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Wigan Athletic are delighted to announce that Kevin Roberts has joined the club as a non-executive director.
Kevin is an international business leader, founder and educator who has previously worked in senior leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, Gillette, Pepsi-Cola and Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world’s leading creative organizations, among others.
A former director of the New Zealand Rugby Union and former chairman of USA Rugby, Roberts has also served on the Board of New Zealand Football and as a Trustee for a Team New Zealand America’s Cup challenge.
Speaking about the appointment, Wigan Athletic executive chairman Darren Royle said:
“This is a hugely exciting appointment for Wigan Athletic; Kevin’s expertise in creative thinking, marketing and leadership will be will be hugely beneficial to all areas of our club.
“Kevin is passionate about sport and success on and off the pitch and he has successfully influenced high-profile organizations into building a successful purpose – something we hope to replicate here at Wigan Athletic.”
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Kevin Roberts has become the newest member of the Wigan Athletic board. Here's five things we know about the new non-executive director.
* Was born and raised just up the M6 in Lancaster before moving over to New Zealand to become chief operating officer at brewer Lion Nathan.
* While at Pepsi Canada - and during a keynote speech to a group of employees, bottlers, and the media - Roberts had a Coke vending machine rolled onto the stage while he was speaking. As he finished his speech, he picked up a machine gun (borrowed from police officers but fitted with blanks), and blasted the Coke machine!
* Credited with almost single- handedly turning around the fortunes of Saatchi & Saatchi after taking over in 1997, to the extent they were awarded a US$430 million JC Penney contract because of his 'love marks' concept.
* Also developed the concept of 'sisomo' - meaning 'sight, sound and motion', to encapsulate the attachment people had developed with screens. It's surely no coincidence his appointment comes 24 hours after confirmation of a new big screen at the DW.
* Was awarded a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business and the community, in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours.
from WEP TODAY
Kevin is an international business leader, founder and educator who has previously worked in senior leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, Gillette, Pepsi-Cola and Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world’s leading creative organizations, among others.
A former director of the New Zealand Rugby Union and former chairman of USA Rugby, Roberts has also served on the Board of New Zealand Football and as a Trustee for a Team New Zealand America’s Cup challenge.
Speaking about the appointment, Wigan Athletic executive chairman Darren Royle said:
“This is a hugely exciting appointment for Wigan Athletic; Kevin’s expertise in creative thinking, marketing and leadership will be will be hugely beneficial to all areas of our club.
“Kevin is passionate about sport and success on and off the pitch and he has successfully influenced high-profile organizations into building a successful purpose – something we hope to replicate here at Wigan Athletic.”
Latics site
Kevin Roberts has become the newest member of the Wigan Athletic board. Here's five things we know about the new non-executive director.
* Was born and raised just up the M6 in Lancaster before moving over to New Zealand to become chief operating officer at brewer Lion Nathan.
* While at Pepsi Canada - and during a keynote speech to a group of employees, bottlers, and the media - Roberts had a Coke vending machine rolled onto the stage while he was speaking. As he finished his speech, he picked up a machine gun (borrowed from police officers but fitted with blanks), and blasted the Coke machine!
* Credited with almost single- handedly turning around the fortunes of Saatchi & Saatchi after taking over in 1997, to the extent they were awarded a US$430 million JC Penney contract because of his 'love marks' concept.
* Also developed the concept of 'sisomo' - meaning 'sight, sound and motion', to encapsulate the attachment people had developed with screens. It's surely no coincidence his appointment comes 24 hours after confirmation of a new big screen at the DW.
* Was awarded a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business and the community, in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours.
from WEP TODAY
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