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Octagon Boosts Senior Team with Two New Hires
MEDIA ALERT: London March 12, 2015
Octagon announced today (Thursday March 12, 2015), the
appointments of Alice Christie
as Account Director and James Knott as Senior Account
Manager.
Octagon, a contender for Agency of the Year and Sponsorship
Consultancy of the Year at
the Sports Industry Awards and UK Sponsorship Awards
respectively, announces the two new
hires to reinforce a competitive start to Q1 2015.
Speaking about the appointments, Jeff Ehrenkranz, Managing
Director Europe, Middle East &
India said; 2015 is another big year for Octagon; you will see
exciting activations from our
clients around the UCL, Wimbledon, The Open and the 2015 Rugby
World Cup. Both Alice
and James bring extensive industry experience having worked on
2014 FIFA World Cup and
will be an invaluable addition to the team.
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Alice joins Octagon from 7 years at event and hospitality agency
RPMC, working with major
international brands including AB InBev, adidas, BT and Oakley.
She brings a wealth of
experience in managing large-scale events and the guest
experience across VIP, client,
consumer and incentive programs for global brands.
Alice was responsible for AB InBevs hospitality programme during
the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Brazil, based at the Budweiser Hotel at Copacabana Beach and was
fundamental in the
delivery of BTs London 2012 hospitality programme.
Formerly of Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, James Knott brings two
and a half years experience
overseeing Coca-Colas sports portfolio, and coordinating teams
across the MENA region for
2014 FIFA World Cup sponsors, Hyundai and Continental.
During his time in the UAE, James delivered Coca-Colas title
sponsorship of FIFA, the
planning and implementation of the World Cup Trophy Tour in the
Middle East, and Coca-
Cocas youth football tournament; COPA Coca-Cola. Prior to this,
James was at Lexis Sport,
London, working across Barclays title sponsorship of the Premier
League and DHL's
partnership with Manchester United.
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NOTES TO EDITOR:
For more information please contact: Charlotte Kew | Account
Executive
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t +44 (0) 207 862 0047 f [email protected]
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Octagon is the worlds largest sponsorship consulting practice
and a pioneer and leader in athlete &
personality representation and management.
With more than 800 employees globally, Octagon manages and
influences some $3 billion in
sponsorship rights fees and activation, works with hundreds of
blue-chip corporate clients and more
than 800 athletes & personality clients and manages more
than 5,000 events annually.
Octagon is part of the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG)
one of the worlds leading
organisations of advertising agencies and marketing
services.
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