Sarah Redmond
Sarah Redmond is a Marketing and Sponsorship executive with Energia.
Having completed her internship starting while a student in 2023, she joined the team in a full time capacity in July 2024 and stepped into her current role in September 2025.
She has become a central central part of the team delivering of Energia’s high-profile partnerships with Irish Rugby, Leinster Rugby, and Connacht Rugby.
She has been recognised for bringing fresh insight, exceptional organisational ability, and a natural talent for building strong and lasting relationships with clubs and stakeholders.
Sarah plays a leading role in Energia’s Rugby For All programme, delivering initiatives with enthusiasm and care, while also coordinating a wide range of partnership activities with a level of confidence that stands out among her peers.
Her work managing key club relationships and driving engagement initiatives, including the Energia Rugby Clubs Six Nations Fantasy League, has consistently enhanced the impact and reach of Energia’s sponsorship efforts.
Sarah is a Business Administration Graduate of Maynooth University and has also obtained a Digital marketing Diploma from the UCD Professional Academy.
Her nomination read that “Since joining Energia through our student placement programme in 2022, Sarah has consistently demonstrated the talent, drive, and professionalism that mark her as a future leader in the sports industry.”
Nominations for 2026
So, who do you work with that has shone over the past twelve months or more and is deserving of recognition as they rise through their career?
It could be someone you work alongside, or in another area that you have admired or been impressed by.
Now is your chance to do something special for them.
Criteria
The criteria for submission is that the person should be working within the sports industry, or in a sponsorship or agency capacity that is bringing sport to life, and that they should be born in or after 1996.
You are invited to submit names and a short summary of why an individual deserves to be recognised below.
Our ambition from the start has been to create a network of people making a real difference within our industry.
Who should we be looking to for the next wave of excellence?
Over the coming weeks we will feature a run of interviews with those who have gone before, and we will continue to highlight some of those that have taken on a new role in the past year or two.
On March 18th we will start to name the 2026 intake.
Then in June we will gather once more in the offices of PwC to meet in person, share experience and forge connections that will be of real value.
And we will also be looking at additional ways in which we can help those nominated to enhance their career and build strong friendships across the sector, particularly in this the tenth year of the list.
If you would like to be part of the Sport for Business community and see your organisation in our content, on our stages, and in the conversation happening every day around the commercial world of Irish Sport, email us today and let’s see what is possible.
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