Andrew Georgiou, president and managing director of WBD Sports Europe, is to step down to become CEO of CVC-backed Global Sport Group
Andrew Georgiou, WBD Sports Europe president and managing director, is joining CVC-backed sports group Global Sport Group (GSG) as chief executive officer. He will take up the role in the first quarter of 2027.
GSG was created last year as a global sports platform that brings together eight leagues and competitions including La Liga, Volleyball World, Ligue 1, Prem Rugby, United Rugby Championship, Six Nations, WTA Ventures and Equine Network. Collectively these sports reach almost six billion fans worldwide.
The company was created to provide dedicated expertise to support CVC’s sports league investments, to unlock new commercial opportunities and create long-term value while preserving the independence and identity of each competition.
Georgiou has experience of leading rights holders and sports agencies. At Warner Bros. Discovery, he has been responsible for WBD’s business in the UK and Ireland as well as sport and streaming across EMEA.
He has previously led some of the industry’s most significant sports and media businesses and has global experience across Europe, the US and Asia.
Marc Allera, chair, Global Sport Group, said: “Andrew is an exceptional leader and exactly the kind of CEO appointment that reflects our ambition for GSG. He combines deep knowledge of global sport with a proven track record of building businesses, developing major partnerships and creating commercial value to reinvest for the benefit of fans, athletes and other stakeholders.
“His decision to join also speaks to the scale of the opportunity for GSG. We are building much more than a portfolio of great sports businesses: our aim is to create a group that can bring genuinely differentiated expertise and capabilities to our partner leagues to help them accelerate their revenue growth.
“We would also like to thank Stefano Gastaut for his leadership in establishing GSG and building strong foundations for its future, including developing the team and capabilities and helping to complete GSG’s first new investment into Equine Network. We’re delighted he will remain on the Board as he returns to his role as operating partner at CVC.”
Georgiou added: “GSG is a hugely exciting opportunity. We have a portfolio of outstanding sports businesses, the backing of CVC and an ambition to build something genuinely differentiated in global sport.
“There is a significant opportunity to accelerate the value GSG can bring to its portfolio partners, combining expertise, relationships and capabilities across sport, media and technology, to help these leagues realise even more of their potential for the benefit of fans and players.
“I’ve spent much of my career at the intersection of sport, media, audiences and commercial growth, and I’m incredibly excited to bring that experience to GSG and lead the Group through its next phase.”
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