Football League: Ben Wright named commercial director, Drew Barrand named marketing director

Ben Wright and Drew Barrand have been named commercial director and marketing director, respectively, of the Football League, the English professional football league, which manages the second, third and fourth English divisions, on 10/10/2014.

Ben Wright has been the senior vice-president in charge of partnerships and business development for the Wasserman Media Group, a media and marketing rights agency, since June 2011. He previously served as Head of Commercial of Tottenham Hotspur FC (Barclays Premier League) between August 2005 and June 2011.

Drew Barrand has been the associate director of sports marketing agency Pitch since August 2011. Previously, he had served as sports editor of Marketing magazine and deputy editor of SportBusiness.