Our Team

We are a London based consultancy with a global and diverse team of highly experience consultants.

Karl Bistany

Specialist advisor in the field of electronic media and sports rights and founder of FMS.

Former CEO of Octagon CSI and MD of Octagon Marketing EMEA where clients included UEFA, Bundesliga, The (English) Football Association, The Premier League, SANZAR Rugby, Australia Cricket Board, New Zealand Cricket Board and South Africa Cricket Board, including advising UEFA on Centralisation of National Team rights and Euro 2008 tender process.

Prospect Sporting Insights

Prospect blends artificial intelligence solutions with subject matter expertise to provide answers to performance and commercial challenges across sport and media industry.

FMS is partnered with PSI to offer clients these leading edge data science and consulting services.

Jochen Losch

Founder and owner of JL Sports Investment, a London based media and football consultancy firm.

Jochen is a German-Brazilian citizen, a trained lawyer and has 21 years of C-level experience in the global distribution of media rights to sports.

The former CEO of MP & Silva, President of TRAFFIC Sports Marketing and Managing Director LATAM of Lagardere Sports, Jochen has strong links to rights holders and media companies in Latin America.

Victoria Molony

Founder and owner of Molony Media Consulting, a London based consultancy providing legal services for international companies in the media rights and broadcast sector.

A UK qualified solicitor specialising in the negotiating and drafting of content and digital media rights agreements for television broadcasters and digital media platforms.

Advised on successful BT Sport bids for Premier League and FA Cup rights in the UK and Ireland. Former Head of Legal, BT Vision and BT PLC Director, Legal and Business Affairs.

Iqbal Maricar

Asia-based specialist in sports strategy, commercialisation, activation and media rights, acquisition and licensing.

Consultant to FIFA Beach Soccer P/L, Football Association of Thailand and the Hiyang Asian Beach Games. Former Senior Vice President for Octagon Asia overseeing Football Projects and Beijing Olympics Strategic Consultancy and Activation.

Swee Sin Wu

Asia-focused sports & entertainment specialist in sports commercial development and monetisation.

Swee Sin has held senior leadership roles at Octagon, WWE, Lagardere Sports and MP & Silva in the past two decades.

Abimbola Ilo

Managing director of Integral, Nigeria’s premier sport management company which has market leading positions in media rights, sponsorship and talent management services.

A qualified lawyer and member of the Association of Swiss Sports Managers (ASMS), Sports Lawyers Association (USA), and European Sponsorship Association.

Rohan Browning

Founder and CEO of Century TV and an experienced and leading sport television producer with over 30 years of industry experience working on numerous major global events.

Mark Cranwell

Founder of Western Sky Media and Empirical Wax, businesses specialising in emerging digital and immersive environments.

Managing Director of Block9, known globally for its work at Glastonbury Music Festival and with street artist, Banksy.

An advisor in the field of complex media rights and IP and a dual qualified solicitor in England and Wales and Canada and also previously Director of Business Affairs at BT Vision.

Michael Black

Managing Partner at Knox Sports Business.

Previous roles include senior leadership roles at World Vision, Octagon CSI, FIFA, and The Coca-Cola Company.