Local Pitch Ventures - Managing Partner; Multi-Club Ownership Consultancy, UCFB Senior Lecturer, Head Coach Hashtag Utd Women
MCO: Premier League Teams & their links to Portuguese Clubs / Football Organisations. * Arctos Partners (7/12/23) purchased a 12.5% Stake in QSI (PSG owners) who also have a 29% stake in Braga. Arctos partners have a 5% stake in FSG owners of Liverpool and provided the funding for Josh Harris 18% stake in Crystal Palace. * Nottingham Forrest owner Evangelos Marinakis purchased an 80% stake in Rio Ave F.C for £20.5m (November 2023). * Aston Villa parent company V-Sports purchased a 48% stake in SC Vitoria (Feb 23); V-Sports had to reduced their ownership to 29% due to UEFA regulations preventing teams under the same ownership / influence entering their European competitions (Aug 23). * Crystal Palace Minority stake owner David Blitzer (18%) though MSP Sports Capital funded the purchase of Estoril 2019. * Guo Guangchang Founder of FOSUN & Chairman of Wolves acquired a 20% stake in Portuguese Super Agent 'Jorge Mendes' group Gestifute, Wolves have signed 20 Portuguese players from Gestifute since 2017. Jorge Mendes played a leading role in Evangelos Marinakis purchase of Rio Ave. #Footballbusiness