Scouting and Recruitment 2025 Webinar
Venue
Online
Our Scouting and Recruitment Webinar is back for a third edition, featuring elite insights from seven industry experts.
Speakers:
- Chris Markham: Sporting Director, Huddersfield Town
- Leigh Bromby: Head of Recruitment, Derby County
- Fran Lorenzo: South America Scout, Bournemouth
- John-Mark Sisman: Data Scientist, Zelus Analytics
- Matthijs Bootsman: Head of Recruitment & Data, Go Ahead Eagles (pictured)
- Jake Schuster: CEO, Gemini Sports
- Ida Höglund Persson: Head of Decision Science, Twelve Football
TGG Members: Click on the thumbnails below to watch the individual presentations (make sure you’re logged in).
Speakers:
Speaker
Chris Markham
Was the Sporting Director at Bolton until February this year, helping them gain promotion to League One and win the EFL Trophy. Previously the Game Insights Lead at The FA, heading projects including analysis of penalties, and the Head of Performance Analysis at Huddersfield Town for seven years.Speaker
John-Mark Sisman
Data Scientist for Teamworks Intelligence (previously Zelus Analytics) - a sports analytics company that provides data-driven insights to help teams make better decisions. Prior to this was a Data Scientist for City Football Group.Speaker
Leigh Bromby
Founder of Bromby & Partners recruitment and advisory firm and currently Recruitment Lead at Derby County. Previously spent nine years at Huddersfield, as Academy Manager, Head of Football Operations and Sporting Director. Led Terriers to 2021/22 play-off final.Speaker
Matthijs Bootsman
Data Scientist a background in machine learning. Works for Dutch top-flight team Go Ahead Eagles, where he's built models to find and evaluate players for the first team.Speaker
Fran Lorenzo
South American Scout at AFC Bournemouth. Career began at Opta (Stats Perform), where he spent seven year, before moving into scouting. Then spent two seasons as a Scout and Data Analyst at Peñarol in Uruguay.Speaker
Jake Schuster
Founder & Chief Executive of Gemini Sports, a Miami-based AI start-up modernising front offices with a squad planning application as easy to use as Spotify. Worked as a Sports Scientist for nine years, before launching Gemini’s squad planning co-pilot at the start of 2025.Speaker
Ida Höglund Persson
Decision Scientist with Twelve Football, who has unique insights into how major clubs make decisions with data. One of the first Decision Scientists to work with European clubs and helps domain experts make better decisions though integration of data.Headline sponsor:
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TGG Members can also watch the two previous editions of the Scouting & Recruitment Webinar (2022 & 2023). Non-members can buy the individual webinars HERE
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