Kerry Gaelic Athletic Association is set to appoint MAURICE O'MEARA as a "full-time commercial fundraiser in the coming weeks." O’Meara will vacate his position as GM at Dooks Golf Club to take up his new position with the Kerry County Board (IRISH EXAMINER, 5/3). ... STATS announced it promoted VERNON O'DONNELL to chief customer officer, a new position. He most recently served as the SVP of data collections & operations at STATS. O'Donnell and his team will manage the launch of a revamped onboarding and support of every new STATS client across the portfolio (STATS). ... Turnkey announced a new strategic consulting arm to be led by Exec VP TONY PONTURO and supported by Senior VP/Marketing Partnerships GEORGE PERRY and VP/Marketing Partnerships DANIELLE BYRD (Turnkey). ... HANS CHRISTIAN DURR accepted a position with Riot Games as head of esports DACH. He will oversee esports operations in the DACH region, which includes Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Durr joins Riot after several years working with League of Legends teams (THE ESPORTS OBSERVER, 5/2).
COACHES/MANAGERS: Frenchman SÉBASTIEN MIGNÉ was appointed the new coach of Kenya’s national football team on a three-year deal. The 45-year-old replaces Belgian PAUL PUT, who stepped down “for personal reasons” in February after just three months in the job (BBC, 5/3).
