Sportradar Group Ag
Officers & Directors
Carsten Koerl has served as our Founder and Chief Executive Officer since our founding in 2001. Mr. Koerl also serves as Group Chief Executive Officer of Sports Statistics and Information Systems Ltd, a subsidiary of Sportradar. Prior to founding Sportradar, Mr. Koerl held a number of management positions within the software development and gaming industry, including betandwin Interactive Entertainment AG, an online betting company, which he founded in 1997. He holds a Master of Electronic and Microprocessor Engineering degree from the University for Applied Sciences in Konstanz. We believe Mr. Koerl's experience and insight, as well as his deep knowledge of Sportradar, gained through service as our Chief Executive Officer, make him well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Alexander Gersh has served as our Chief Financial Officer since July 2020. Prior to joining Sportradar, Mr. Gersh served as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the board of directors of Cazoo Ltd, an online only automotive retail start up, from May 2019 to June 2020, and Chief Financial Officer of Betfair PLC and after the applicable merger, Paddy Power Betfair PLC, a sports betting and gaming company, from December 2012 to October 2018. Mr. Gersh has also served on the boards of directors of various companies in the retail and sports-betting industries, including The Restaurant Group since February 2020, Moss Bros Group PLC from June 2017 to July 2020, Paddy Power Betfair PLC from February 2016 to September 2018 and Betfair Group Ltd from December 2012 to February 2016. He also served on the Audit and Remuneration Committees of Moss Bros Group PLC from 2017 to 2020. Mr. Gersh holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the City University of New York, Baruch College, and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of New York.
Eduard H. Blonk has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since December 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Blonk served as the Managing Director for Sportradar Solutions LLC from February to November 2020. Mr. Blonk has also served as Sole Director, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of our subsidiary, Sportradar Americas Inc. since February 2020, Managing Director of our subsidiary, Sportradar US LLC since February 2020, and as Managing Director of Global Sales from March 2015 to November 2020. Mr. Blonk holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Business Economics degree from the Hague University of Applied Sciences.
Ben Burdsall has served as our Chief Technology Officer since January 2019. Prior to joining Sportradar, Mr. Burdsall served as Chief Engineer and Chief Technology Officer of eCommerce at Worldpay from September 2014 to December 2018. Mr. Burdsall also served as a member of the board of directors of The Consultant Practice LTD from June 2014 to June 2018. Mr. Burdsall is a Chartered Engineer in the Institute of Engineering and Technology and recognized as a lead inventor for Patent. Mr. Burdsall holds a Master of Engineering in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Bristol and a Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence and Image Process from ENST de Bretagne.
Ulrich Harmuth has served as our Chief Strategy Officer since December 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Harmuth served as our Managing Director of Digital and Managing Director of Corporate Development from March 2013 to December 2020. Prior to joining Sportradar, Mr. Harmuth served as a Private Equity Investment Advisor at EQT Partners from May 2011 to February 2013. Mr. Harmuth has also served on the boards of directors of various companies, including our subsidiaries, Datacentric, Sportradar US and Sportradar India. Mr. Harmuth holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the Technical University Karlsruhe and a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wuppertal, as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD.
Lynn S. McCreary has served as our Chief Legal Officer since June 2021. Prior to joining Sportradar, Ms. McCreary served as Chief Legal Officer, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Fiserv, Inc. a global fintech and payments company, from July 2013 to March 2021, serving as the company's Deputy General Counsel from March 2010 to July 2013 and was a partner at Bryan Cave LLP from January 2003 to March 2010. Ms. McCreary has served on the board of directors of NMI Holdings, Inc. since May 2019, is on the Risk Committee, and is the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. McCreary holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from Western New England University and a Juris Doctor degree from Washburn University School of Law.
Sportradar Group Ag currently has 4582 employees.
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