E74: Jim Glover - CSM Sport & Entertainment

Today’s podcast is a conversation about sports agencies: what they do, how the current shutdown is going to change that and the longer term opportunities and threats they face.CSM’s Jim Glover has been working agency side since he started at IMG’s golf client division in the 1980s before he set up Lighthouse Communications in 1994, for clients including Heineken, GlaxoSmithKline, and Land Rover. That business was sold to Fast Track in December 2005, which in turn was acquired by Chime Communications Plc in 2007. Jim was CEO of CSM Sport & Entertainment for 5 years before taking on the role of Deputy Chairman in 2015, overseeing a range of businesses that comprise CSM, such as Fast Track, Essentially, Iluka, the JMI motorsport business and the design agency Icon.The interview took place two weeks ago.

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