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Welcome back to our Weekly Careers Update in which we highlight new exciting personnel changes in the football business sector.
Boris Hüttenbrenner is appointed as the second Managing Director of GAK 1902 GmbH
In future, Hüttenbrenner will support Harald Hochleitner at the head of the club. Boris studied business administration alongside his playing career and has already been with the club for 6 years, before that he worked for the Merkur Insurance Group in various roles.
Sabrina Waldbauer has been appointed Press Officer and Head of the Media and Communications Department at SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten
Waldbauer originally comes from American football, however, she has most recently worked in football, where she spent 5 years on the board of SK BMD Vorwärts Steyr and therefore has a wealth of experience.
Sebastian Rudolph takes over as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VfL Wolfsburg at the start of the new Bundesliga season
Sebastian Rudolph has been Head of Communications, Sustainability and Politics at Porsche AG since 2019 and Head of Global Communications at the Volkswagen Group since 2022. He has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Bundesliga club since 2023.
Alonso de ArÃstegui is taking on a new role at LALIGA and will work as International Relations Executive
De ArÃstegui was most recently Business Development Manager for SEA, Korea, Japan & Australia for 3 years.
Mark Lynch will join The Football Association as Wembley Stadium Director from mid-August
Lynch previously spent 7 years as Executive Director of Venue at England Rugby with specific responsibility for Twickenham Stadium Operations and Revenue.
Peter Gillcrist joined Tampa Bay Sun FC as Account Executive for their inaugural season in the USL Super League
Gillcrist’s most recently gained experience at USL as a Junior Consultant and prior to that at Worcester City Women.
Baptiste Aulnette takes up his first permanent position at LOSC Lille as Assistant Marketing Project Manager
Aulnette has already been with the club in various roles since March 2023 and previously gained experience as an intern at rivals Stade Rennais.
Ben Hawes has joined Newcastle Jets as General Manager, Commercial, Marketing & Digital
Hawes was most recently General Manager of the National Rugby League for 1 year.
Jan Oravec starts at ETO FC Győr as Marketing and Public Relations Manager
Oravec has previously worked at Sportwelt, O’Neal and BMI, and is now starting his first job at club level.
Denni Strich will be leaving TSG Hoffenheim
As the Managing Director responsible for Sales, Distribution, Communications and eSports, Strich has asked the shareholders to terminate his contract with effect from 31 October of this year.
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