Darren is an experienced industry professional, having worked across numerous sports organisations throughout his career. Included within this experience is 8 years at The ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Association, 5 years for The ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û League, together with Charlton Athletic and The ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Association of Ireland. Additionally, Darren served as Director of Marketing and Communications for England Squash.
In addition to this experience, he sits as Senior Independent Non- Executive Director of the British Orienteering Federation, and a Director of Bury FC.
- ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Governance
- Operations
- Marketing and communications
With Darren ‘s experience of the football and sports industry, he uses real life examples in his teaching to bring out key teaching and learning points. Areas of expertise are football business operations, marketing and communications, and football governance and the structure of the game.
His research interests are around the inter-relationship between National and Regional governing bodies, identifying key factors in organisational waste and how this affects the development of sport.
- B.Sc. (hons) Sport Studies – West Sussex Institute of Higher Education
- FIFA (MA) International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport – CIES University of Neuchatel
- UEFA Certificate in ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Management – IDHEAP University of Lausanne
- The ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Association – Regional Manager/ Business Support Manager
- The ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û League – Customer Services Manager
- Charlton Athletic FC – Communications Liaison Officer
- ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Association of Ireland/ League of Ireland – Marketing Executive
- England Squash – Director of Marketing and Communications
- Senior INED – British Orienteering Federation
- Director – Bury AFC
