ANDY MANKIEWICZ OBE
Andy has over 30 years of experience in cross-border M&A transactions, capital market listings and joint ventures between Asia-Pacific, Europe and the UK in numerous sectors, including media, technology and lifestyle sectors. His career has always revolved around connecting companies from Asia-Pacific with companies from the UK and Europe and through these transactions has developed close and long-term relationships throughout Asia-Pacific, particularly in Japan, Singapore and China.
Andy was elected President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan from 2007-2010 and a member of the Board of Governors of the European Business Council in Japan from 2007-2011. He was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in her Birthday Honours List in 2011 for services to British business interests in Japan.
Andy is also very active in charitable causes and was elected Vice President of the Rotary Club of Singapore from 2017-2018 and is active in local causes in Singapore and the ASEAN region.
Andy's passion for sport and seeing sport as a social equaliser led him to launch Sportsbridge Asia.
WILLIAM GILCHRIST
William has over 15 years experience in cross-border transactions between Asia-Pacific, North America and the Middle East. He began his career in media in Shanghai and then moved to digital marketing and was approached by Google to be their Regional New Business Sales Manager in APAC based in Singapore.
At Sportsbridge Asia, William combines his experience in sales and technology and his vast network of C-suite leaders and business owners in Asia-Pacific together with his childhood passion for sports.
JOSEPH FLATEN
Joe has over 20 years experience in cross-border transactions between Asia and North America. He began his career with a US real estate investment firm and then moved to Thailand to develop close business relationships with major corporations in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and China. Joe has extensive experience in negotiating partnership and sponsorship transactions between Asian and international lifestyle brands and maximising media coverage for his clients.