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Gawain Davies

Former Venture Partner at Athletico Ventures

Barcelona, Spain

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Gawain Davies serves as Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Committee member at Euroleague Basketball. He brings over 20 years of experience in revenue leadership across sports properties, agencies, and rights holders, with expertise in partnership development, intellectual property monetization, and multi-market revenue strategy. His background includes negotiating major brand and government agreements and building commercial teams across global markets.

Experience

  1. Euroleague BasketballChief Commercial Officer & Member of the Executive Committeecurrent2023 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  2. Athletico VenturesAthlete Venture Partner2020 — 2025
  3. PMY GroupExecutive General Manager Sales & Marketing, EMEA2022 — 2023Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  4. 77 SPORTS MANAGEMENT LIMITEDCo-founder & Director2016 — 2022
  5. Lagardère UnlimitedSenior Vice President Global Partnerships2013 — 2015
  6. IMGVice President - IMG Tennis + Football2007 — 2013Barcelona Area, Spain
  7. IMG MediaAccount Director2003 — 2006
  8. IMG MediaAccount Executive2000 — 2002
  9. TWI ResearchResearch Executive1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Contract Negotiation31New Business Development8Event Management11Broadcast11Marketing Communications15Sports Marketing42Branded Content1Digital Media16Advertising5Sponsorship Activation5Marketing6Sponsorship41
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Who is Gawain Davies?
Gawain Davies serves as Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Committee member at Euroleague Basketball. He brings over 20 years of experience in revenue leadership across sports properties, agencies, and rights holders, with expertise in partnership development, intellectual property monetization, and multi-market revenue strategy. His background includes negotiating major brand and government agreements and building commercial teams across global markets.
What check size does Gawain Davies write?
Gawain Davies typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Gawain Davies go to school?
Gawain Davies studied at MIT Professional Education (Certificate, Negotiation: The Mutual Gains Approach); University of Liverpool (BA, Politics); Shrewsbury School.

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