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Podcast: Unofficial Partner Podcast
Episode: UP274 FWIW: Private Equity in Australian Soccer
Description: This is episode 3 of For What It's Worth our regular series in collaboration with Turnstile, the sponsorship valuation service. Today's special guest is Danny Townsend, the CEO of The Australian Professional Leagues, aka the A-Leagues, home of professional soccer, comprising men's, women's, youth and esports competitions. Townsend formerly held global leadership roles at Repucom and Nielsen Sport before becoming chief executive of Sydney FC, and then moving to head up the league.In December 2021, the APL announced that Silver Lake, the private equity firm, had made a significant minority investment in the organisation, which it said wo...