DAZN: departure of Joe Markowski, CEO of the platform in North America since September 2022

Joe Markowski, DAZN's CEO for North America, is stepping down from his position, announced the OTT sports platform on 18/03/2024.

Markowski has held the position since September 2022, having held various positions within the streaming service since its arrival in 2011 (DAZN was then known as the Perform Group). In particular, he was head of new markets (from January to September 2016), commercial director of the platform in Japan (from October 2016 to March 2018), executive vice-president of DAZN in North America (from March 2018 to September 2020) and global executive vice-president of DAZN (from October 2020 to September 2022).

"Joe has played a significant role in the development of DAZN in his 13 years with the company, helping to lay solid foundations for the global boxing proposition and expanding DAZN's presence in Japan and the US.  Joe will remain an advisor to the business. As we move forward, we are happy to announce that Pete Oliver (CEO of growth markets) will be responsible for the overall global boxing proposition," said the platform.