Consulting firm GlideSlope named organization consultancy Q5 Partners Associate NICK LAWRIE insights director in its Analytics & Insights Group. Lawrie has done work on behalf of Visa, Puma, Toyota, Samsung, BP, AT&T, Chivas, RBS, Evian, the NBA, FIFA, IAAF and IOC (GlideSlope)....The Int'l Tennis HOF & Museum BOD named former HOF CEO MARK STENNING and former HOF Capital Campaign Vice Chair ED WOOLARD Life Trustees. Stenning stepped down as CEO earlier this month after 35 years with HOF (Int'l Tennis HOF).
COACHES/MANAGERS: League Championship side Leeds United has appointed Austrian Bundesliga side Sturm Graz head coach DARKO MILANIC as its new manager.
Sturm Graz has said on its website that Milanic -- who been holding talks with Leeds Owner MASSIMO CELLINO this weekend -- "has been appointed," though Leeds has "not confirmed this." Leeds has "activated a clause in Milanic's contract, which allows him to buy out of his three-year deal." He "will take over" from interim Manager NEIL REDFEARN (SKY SPORTS, 9/21).
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