Get to know the team of SPONSOR.ONLINE

SPONSOR.ONLINE exists to disrupt the traditional sports sponsorship industry. Our founders and our team are passionate athletes, pro-football professionals, and seasoned sponsorship leaders.

Frustrated with the challenges and limitations created by the current way of the market operation, we created the most advanced digital marketplace where all relevant stakeholders including rightsholders, brands and their agencies can meet, negotiate and close deals.

Christian Karembeu

Christian is a former successful football player and winner of the 98’ FIFA World Cup with the French National Team. Currently he is an active investor in SPONSOR.ONLINE, sharing in the belief that digital technology will make sponsorship decision making easier and more transparent in the future.

Currently he is an active strategic advisor at Olympiacos FC and investor in sports related technology companies. Karembeu is a member of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club, a group of more than 100 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport.

Kerstin Lutz

Managing Director Business Development, TEAM Marketing Driving commercial partnerships with UEFA, and the marketing tour-de-force behind the phenomenal growth of the UEFA Champions League for more than 25 years.

Maximilian von Portatius

Maximilian is one of UEFA’s most recognized officials, with more than 150 matches under his belt.

He is a sought after sports marketing expert and event speaker, appearing at meetings of the Arabian Gulf League and the European Club Association. He learned his trade working as a Media Rights and Venue Manager for TEAM Marketing AG, based in Switzerland. He’s also the former chairman of the European Business School Symposium and founder of its Board of Advisors. Maximilian speaks fluently English, German and Spanish.

Andreas Tsochantaris

Held Senior Commercial and General Management positions in multinational companies such as Unilever and RJR-Nabisco International. He was the Head Sponsoring and General Manager Operations of the Athens 2004 Olympics and has held managerial or consulting assignments in Bids, Organizing Committees and major Sporting Events ever since.

Aifric O’Byrne

A highly organized, highly motivated individual, Aifric combines her background as an international corporate lawyer with her passion for business disruption and market equality to create platform businesses where all players are winners.

Aifric is a registered barrister and member of the Irish bar, a former attorney with a major Big Four firm, and an experienced startup CEO. She enjoys building both digital business platforms and traditional businesses, and is particularly passionate about creating Sports Tech platforms which bring old corporate ways of doing business into the new, digital era.

Tyson Henly

Chief Commercial Officer, Nottingham Forest FC, ex-CCO AS Monaco and a former WPP, Omnicom, UEFA & TEAM Marketing Executive. Tyson has worked with and advised the biggest Brands, Media organizations and Federations in sport, for some of the most visible and prestigious sporting events known today.

Kay Dammholz

Senior Head of Media Rights, DFB and a former SASS Media and DAZN executive.

As a former Managing Director of DAZN and with eight years’ experience as the Vice-President of the German Bundesliga, Kay has an exclusive insight in the sports right holder market.

Close the most effective and transparent sponsorship deals.

Team of SPONSOR.ONLINE