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Our team
Rushmans is and has been closely engaged in the preparation, planning and delivery of Mega and Major events for over 20 years |
 NIGEL
RUSHMAN, FOUNDER
Nigel's experience spans 25 years in major international sports and events. He has developed and implemented innovative programmes for over 500 events in 30 countries including three Rugby World Cups and three Cricket World Cups amongst numerous other projects.
Nigel is a well-known figure in the international business of sport. A founding partner of industry publication Sport Business International, Nigel prides himself on his 'hands-on' experience of successful event delivery.
Frequently invited at a senior level to present his experience and thoughts referring to event management, scalability, temporary facilities, security, knowledge and experience transfer to International Sports Conferences and gatherings of the IOC, FIFA, GAISF and others.
In addition to his role as Founder of Rushmans and being "hands-on" with all Rushmans projects and clients, Nigel was contracted as Event Director of the ICC CWC West Indies 2007 Inc with the responsibility of implementing the Event Management, Security, Media Management, Accreditation and Volunteer Programmes for the Cricket World Cup across the nine participating countries in the Caribbean region.
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 GLEN
KIRTON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Glen has spent his working life in sports
administration, sports marketing and event management.
At the Football Association, he acted at various times
as Competition Manager, Press Officer, Commercial Director,
TV negotiator, England Team administrator and finally
as Tournament Director of Euro 96.
Since leaving the FA, he has been involved in the commercial
side of sport with ISL, Craigie Taylor, Fast Track and
Navigator.
Glen’s contacts with Rushmans go back to Euro ’96,
when he was the client, Rushmans delivering a highly
successful Media and Accreditation Service. He renewed
acquaintances in 2006, when he was Project Director for
the Asian Games in Doha, and again in 2007 when he acted
as Media Manager at the St Lucia venue for the ICC Cricket
World Cup.
At ISL, Glen headed a team that devised and delivered
the marketing programme for the FIFA World Cup and also
handled the sponsorship sales for the UEFA European Championship.
He is a languages graduate and is competent in French,
Spanish and German. While at the FA, he conducted on
behalf of FIFA more than a dozen Football Administration
courses throughout the world.
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 KEVIN ROBERTS,
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES
Kevin Roberts is an experienced marketing communications professional who has worked in the UK and international sports sector since the early 1990s.
His early training in journalism was followed by more than a decade in PR and communications working in sectors including hotels, leisure and local government. He built on that experience when joining the CPMA group as Deputy Director for Communications in 1990, where he handled the company’s communications for properties including Rugby World Cup and the World Student Games.
Subsequent clients include the Football Association for international media communications around Euro 96.
Roberts was hired to deliver the editorial component of SportBusiness International on its launch in 1995/6 and today retains SportBusiness Group as a key client. His role as Editorial Director delivers unique access to the global sports community and he has built a deep understanding and appreciation of the communications issues faced by stakeholders in sports.
His work for SportBusiness is combined with projects for a range of clients including Federations, agencies and companies operating in sectors such as sports recruitment, event management, security, law and hospitality.
Among his current projects for SportBusiness is Qatar Sport, a quarterly magazine in English and Arabic which sets out and promotes the often complex sports-focused economic and social policies of the State of Qatar.
His understanding of the international sports marketing and media has been recognised by invitations to chair conferences or host panels at events worldwide. Among these are Soccerex, the Marketing and Marketing Week Sports Marketing Conferences, the FT Sports Conference, Australia Leaders in Sport and a variety of conferences which he has conceived and executed on behalf of SportBusiness Group.
Roberts approach to communication is straightforward. He believes the key skill is the ability to fully recognise, understand and appreciate a client’s objectives and to develop the communications strategies required to "Deliver the messages that matter to the people who count" drawing on the most appropriate and effective techniques to achieve and exceed the desired results.
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 MIKE HALLIGAN, DIRECTOR OF SAFETY
Mike is a versatile individual with a proven ability in leadership and business. An excellent planner with organisational, interactive and motivational skills, he is accustomed to working under pressure to tight deadlines, within highly demanding and changing arenas. Mick is very much 'hands on' and continues to working at the cutting edge of operations.
Mike has consulted for a number of Football Associations, including Libya and Tunisia, and his company is currently responsible for the training and development of some 2000 safety and security personnel deployed at Manchester United, the world's biggest Football Club.
In 2007 Mike was responsible for training and mentoring all of the operational personnel (Police and Civilian Agencies) deployed at Cricket World Cup in The West Indies. This included the opening and closing ceremonies, and 26 world cup matches (including the semi final and final).
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 PENNY
HICKS, GENERAL MANAGER
Penny joined Rushmans in August 2005 as events project coordinator.
Based for three months in the Caribbean, Penny has recently been responsible for coordinating and supporting the Rushmans team with their contractual obligations to the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc.
Prior to that, Penny was responsible for the coordination of the Rushmans Team in their provision of Media Services for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
Previously Penny worked for the English Cricket Board as an events coordinator for the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004.
As General Manager, Penny is responsible
for supporting Nigel Rushman on current projects, new
business opportunities and day to day management of the
business.
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 TONY WEBB, CONSULTANT
Tony has been involved in the business of sponsorship since the early 70’s with a broad based knowledge of the sponsorship industry. He has extensive experience and understanding of International Federations, Local Organising Committees, mainly on a pan-European basis and Sponsor relationships and the delivery of sponsorships rights.
Having worked with a number of international sports federations whilst with sponsorship agencies (including West Nally, Advantage, Parallel Media, API and Octagon) and until the end of 2006 as an independent, he then continued a long relationship with the European Athletic Association (EAA) as Project Director and Marketing Consultant. More recently he was contracted to them to assist in the general running of their new head office in Switzerland, combining transfer of knowledge and experience to existing and new staff as well as providing core event management services to many of their televised Championship events.
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 KAREN HALL, ACCOUNTANT
Karen joined the Rushmans team in September 2005.
Having previously worked as a Management Accountant and Financial Controller, Karen brings to the team over 15 years experience of the accountancy world.
Prior to Rushmans, Karen headed up the accounts team for U.K property developer Berkeley Group and was responsible for the training of other management accountants throughout Europe for a U.S Software company.
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 PETER HENSTOCK - AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST REPRESENTATIVE
Peter has been a member of the Rushmans management team for the past 15 years. His event involvement includes the 1995 Rugby World Cup, CAF African Cup of Nations Soccer Championships, Junior Weightlifting Championships, World Fencing Championships, two UCI Mountain Bike World Cups, World Summit on Sustainable Development, ICC Cricket World Cup, Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Nigeria, President Nelson Mandela's 85th Birthday celebration in Johannesburg, Cape Town Olympic Bid, West Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, ICC Twenty20 World Championships South Africa and the FIFA Club World Cup Abu Dhabi 2009. Peter particularly enjoys working in the GCC region and is currently the Rushmans Project Manager overseeing the team providing accreditation services for five motorsport events taking place this year (including the Etihad Airways Formula One Grand Prix) at the new Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi.
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 CHRISTEL ANDRE-BREYSSE, PA TO FOUNDER
Christel joined Rushmans in 2006.
Christel is responsible for the office
in Monaco and Personnel. She is the PA to Founder Nigel Rushman.
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 BOB NICHOLLS SECURITY CONSULTANT
Robert has extensive knowledge and experience in the demanding field of personal protection and has been involved in the training of protection personnel for many organisations. He was appointed as the first civilian consultant to the South African Police Services during the restructuring of their VIP Protection Unit in 1994 and consulted to the VIP executive protection training for the African National Congress (ANC). He has worked extensively in Africa and the sub continent and is responsible for the operation of NSA’s Middle East initiative.
Robert’s sporting experience includes coordinating the protection of cricket, soccer, basketball, and rugby teams in South Africa and the South African cricket tours to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. He has worked extensively in Africa and the sub continent and for the past 6 years he has been involved in the protection of all International cricket teams visiting South Africa including the CWC 2003 and the 2006 ICC Championship Trophy in India.
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 PETER OSBORN, PROJECT MANAGER
Peter started with Rushmans 12 years ago, and has worked on numerous projects including three ICC Cricket World Cups, two IRB Rugby World Cups, an African Cup of Nations, a Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting and the recent 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
With a project management background in both global telecommunications and sports development, Peter’s expertise have been used in planning, delivering and managing Accreditation and Media Services and Facilities and he has represented Rushmans in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East.
Most recently, Peter worked as Accreditation Manager on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies and will be the Accreditation Project Manager for the ICC Twenty20 World Championship taking place in September 2007 in South Africa.
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 NICOLA
FLEMING, EVENT MANAGER
Nicola joined Rushmans in June 2007 as Event
Manager.
Nicola has helped co-ordinate many of the Rushmans projects including involvement in the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa, as well as the International Sports Event Management & Security event and the SportBusiness ISEMS Awards at Wembley in 2007.
As Event Manager for ISEM, ISSS and the SportBusiness Event
Management Awards 2008 Nicola is responsible for all speaker, delegate,
exhibitor and venue logistics.
For further information visit:
www.sportseventmanagement.com
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 MIKE JORDAN - EVENT MANAGER
Mike Jordan is a seasoned accreditation professional, with a hospitality industry management background, and has over the past 15 years worked with Rushmans variously as Accreditation Manager/Venue Manager/Logistics Manager at events of the nature of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, ICC Twenty20 World Cup South Africa, World Disabled Swimming Championships, ICC Champions Trophy India, South African Games, 2005 West Asian Games Doha Qatar, ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit Abuja, Nigeria, 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg, Organisation of African Unity Summit South Africa, World Conference Against Racism Durban, World Softball Championships, African Cup of Nations Football Championships and Rugby World Cup. In 2009 Mike was part of the Rushmans team appointed to provide accreditation, safety & security and transport services at the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 in Abu Dhabi and is again in 2010 in Abu Dhabi as a member of the Rushmans management team appointed to provide accreditation services for five motorsport events taking place this year (including the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix 2010) at the new Yas Marina Circuit and Raceway.
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 PAUL PILLAY - EVENT MANAGER
Paul by training has an accounting and auditing back ground having previously been a Senior Associate with Ernst & Young South Africa, the global leaders in accounting and tax services, and was most recently Accreditation Manager for Rushmans at the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2007 working on the RATS system. Paul has a strong systems background and currently a member of the Rushmans management team appointed to provide accreditation services for five motorsport events taking place this year (including the Etihad Airways Formula One Grand Prix) at the new Yas Marina Circuit and Raceway.
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 RACHEL BUXTON, BUDGET MANAGER
Rachel started working for Rushmans in 2003 on the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Nigeria, supporting Rushmans' Project Director. Previous experience also includes management for both the Event Management Department budgets for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 and Doha Asian Games 2006
Before working for Rushmans, Rachel's role was as Head of Conferences at UBS Warburg, London and Project Director at Imagination, London (a design and corporate communications agency).
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 ELLE
BRACEGIRDLE, EVENT MANAGER
Elle joined Rushmans in Spring 2007. Elle has been managing events for the past seven years that span several genres, sizes, industries and countries. Elle joins the Rushmans team as event manager for ISEMS 2007, she is responsible for all speaker, delegate, exhibitor and venue logistics. For further information about ISEMS visit: www.isems.com.
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 TRUDY CLARK, PROJECT DIRECTOR
Trudy Clark brings to Rushmans a wealth of experience from the sports event world having just completed the role of Manager, Event Management Department for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 (ICC CWC 2007). Trudy has spent the last 18 months based in Jamaica heading up the Caribbean based event team for ICC CWC 2007 Inc. In addition to being a member of the senior management team and managing the event team programmes of VIP & Protocol, Tournament IT & Communications, Visitor Experience, LOC Liaison, Volunteers and Medical, Health & Anti-Doping, Trudy was responsible for delivering the match day operations planning and implementation across 12 venues in nine different countries working with nine Local Organising Committees.
Prior to joining Rushmans Trudy worked at Cricket Australia for six years as an Event Manager overseeing event presentation, development of pricing and ticketing strategies and managing Australian team player appearances. During her time at Cricket Australia Trudy was seconded to the International Cricket Council to work on the match day operations delivery of the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 in Sri Lanka and co-ordinate the Participating Nations Agreement (PNA) deliverables and match day operations delivery of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 in South Africa.
Previous to her roles in cricket, Trudy was an integral member of the marketing team for Australian Rules Football club, the Carlton Football Club.
Trudy is currently undertaking the role of Rushmans Project Director for the upcoming ICC Twenty20 World Championship 2007 to be held in South Africa from 11 – 24 September 2007
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