Richard Gillis

Richard Gillis gave up a perfectly good job to become a journalist, getting his first break on Channel 4’s much heralded cricket coverage, where he made up viewers’ questions for Richie Benaud to answer live at lunchtime. This began an award-winning career writing about sport and business for the Wall Street Journal, The Observer, The Irish Times and the Financial Times among many other publications. Formerly Editor of SportBusiness International, Richard launched Unofficial Partner as an alternative guide to sports marketing and it’s now a consultancy working with agencies, sponsors and sports rights holders in the area of storytelling, editorial content and strategic communications. His first book is The Captain Myth: The Ryder Cup and Sport’s Great Leadership Delusion, to be published by Bloomsbury in the UK and US later this year. You’ll find him on Twitter @RichardGillis1, arguing with people he hopes never to meet.