SKI Partners Announces Three New Advisory Board Members at SEI Conference
17 Julio 2024 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Former Meta & Veteran TV Network President
Peter Hutton joins Former longtime FOX Sports Strategy &
Programming SVP Pat Crakes & Media/Tech Investor, Former IBM’s
William (Bill) Moses in joining Advisory Board
SKI Partners is pleased to announce at SEICon (Sports,
Entertainment, Innovation Conference) presented by USA Today
(https://sei-con.org), and sponsored by SKI Partners, the
appointment of three distinguished professionals to its Advisory
Board. These new members bring a wealth of experience and
historical success across the worlds of media, investment, sports
and technology, significantly enhancing the strategic expertise of
the board.
Joining the SKI Partners Advisory Board are:
- Peter Hutton has over 40 years of experience in the
sports industry, including spells as CEO of the biggest sports
channels in Europe, Asia and the Indian subcontinent. He currently
sits on the board of the Saudi professional football league, the
professional triathlon organization and the rugby league as well as
advising a series of sports tech companies. He was recently
chairman of cricket’s t20 world cup in the USA and spent 5 years
running sports partnerships for Meta.
- Pat Crakes has served in various senior executive roles
over his career, including several at FOX Sports. During the last
six years of his 23-year tenure there he was SVP, Programming,
Research and Content Strategy responsible for strategic programming
decisions across multiple sports networks and platforms including
FOX, FS1, FS2, and FOX Deportes. In that role he managed
relationships with numerous content partners including the NFL,
NASCAR, MLB, FIFA, UEFA, MLS, USSF, Liga MX, DFL, Big Ten, Pac-12,
Big 12, Big East, PBC, and the UFC. Currently, he is Principal of
Crakes Media, a strategic advisory focused on media landscape
evolution, distribution strategy, programming rights negotiations,
and content creation.
- William (Bill) Moses has an extensive background in
transactions and management in the media, entertainment, sports and
technology industries. After practicing law in Philadelphia for a
decade, he was named General Counsel of Time Life Films, Inc., Mr.
Moses was the Managing Director of Credit Lyonnais Securities
Corporation’s media industry merger and acquisitions group. He was
named by the NFL Commissioner to be the SVP – International and New
Media for the NFL. His extensive experience includes positions as
the IBM Vice President of Broadband Distribution, Senior Vice
President of Hughes Corporation’s PanAmSat and President of NET-36
(which was acquired by News Corp), Recently, Mr. Moses served as
the CEO of DDSports, Inc. (ShotTracker) an emerging tracking and
data analytics company being deployed across NCAA Division I
basketball conferences. Today Mr, Moses is an advisor to EchoLeaf
Systems, Inc. an emerging cyber security company. He has served on
various boards, including NHL Interactive Cyber Enterprises (NHL
ICE) and PGA Interactive (PGA of America).
"We are thrilled to welcome Peter, Pat and Bill to our Advisory
Board," said Stuart Goldfarb, Co-Founder of SKI Partners. "Their
combined expertise and leadership in media, investment, sports and
technology will be instrumental in guiding our strategic direction
and helping us achieve our ambitious goals. Each of these
individuals brings a unique perspective and a proven track record
of success, and we look forward to their contributions."
Chris Lencheski, Co-Founder of SKI Partners, said “The
appointment of these new Advisory Board members aligns with SKI
Partners' commitment to leveraging global top-tier talent and
experience to drive innovation and growth. As SKI Partners
continues to expand its reach and impact, the strategic guidance
from each of our Advisory Board members will be critical in
navigating the evolving landscape of media, the sporting sector as
a government GDP, future-proofing investment, and technology.”
These new board members join SKI Partners Advisory Board
members: David Falk, Chairman; Dr. Harvey Schiller,
Sulaiman Alquhidan and Abdullatif Mohamed Kanoo.
Additional Advisory Board members will be announced shortly.
About SKI Partners
SKI Partners provides c-suite executive level advisory across a
range of sectors in the sports, media, real estate, and
entertainment fields with a leading practice to middle market
private equity companies who use global sport and entertainment as
a lever for business development. With locations in Palm Beach, New
York, Los Angeles, London, and Riyadh, SKI Partners offers
significant c-suite level experience through a commercial rights
captive-capital duality model where their executive level operator
experience affords an accelerated pathway to success whilst
maintaining their core value of being quiet about whom they
represent and the engagement they do for such. For more
information, please visit our website (www.SKIpartners.io).
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