Lagardère Unlimited to centralise European football activities

Lagardère Unlimited, the sports and entertainment subsidiary of Lagardère group, announced a centralisation of its football based activities in Europe, on a new platform, on 05/03/2014.

Philipp Hasenbein has been appointed head of the new pan-European platform. He retains his duties as managing director of Sportfive Germany and also becomes "Head of European football."

In France, Laurent Moretti was appointed managing director of Sportfive France, replacing Vincent Tong Cuong, who left the agency.

"The sole shareholder of Sportfive, Lagardère Unlimited benefits from a strong, multi-local presence on the European football market. The company is a leader in football rights in Germany and France, and enjoys a significant and growing presence in other key European territories. Lagardère Unlimited now concentrates all those resources into a powerful pan-European platform featuring 300 top industry experts," said Lagardère.

• "This is simply an internal reorganisation. All persons affected by this reorganisation were already employees of the group. The goal is to create synergy for…