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ASOIF names Andrew Ryan as its new Director
2006-04-03
Seoul, 3 April 2006 – ASOIF announced today the appointment of Andrew Ryan, from Great Britain, as its new Director. A seasoned and respected international sports executive, Ryan last held the position of Chief Operating Officer for the International Badminton Federation and has most recently been working as an independent sports consultant in the area of marketing, events management and rights as well as with pmpLEGACY.
Ryan replaces Robert Fasulo who is leaving to take up the role of chief of international relations with the United States Olympic Committee. The ASOIF Council made the decision to nominate Ryan at its meeting here in Seoul today on the occasion of SportAccord and the ASOIF General Assembly meetings. Ryan will take up his duties in Lausanne starting May 1.
“We are extremely fortunate and delighted to have found someone of Andrew's calibre and experience to take over the management of our Association”, said the ASOIF President, Denis Oswald. “As a former top executive at one of our Summer Olympic IFs, Andrew's combination of skills as well as his existing strong relations within the Olympic Movement, uniquely position him to meet the challenges ahead in ASOIF.”
“I am very excited to have the chance to serve ASOIF in what will be a challenging future for the Summer Olympic IFs”, said Ryan. “I look forward to working with the Council and Members to support the interests of the Summer Olympic IFs in a robust manner.”
Prior to his role as IBF Chief Operating Officer where he was responsible for the overall management and delivery of the day-to-day activity at the Federation, Ryan held the role of Director of Development and Coaching, and then Director of Marketing in IBF. In his marketing role, Ryan's responsibilities included the management of global TV rights sales (IBF major events) and increasing global TV exposure and revenue from IBF events as well as servicing the media in general and at IBF major events.
Before joining the IBF, Ryan had also been a national badminton coach for the French Ministry of Sport & Youth in Paris and the High Performance Director for the Norwegian Badminton Federation.
In addition to having lived in France and Norway, Ryan spent time coaching tennis in Madrid after graduating with Honours from the University of Sussex with a BA in Economics. Ryan is married and has one son.