group in 2020 as Director of Research before establishing the company’s M&A business. Through his role Chris works closely with sophisticated investors and major clubs across European football, leading sporting due diligence services for investor groups and delivering sell-side support services for team owners. Chris is based in the London office.

Sportsology GroupAll Staff

Mike

Mike Forde

Executive Chairman

Joel

Joel Cohen

Head of Advisory Services

Luke

Luke Casey-Leigh

Strategy Advisor

Patrick

Patrick Manhire

Head of Human Capital

Chris M

Chris Mann

Special Projects Director

Steven

Steven Houston

Head of Strategy & Analytics

Chris B

Chris Brady

Chief Intelligence Officer

Darren

Darren He

Strategy Consultant

George

George Gallagher

Strategy Consultant

Shiv

Shiv Jhangiani

Strategy and M&A Consultant

Emma

Emma Schilling

Consultant

Alex

Alex Gakenheimer

Consultant

Gareth

Gareth Hurst

Head of Knowledge Management

Pien

Pien Gillhaus

Research Analyst

Marcus

Marcus Jones

Strategy Consultant

Kieran

Kieran Adamson

Research Analyst

Moe

Mohammed Sarwar

Creative Lead

Peter

Peter Smith

Research Analyst

Sportsology GroupResearch Fellows

René Carayol MBE

René Carayol MBE

Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership

A successful executive coach, business leader, speaker and broadcaster, René Carayol is also a visiting professor at Cass Business School and has written a book, SPIKE, on strengths-based leadership. A specialist on issues of diversity and inclusion in business, René is a dynamic strategist who helps organizations transform statements of intent into meaningful action.

Dr John Oliver

Dr John Oliver

Scenario Planning, Functional Analysis

Professor of Media Management at Bournemouth University, John Oliver is an experience academic specializing in media, communications, scenario planning and transgenerational cultural transmission. During his career John has advised the UK government on media policy, as well as advising Middle East government agencies on operational structures and strategic communications.

Dr Michael Haigh

Dr Michael Haigh

Data Analytics, Forecasting

A research associate with the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London, Michael specializes in the analysis of large datasets using a range of advanced statistical methods. Michael is also experienced in data visualization and the use of machine learning techniques to recognize patterns within data and forecast possible outcomes.

Professor Scott Moeller

Professor Scott Moeller

Prof in Practice of Finance, Dir. M&A Research Centre at Bayes Business School, London

The current Director of the M&A Research Centre at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), Scott also teaches Mergers & Acquisitions in the MBA and MSc programs and has taught ‘Business Intelligence and Social Networking’ in the MBA program and ‘Corporate Finance’ in the executive education programs. He has also been a visiting lecturer at Imperial College (London) and Oxford University and has been an accredited executive coach. His latest book - The Deal Paradox - explores the relationship between humans and machines in the M&A process.

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Dr Rob Wilson

Head of Department; Finance, Accounting and Business Systems, Sheffield Business School

Rob has been with Sheffield Hallam University since 2002, initially teaching financial reporting, management accounting and economic decision-making in sports. He has held various leadership roles across the university's key portfolios, including Head of Department in the Sheffield Business School. Rob is an expert in finance and economics of sports with almost 100 career outputs and regularly appears in national and international media. He also contributes to policy debate, advises venture capital groups, and is a Director for Sheffield Wednesday Football Club's Community Programme. Rob is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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