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Executive Transactions

Australian National Rugby League Jetstar Gold Coast Titans announced changes to its management team. DAVID MAY has been appointed as CEO. May is charged with overall management responsibility for the Titans. He comes from Premier Partner and front-of-jersey sponsor iSelect. MICHAEL SEARLE will continue as Managing Dir of Titans 4 Tomorrow. The club also introduced new investors DARRYL KELLY and GRAEME CONNOR, together with a landmark int'l investment from ANSHUMAN MAGAZINE. Magazine is also the Chair & Managing Dir of CB Richard Ellis, the world's largest Real Estate consulting firm, for the South Asia region (Jetstar Gold Coast Titans). ... The ISAF Alpari World Match Racing Tour appointed JAMES PLEASANCE as Exec Dir Pleasance will operate from the Tour's central London office. He comes from the Informa Yacht Group and brings more than 20 years of experience in the marine and sports marketing industry, working with rights holders and sponsors. For the past decade, he has been a Dir of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour where he has played a direct role in the growth and direction of the Tour (Alpari World Match Racing Tour). ... FC Nuremburg Manager MARTIN BADER will most likely extend his contract with the Bundesliga team until '17. Bader said, "I was thinking of a three-year extension at the beginning, therefore, the thought of signing on for so long seemed kinda strange. However, if this is the wish of the club's board of directors I'm open for it. It just shows that they are satisfied with my work" (SID, 8/2).

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