Andy Evans
Chairman
A founder member of World In Motion, Andy’s experience in the fields of commercial and sports law is one of the foundation stones of our success. Having established a reputation as a formidable lawyer with international law firm, Freshfields, Andy became a licensed FA players’ agent in 1997 and is now head of our football division. He works closely with all the company’s football clients and has successfully negotiated more than 500 transfers. He is fluent in French and Spanish and represents clubs home and abroad, helping them to find the finest talents around the globe.
Email: aevans@worldinmotion.com
Charles Mountifield
Chief Operating Officer
As Chief Operating Officer at World in Motion, Charles works closely with Chairman Andy Evans on company operations in general and business development in particular. Charles is a former Director of World in Motion and after twenty years working in professional sport in the UK and France, Charles worked in Australia for Essentially Group and was the company’s CEO until 2014 before commencing his new role with World in Motion. Charles speaks French and read law and sports management at university and now holds an LLM in Sports Law and an MSc in Sports Management.
Sam Jackson
Head of Research & Analytics
Having caught the company’s attention with a blog devoted to the statistical analysis of footballers, Sam joined the company with the overall objective of identifying talent across all positions with a range of statistical methods to help clubs with their recruitment. Holding first-class BA and MA degrees, Sam also works closely with World In Motion’s goalkeeping-focused subsidiary, GK1 Management, to develop new methods of analysing goalkeepers.
E-mail: sjackson@worldinmotion.com
Bill Pethybridge
Licensed Players Agent
Bill joined World in Motion from a leading multi discipline marketing agency, Exposure, where he was heavily involved in the planning and implementation of nationwide promotional and marketing campaigns. Prior to Exposure , Bill spent six years working as an Event co-ordinator and travelled Europe working at high profile sporting events. After gaining his FIFA licence, Bill built up his own portfolio of clients and now represents a number of Premier League and Football League players. As World in Motion has grown, Bill has taken on more responsibility in terms of recruiting and managing young players and developing our links with foreign players and their representatives.
James Lippett
Licensed Players Agent
James joined World in Motion from New Era Global Sports. Based in London, James has a domestic client list comprising Premier League, Championship, League 1 and 2. He also represents a number of international players that are currently playing overseas and a select group of Managers/Head Coaches. James has also become an influential agent in the German market having negotiated transfers to take players to Bundesliga/Bundesliga 2 and also has also moved players from Germany to England.
Email: jlippett@worldinmotion.com
Darren Bossons
Licensed Players Agent
Darren joined the World in Motion team after having successfully operated agency Seven Sport for ten years. During this time Darren identified and managed players throughout the UK Leagues whilst also conducting numerous high value Premier League transfers. Darren has established an impressive client base and brings significant experience to World in Motion where he will predominantly operate in the North of England.
Email: darren@worldinmotion.com
Charlie McNicholas
Licensed Players Agent
Subsequent to joining World in Motion, Charlie has assembled a client list featuring Premier League and Championship players. A graduate of Oxford University, Charlie is also fluent in three foreign languages, enabling him to play an integral role in the company’s overseas division. In recent years Charlie has brokered a number of deals at clubs in both the English Premier League and Spain’s top division, La Liga.
Email: charlie@worldinmotion.com
Jonne Lindblom
Licensed Players Agent
Jonne started his own agency, Golden Star Management, which is headquartered in Helsinki and has offices in Tallinn, Stockholm, New York and Brussels. Jonne has established an excellent contact network in Scandinavia, Central Europe, United States, Colombia and other global markets. He has completed over sixty deals for international players, including Uruguay legend Diego Lugano and over one hundred transfers globally. Jonne now runs the Scandinavian office for World in Motion and divides his time between Scandinavia and London. Jonne is fluent in Finnish, Swedish and English.
E-mail: jlindblom@worldinmotion.com
Michael Gorman
Attorney & Licensed Player Agent
Michael manages the American MLS and South American markets for World in Motion, dividing his time between Los Angeles and Medellin, Colombia. His strong relationships in South America and understanding of the complex MLS rules have helped him to negotiate over €25 million in total transactions since 2012. Michael speaks Spanish fluently and previously worked as a finance attorney for investment funds and the United States federal government.
E-mail: mgorman@worldinmotion.com
Graham Ross
Football Consultant
Based in Australia, Graham is an ex-professional goalkeeper with over forty years’ experience in the football industry. Following retirement, Graham moved into coaching, winning a number of titles in Australia over a ten year period. Graham is also Managing Director of Red Lion Football; Australia’s number one distributor of Nike team wear, Australian agents for Locust Gloves and was the original Sells agents for six years. The company also runs international football tours linking up with clubs like Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Everton, Real Madrid & FC Barcelona. Graham combines his involvement with coaching and role at Red Lion Football with a consultancy role with World in Motion and GK1.
E-mail: graham@worldinmotion.com
Julien Laurens
Football Consultant
Julien joined World in Motion last January after working for many years in the media industry. He is looking after the French market and brings great knowledge of French players and French football to the company. He lives in London but travels to France on a regular basis for meetings, matches and scouting trips.
E-mail: julien@worldinmotion.com
Danny Naisbitt
FA Licensed Intermediary
Ex-professional goalkeeper Danny had a playing career which lasted over twenty years and he played for a host of clubs including; Middlesbrough, Walsall, Barnet, Brentford, AFC Wimbledon, Histon, Brighton (loan) and Cambridge United. Danny now has an integral role at World in Motion identifying and representing top-level footballers and he has clients including Premier League players/goalkeepers.
E-mail: danny@worldinmotion.com
David Balda
Licensed Intermediary
David joins World in Motion with a background as a former football player and an education in management and marketing. He has experience as a football scout and sports director at football clubs. He is fluent in English, Czech, Slovak and Polish and will assist World in Motion principally in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
E-mail: dbalda@worldinmotion.com
Gabor Lucza
Licensed Intermediary
Gabor runs the Central European office for World in Motion and divides his time between Hungary and England. Gabor is a former Hungarian U19 player, whose career was cut short by injury at the age of 21. Before joining World in Motion, Gabor was with Nike Hungary for a number of years, forming relationships with clubs, players and corporates. Gabor has excellent relationships with a number of clubs in Central and Eastern Europe and has been integral in developing a successful Central European branch of the company.
E-mail: glucza@worldinmotion.com
Mark Bennett
Licensed Players Agent
Mark has had a fifteen year career in the football industry and has built a notable reputation as an international intermediary. He has successfully negotiated numerous contracts for players and clubs in both the UK and throughout Europe. Mark brings a host of skills to World in Motion including professionalism, integrity and a focus on building long term associations with clients.
E-mail: mbennett@worldinmotion.com
Dejan Smuk
Football Consultant
Based on his previous commercial activities, Dejan has amassed a wealth of contacts in a Balkans. The former football player has a background in coaching and scouting and previously worked with a lot of football clubs in the region, where he was responsible for marketing and development strategy. This brought him an in-depth knowledge of the former Yugoslavian football market. Dejan speaks English and all languages of former Yugoslavian countries. His main role at World in Motion is to identify and recruit the best young talent in Balkan region.
Email: dejan@worldinmotion.com
Michael Savage
Licensed Intermediary
With a background in property, finance and accountancy, joining World in Motion was a natural progression due to Michael’s keen interests in sport and player development. His expertise in finance and accountancy shows synergy with the football world where figures and contracts are key elements to a player’s professional life and career. Over the years, Michael has been a football club commercial & finance director and was one of the youngest club chairmen in the UK. His duties also extended to management meetings and advisor to the board of directors within the SPFL & SFA.
Email: msavage@worldinmtion.com
Alan Hvedehave
Licensed Players Agent
Following a successful career in business, Alan has put his notable commercial acumen to good use in professional football. Now with nearly a decade’s experience in the industry, Alan has a strong client base including many top-level players in Denmark and also around the world. He works closely with former client Mikkel Beckman and together they have created an outstanding network with a particularly strong presence in Scandinavia and Spain.
Email: ahvedehave@worldinmotion.com
Mikkel Beckmann
Licensed Players Agent
Former Danish International Mikkel works closely with Alan Hvedehave in Copenhagen, principally covering the Scandinavian market. During his playing career, Mikkel played in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Champions’ League group stage and the Euro League group stage. Mikkel has an eye for spotting promising young talent and represents a number of up-and-coming players across various age groups.
Email: mbeckmann@worldinmotion.com
Ian Bird
Sports Agent
Ian joined World in Motion after several years in the industry spent establishing Evolution Sports Management, specialising in Cricket, Rugby and Boxing. Based in Cardiff, the business has established a strong market presence and Ian has developed a reputation for honest, ethical management. Ian brings with him a stable of talented clients and will look to develop new areas of business at World in Motion along with promoting the overall brand.
Email: ibird@worldinmotion.com
Craig Davies
Sports Agent
Craig joins the team following the addition to World in Motion of Evolution Sports Management. Craig’s background is in investment and he is currently a director of a Cardiff based development and investment business. Craig involvement with World in Motion will be based principally around the recruitment of football and rugby players in Wales and the South West of England.
Email: cdavies@worldinmotion.com
Theo Karasavvidis
Licensed Intermediary
A former professional football player who played for the Greek National Team, made over 300 appearances in the Greek Super league and spent seven years playing in Italy, Theo has been a football agent for over ten years. He has been involved in many major transfers and he is considered to be an expert in finding young, talented athletes. He has an excellent knowledge of the Italian and Geek football market and is fluent in Italian, Greek and English.
