Jim Chaplin

SB Weekly - the sport business podcast

Jim Chaplin, Managing Director of SRi, the international recruitment firm that specialises in sports, media and entertainment, is the featured interview on this week's edition of SB Weekly. SRi was founded in 2001 and has been behind a number of high-profile hires in sport, including recent senior roles at Manchester United, Liverpool, beIN Sports, IMG and the ECB.

Listen to this week's episode to hear Jim discuss what is encouraging sports organisations to be more sophisticated in their hiring of talent; SRi's move towards helping clients recruit performance staff, as well as industry executives; the fascinating - and sometimes incredibly backward - ways football club owners hire managers; the merging of the sports, media and entertainment industries when it comes to recruiting talent; big shifts away from sport, particularly in the UK, being "pale, male and stale"; and why understanding the digital landscape, and how to engage with customers, are two skills in huge demand by hiring sports organisations.