Scouting and Recruitment 2025 Webinar
Date
June 24th
Time
09:30–16:30 BST
Venue
Online
Our Scouting and Recruitment Webinar is back for a third edition, featuring elite insights from industry experts.
This full-day virtual conference will be held on Zoom on Tuesday June 24th and will feature a range of speakers from 09:30 to 16:30 BST. Tickets are just £40 + VAT (free for TGG Members). For this, you get:
- Live access to the Webinar, with the chance to ask our speakers questions.
- A permanent recording of the event.
We are delighted to announce our speakers: Chris Markham, Leigh Bromby, Fran Lorenzo, Adam Le Fondre, John-Mark Sisman, Matthijs Bootsman, Jake Schuster and Ida Höglund Persson.
We are proud to be partnering with Teamworks as the Headline Sponsors of the Scouting and Recruitment Webinar. Our other sponsors are Hudl and Gemini Sports Analytics.
You can read more about all three of these cutting-edge companies below.
Agenda
Speakers:
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.
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.
Adam Le Fondre
Former Premier League footballer, now working for City Football Group as a Video Scout. Also playing for FC United in the Northern Premier Division.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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