RSR Partners Appoints Dany Berghoff as Principal in Firm's Sport Leadership Practice

GREENWICH, Conn. — RSR Partners, a leading board and executive search firm, announced today the appointment of Dany Berghoff as principal in the firm’s Sport Leadership Practice. With a wealth of experience in consulting for sports and entertainment organizations, he will play a key role in the firm’s business development and search execution efforts, where he will concurrently focus on traditional and emerging media ecosystems.

Announcing Berghoff’s appointment, Joe Bailey, head of the firm’s Sport Leadership Practice, stated, “We are delighted to welcome Dany to our firm. His track record of working at the highest levels of the global sport market adds valuable expertise and insight to our practice’s bench. As we continue our strategic talent advisory work with boards and C-suites worldwide, Dany’s experience will be highly-additive not only for our firm, but also, more importantly, our clients.”

“I am excited to join RSR Partners at a time during which the nexus of sport, entertainment, and media has reached new heights,” Berghoff said. “And I am very much looking forward to partnering with my new colleagues to advise organizations and recruit executives in these dynamic industries.”

Prior to joining RSR Partners, Mr. Berghoff was vice president of sponsorships and partnerships at The Paley Center for Media, where he led a team focused on generating commercial revenues emanating from traditional sponsorship and content rights. Previously, he worked for a sports sponsorship sales and consulting agency, 21 Marketing, assisting some of the most prestigious names in sport, including the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, the Miami Dolphins, Johnson & Johnson, Liberty Mutual Insurance, and NBC Sports. Mr. Berghoff holds a BA degree from Columbia University and a MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.

RSR Partners is a leader in corporate governance consulting, director and senior-level recruiting, and strategic talent advisory. Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, the company was founded in 1993 by Russell S. Reynolds, Jr.

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