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Managing Director
Velocity Sports & Entertainment UK

Tom Silk is the Managing Director of Velocity Sports & Entertainment UK. Tom has 15 years brand and strategic marketing experience within the sports and entertainment environment, having worked in Europe and US on both the client and rights-holder side of the business.

Tom began his career in New York working at ISES where he serviced a number of blue-chip clients, including Coca-Cola, Kodak, Lufthansa and IBM on sports properties ranging from World Cup, Olympics, ATP Tour and MLB. After five years he joined the IOC's global marketing team where he managed relationships with Visa International, Coca-Cola and John Hancock. On returning to Europe in 1997, Tom headed up the consulting division of Sports and Outdoor Media International through the company's inception, flotation and successful sale in 2001. Prior to joining Velocity, he was Head of European Consulting at the Frontiers Group.

Tom graduated as a Morehead Scholar with a BA in History from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and resides in London.

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