#executive-appointment

#executive-appointment

We are delighted to welcome such a strong addition with international experience in a strategically important area. The supervisory board believes that Rouven Kasper is the right choice, both professionally and personally, to help us achieve FC Bayern's ambitious goals in the areas of marketing and sales, especially as he already knows our club very well. I would like to express my sincere thanks to my colleague Dietmar Allgaier, president and chairman of the supervisory board of VfB Stuttgart, for the constructive and trusting discussions we had.

Craig's leadership has been central to that journey, and he is the right person to help drive the group's next phase of global growth. His deep understanding of both the operational and commercial sides of podcasting, makes him the ideal person to take on this expanded role and this appointment marks an important step as we build the next phase of Audioboom's global growth.

A seasoned industry veteran, Mottram brings more than 30 years' tech sector experience to the role, with specific expertise in sales leadership. He first joined HPE back in 2019 and has served in various executive management roles, most recently as executive vice president of growth markets. Prior to that, he spent four years as EVP and general manager of HPE Aruba Networking, where he achieved record revenue growth and profitability.

Naturally, player transfers generate more hype in the footballing world. Fans care more about footballers that can bring the most excitement to the pitch versus executives who might be better at accounting. That is likely why reports of Bayern looking to VfB Stuttgart's marketing director Rouven Kasper as a replacement for the outgoing Michael Diederich rather went under the radar. But, weeks after Diederich has already left, Bayern are still looking to fill the gap.

Hamburger, who joined the UK leadership team in 2024, was responsible for overseeing franchising and delivery operations across Britain. She has now been promoted to managing director of McDonald's Netherlands. Her name frequently drew attention during her tenure - she once joked that "some things are meant to be," acknowledging the nominative determinism of running restaurants at a company famous for flipping burgers. "Hamburger has been my name my entire life too, so as you can imagine, it has always made people do a bit of a double take," she told The Times.

Brenda Melton, the new executive director at Jasper Ridge Farm, expressed her passion for the healing power of animals and nature for people.