Danny Townsend was one of the co-founders of sports and entertainment intelligence and measurement agency, Repucom International which was acquired by global research and data company, Nielsen Holdings in 2016. During his time at Repucom and more recently as Global Managing Director of Nielsen Sport, Danny has advised major brands and sporting bodies such as PepsiCo, Emirates Airline, Mastercard, Redbull, the NBA, the NFL, English Premier League and many professional sports franchises on how to maximise returns on sports marketing initiatives.  In 2017, Danny returned to Australia to take up the role of Chief Executive Office at Sydney FC where he has overseen the clubs on-field performance and significant growth in the clubs commercial business..

In 2016, Danny was recognized by Sports Business Journal in the United States as one of the 40 most influential sports executives in the world under 40 and the following year received similar recognition by Leaders in Sport in Europe.

Dave Lewis has 25 years of experience in IT security operations and management including a decade dealing with critical infrastructure security. He is the founder of the security site Liquidmatrix Security Digest and cohost of the Liquidmatrix podcast as well as the host of the Plaintext and Murder Board podcasts. Lewis writes columns for Daily Swig, Forbes and several other publications.

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Danny Townsend was one of the co-founders of sports and entertainment intelligence and measurement agency, Repucom International which was acquired by global research and data company, Nielsen Holdings in 2016. During his time at Repucom and more recently as Global Managing Director of Nielsen Sport, Danny has advised major brands and sporting bodies such as PepsiCo, Emirates Airline, Mastercard, Redbull, the NBA, the NFL, English Premier League and many professional sports franchises on how to maximise returns on sports marketing initiatives.  In 2017, Danny returned to Australia to take up the role of Chief Executive Office at Sydney FC where he has overseen the clubs on-field performance and significant growth in the clubs commercial business..

In 2016, Danny was recognized by Sports Business Journal in the United States as one of the 40 most influential sports executives in the world under 40 and the following year received similar recognition by Leaders in Sport in Europe.

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