SPONSORSPARTNERS
The European Sponsorship Association (ESA)has elected five board members: Toby Hester (Sponsorship Coach) and Jackie Fast (Slingshot Sponsorship) were re-elected, while Matthew Leopold (British Gas), Matt Stevenson (EE) and Sophie Morris (Millharbour Marketing) were newly elected and will sit on the ESA Board with immediate effect.
Sophie has 15 years marketing experience and was most recently a Director of Marketing in financial services. She led sponsorship of the Barbarians rugby games for four years, before starting her own consultancy, Millharbour Marketing in 2013. She sits on the Rugby Football Union (RFU) Rugby Growth Committee, is a judge at the UK Sponsorship Awards and a speaker at international industry conferences.
Karen Earl, Chairman of ESA, said “Their skills will add enormous value to ESA’s drive to protect and promote the sponsorship industry, and I look forward to working with them over the coming year.”