Thailand Boxing Association President GEN BOONLERT KAEWPRASIT has stepped down. Boonlert "reportedly backs" Bangchak Petroleum Chair PICHAI CHUNHAVAJIRA to succeed him. Pichai was a TBA board member under Boonlert and also the 2012 Olympic boxing team manager (BANGKOK POST, 2/7). ... Infront France has appointed THOMAS LETTRY as associate director hospitality (Infront). ... The UK Golf Course Owners Association named Duff House Royal Golf Club GM JAMES CAMERON to the newly created role of GM. Cameron has been with the Scottish course for the past three years (UKGCOA). ... Glory Sports Int'l, the parent company of kickboxing league GLORY World Series, appointed former WWE Exec VP ANDREW WHITAKER to the position of global CEO of Glory Sports Int'l. Pior to joining the company, Whitaker was managing partner of Kings Highway Media. Glory Sports Int'l co-founder MARCUS LUER, who has spearheaded Glory's global expansion as interim-CEO over the last year since its inception, will resume in the role of managing director (Glory Sports Int'l). ... F1 team Williams has appointed XEVI PUJOLAR to the newly created position of chief race engineer, overseeing all aspects of race car performance within trackside operations. Pujolar will be supported during the '13 season by ANDREW MURDOCH and JONATHAN EDDOLLS who will be the race engineers for PASTOR MALDONADO and VALTTERI BOTTAS respectively (Williams).
COACHES/MANAGERS: League Championship club Nottingham Forest ALEX MCLEISH has left his role "after a month in charge" (BLOOMBERG, 2/5).
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