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Simon Morton - Director of Major Events and International Relations

 

Simon Morton is Director of Major Events and International Relations, and is responsible for overseeing UK Sport’s lead role around the bidding and staging of major international sporting events, and developing the UK’s international sporting relationships. He was previously Head of Major Events at UK Sport, and continues to lead the development of an events programme designed to use London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 to establish the UK as a leading of host of major international events. Through this work he has sat on Organising Committees for World and European Championships across a wide range of sports.

Prior to UK Sport, Simon worked for the International Badminton Federation (IBF) for six years, fulfilling a number of roles. As Head of Marketing for IBF, he was responsible for handling the sport’s major event award process, in addition to overseeing badminton’s global television and sponsorship operations and rights distribution.
 

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