England: Mark Bullingham named commercial director of the Football Association as of 15/08/2016

Mark Bullingham has been appointed the commercial director of The FA Group, said the English Football Association on 23/05/2016. The FA Group includes the companies The Football Association Limited (which manages the business of the English Federation), Wembley National Stadium Limited (which manages the eponymous stadium) and St George's Park, the English training centre for the national set-up and youth development.

Mark Bullingham, who will officially take office on 15/08/2016, previously held the position of CEO of the UK agency Fuse Sports & Entertainment, responsible for Europe, The Middle East and Africa, involving 245 employees in 19 countries, since September 2011. He takes over as commercial director of the FA from Stuart Turner, in office since June 2011 and who leaves office on 31/05/2016. Stuart Turner helped generate £1.5bn (€1.97bn) of commercial revenue for the English Federation, the organisation declared on 23/05/2016.

"Mark Bullingham is an experienced commercial leader with a proven success of growing and developing sports businesses," said the FA. He held the…