The Team

The Author

Michael Payne

Michael has had a lifelong career at the forefront of the business of sport. Over the past four decades, few people have been as close to the finance and politics of global sport or have accumulated as much insider knowledge as he has. His stories will reveal, entertain and surprise. He has been nominated by Advertising Age as one the world’s fifty most influential marketeers. Tokyo 2020 will be his twentieth Olympic Games.

Michael has also served as advisor to Formula One and its EO, Bernie Ecclestone; to multiple different international sports federations; to broadcast and media groups and to corporations around the world. He is the author of 'Olympic Turnaround' - the best selling book that details the transformation of the Olympic Movement from bankruptcy to a multi billion $ brand. Olympic Turnaround has been published in 15 languages.

www.Michaelrpayne.com

Contributors

Theodora Mantzaris

Design

Theodora is the world’s leading design director for major sporting events. She led the design team of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and she became the Design Adviser to the IOC on all subsequent Olympic Games.

www.theodoramantzaris.com

Stewart Binns

Editing

A BAFTA winning film producer, author and former SAS soldier, Stewart launched Trans World Sport and the Olympic Television Archive Bureau. He is the author of numerous historical novels and sports anthologies and a renowned Olympic historian. He is the founder of his own media company.

www.Stewartbinns.com

Jim Thompson

Front Cover

The Editorial Sports Cartoonist of the Los Angeles Times, Jim is a comic historian and California trial lawyer. He occasionally raises the ire of judges by lampooning them in court. He is the founder of ThompsonSportsArt.

www.thompsonsportsart.com

Production

Lee Martin

Publishing Consultant

Lee Martin is a senior adviser to the Executive Committee at Getty Images having previously been an SVP and member of the Ex Com from 2003/2019. Lee has attended 18 Summer and Winter Olympics in Getty Images capacity as Official Photographers to the International Olympic Committee.

Toby Trotman

Commercial Director
Vision Sports Publishing

Toby has worked in the publishing industry since 1993 and was Managing Director of Trotman Publishing, at the time the UK's largest careers book publisher, until he co-founded Vision Sports Publishing in 2003.

www.visionsp.co.uk

Jim Drewett

Editorial Director
Vision Sports Publishing

Jim is passionate about creating sensational-looking, beautifully written sports books. He is very much a 'hands on' editor and oversees every one of VSP's titles with a meticulous eye for detail.

www.visionsp.co.uk

Printer Trento

Printer Trento, one of the world’s leading printers specializing in oversize books, producing over 15 million books annually, for the most prestigious publishing houses, including Taschen and TeNeuses.

www.printertrento.it

Genesis Imaging

Genesis imaging the UK’s leading high end photographic printer, specialising in transforming artists work into museum quality showpieces that hang in galleries and museums around the world.

www.genesisimaging.co.uk

JTA

JTA is one of the foremost strategic communications, brand-building and international relations consultancies operating in the sports industry. Founded in 2001 by Jon Tibbs OBE, with 7 offices around the world.

www.jta.sport

Syrox

Syrox with over 17 years of digital and development experience specialising in ecommerce, mobile app, digital libraries and bespoke development, with clients including many federations, sport and event organisers.

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