FIONA HAMPTON

 

Fiona Hampton is the Vice President UK and Ireland of GolfNow, a division of NBC’s Sports Division with its international HQ in Belfast.

She is the first woman to reappear on our list in a different role and a different sport to when she was first on it.

Back in 2017, she appeared in her previous role as Head of Sales and Marketing at Ulster Rugby, one of the few women at the time at a high level within the sport.

In 2019 she left to take up a role with GolfNow in their Belfast offices looking out over the River Lagan and the Titanic Quarter. In August of this year, she stepped up to her current role.

Working on European, North American and now Australian time zones can be a challenge but one she is well up to meeting. The company is the leading provider of booking solutions for golf courses so time management is a key attribute.

She also has a good view of the SSE Airtricity Odyssey Arena where she first entered the world of sponsorship and event management.

 

Check out the others who have so far joined the list right here.

 

 

 

This is the ninth edition of our Sport for Business listing of 50 Women of Influence in Irish Sport.

We are proud to do so this year with a new partner in AIG, an organisation that have pledged their commitment to equality in their partnerships with Gaelic Games, Tennis, Golf and more, for whom “Effort is Equal” and with whom we have ambitious plans to extend the reach of this annual celebration of the Women who are making a difference.

They are drawn as before from the worlds of leadership, partnership, storytelling and performance.

We began this journey in 2013 when challenged that we would never be able to produce a list of twenty Influential Women in Irish Sport. The 20 stretched to 30, then 40 and 50 and it still does not do justice to the talent that is out there.

This year once more, to keep things fresh we will introduce at least 30 per cent of fresh names from last year. That will be the hardest part to have some names replaced but if it was too easy it would be of less value.

The list we will build over the coming weeks is a snapshot of those women who are making a mark on how sport is played, consumed, grown and delivered.

They are part of making the role of women in sport unexceptional by being exceptional in what they do.

Recognition of their contribution is rarely asked for but is fully deserved, and we want your help in identifying those who you feel should be among them.

We will start to publish the first of this year’s list on Sport for Business next week, and share them for all across social media in parallel.

So, who do you think should be on the list for 2021?

 

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