Andrew Orsatti

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About Andrew Orsatti

Senior executive with deep and varied experience across sport, including intellectual property of athletes, licensing of digital and physical products, strategic communications, partnership development, marketing, branding, and broadcast journalism, with earlier career as a professional footballer. Driving revenue for global players’ union FIFPRO and its affiliates worldwide. Based in Amsterdam, I oversee major licensing deals with video game developers such as EA Sports, Konami and SEGA, to help fund/create services for footballers in nearly 70 countries. I bring extensive contacts across a wide range of stakeholders in sport: media, athletes, governing bodies, teams, leagues, federations, and player associations, among others. Expert storyteller infatuated by the power of film, immersive technology and gamification techniques that resonate with consumers across all ages. Energetic team leader, change agent and people manager, with passion for identifying and nurturing talent. Demonstrated agility at synthesizing and articulating highly-creative concepts, and driving key messages across diverse target audiences. Accomplished relationship builder, polished, impactful spokesperson, keynote speaker, event host, panel moderator and strong writer. High work ethic with measured ability to retain uncommonly large amounts of information, based on standardised test for cognitive/executive functioning carried out by Leiden University. Lived, worked and delivered results on three continents, for international organisations. Specialties- Business development - Strategic Communications - Web3 / blockchain - Video game licensing - Image rights of athletes - Public relations - Marketing & Branding - Content development - Partnerships - Media Relations - Elite Sports - Broadcast Journalism - Event Management - Talent (HR) Management - Stakeholder Relations - Public Speaking - Corporate spokesperson - Football Commentator & Analyst