Jim Glover

aged 48, Chief Executive, CSM Sport & Entertainment

Jim began his career in the sports industry at IMG working in the golf client division.

In 1994 he set up Lighthouse Communications, one of the first independent agencies to offer the corporate world independent, impartial advice on sponsorship, which he built up over the next ten years to become one of the leading independent consulting agencies in Europe, responsible for creating successful sponsorship programmes for Heineken International, GlaxoSmithKline, and Land Rover.

In December 2005, he oversaw the successful acquisition of Lighthouse by Fast Track which in turn was acquired by Chime in 2007. Jim is now the Group CEO of the Sport & Entertainment division, CSM, with responsibility for 575 people in 13 countries. He played reasonable rugby in the last century and is married with 4 children.