Andrew Georgiou

President and Managing Director, Europe

Warner Bros. Discovery

Andrew Georgiou

President and Managing Director, Europe

Warner Bros. Discovery

Andrew Georgiou is President of Sports at Discovery and responsible for all of Discovery’s sports businesses (‘Discovery Sports’), including sport on discovery+, the Olympic Games, Global Cycling Network (GCN), Golf Digest, GOLFTV, Discovery Sports Events and represents Discovery’s interests on the Board of Formula E.

Andrew is responsible for all rights acquisitions across Discovery platforms, as well as the integration of all sales and marketing efforts across the Group.

Discovery’s sports businesses reach over 130m unique individuals per month across its owned and operated platforms and over 200m when including third party platforms.

Before joining Discovery, Andrew had a successful 13-year association with Group Lagardère, firstly as CEO of Lagardère Sports Asia and latterly Lagardère Sports and Entertainment where he served as Global Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to linking up with Group Lagardère, Andrew was CEO of the PGA TOUR of Australasia.

Andrew lives in London with his wife and four children.

Melissa Brenner

EVP, Digital Media

NBA

Melissa Brenner

EVP, Digital Media

NBA

Sergio Oslé

President

Movistar+

Sergio Oslé

President

Movistar+

Sergio Oslé holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of the Basque Country and a MBA from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. In 2000 he joined McKinsey & Company, where he was a partner from 2010 until the end of 2017, co-leading the Telco and Media areas.
In December 2017, he joined the Telefónica Group as President of Movistar+, a responsibility that he shares from February 2021 with the role of COO of Telefónica Spain.

Rick Anderson

Chief Media Officer

PGA Tour

Rick Anderson

Chief Media Officer

PGA Tour

Mr. Anderson has been with the PGA TOUR since 1995, when he joined as intellectual property counsel, after spending five years in private law practice. He served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel from 2001-2006, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer from 2006-2009. In 2010 Mr. Anderson transitioned from his legal role to managing all domestic and international television affairs, and in 2013 added responsibility for the PGA TOUR’s digital business and PGA TOUR Entertainment. Since 2013, he has led the effort to streamline and integrate the PGA TOUR’s media businesses into a unified PGA TOUR Media team.

Eric Black

Chief Technology Officer

NBC Sports Group

Eric Black

Chief Technology Officer

NBC Sports Group

Anouk Mertens

COO

The ELEVEN Group

Anouk Mertens

COO

The ELEVEN Group

Anouk oversees ELEVENS’ market & business operations globally. Anouk joined ELEVEN when the platform launched in 2015 to lead the Belgium division, before taking on the role of Group COO in 2019. She has previously held senior roles with cable platform Telenet and media company Sanoma in Belgium.

Marie Donoghue

VP, Global Sports Video

Amazon

Marie Donoghue

VP, Global Sports Video

Amazon

Marie Donoghue is Vice President of Global Sports Video at Amazon, overseeing Amazon’s global sports content business. In her role, Marie leads Amazon’s worldwide sports strategy, identifying and evaluating new opportunities, and enabling customers to access live and on-demand sports content, on hundreds of devices, in over 240 countries and territories.

Prime members from around the world can now watch live sporting events like Thursday Night Football, the Premier League, US Open (tennis), and Next Gen ATP Finals, and can subscribe to streaming services such as MLB.TV, NBA League Pass, and PGA TOUR LIVE through Prime Video Channels. Rights and availability vary by country.

Over the course of her career, Donoghue has received numerous recognitions, including “Most Influential People in Sports” (Sports Business Journal), “Power 100 Women in Entertainment” (The Hollywood Reporter), “New York Impact List” (Variety), “The Most Powerful Women in Cable”(CableFax: The Magazine), “Women to Watch” (Advertising Age and Advertising Women of New York) and “Game Changers” (Sports Business Journal).

Prior to joining Amazon, Donoghue was at ESPN for more than 18 years, where she most recently served as Executive Vice President, Global Business and Content Strategy, leading the ongoing development and implementation of ESPN’s enterprise-wide business and content strategy. She also headed ESPN’s Business Affairs, Business Development and Partnership groups (including gaming partnerships).
Donoghue earned a J.D. degree from Columbia University and a B.A. from Columbia College.