{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Boardroom Path","title":"From Passion to Governance in Elite Sport with Tony Simpson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2444,"description":"How should boards govern sport when it is now both a cultural institution and a global asset class?\nIn this episode of The Boardroom Path, host Ralph Grayson speaks with Tony Simpson, Partner and Sports Industry Lead at Oliver Wyman, about why governance in elite sport has not always kept pace with the money, complexity and scrutiny now flowing through the sector. Tony explains why investors increasingly expect the same professional disciplines they would demand in any other asset class: strong boards, independent challenge, credible financial controls and clear accountability.\nThe conversation is especially timely. The World Economic Forum and Oliver Wyman report values the global sports economy at $2.3 trillion and projects it could reach $8.8 trillion by 2050, while the UK’s new football regulatory regime is making governance a direct investment variable.\nFrom community representation and women’s sport to succession planning, owner accountability and social cohesion, Tony sets out what modern sports boards need to understand before they take their seats.\nTony Simpson: Tony Simpson is a Partner and Sports Industry Lead at Oliver Wyman, where he works in the firm’s Communications, Media and Technology practice and leads its Sports and Entertainment work. He advises sports organisations, federations, leagues and investors on international expansion, commercial sustainability, governance, digital change and the role of private capital in sport. Tony is a former Board Advisor to Special Olympics Great Britain, an Independent Observer to the English Rugby Football Union Governance Review, a trustee and board member at Birmingham Museums Trust and a trustee at Drive Forward. In 2023, he was recognised in the Empower 100 Executives Role Model List.\n\"If people are putting hundreds of millions of dollars into an asset or a club, you have to have some independence in there that has the ability to say no and the authority to say no.\" Tony Simpson, Partner and Sports...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/G1uU7T2K5h04MQMPyxv_eCIOS7fQfv5ldjQOH6K6dHU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MzQ1/YWYwZWI5NzIzMmIz/NzEyYWJiNTJhZGEy/NTUzOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}