Pitchbooking have announced that Paul Thorogood MBE, former Football Foundation CEO will be joining the Pitchbooking Board as a Non-Executive Director.
Paul has significant professional experience in the sporting world, with 14 years serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Football Foundation a notable highlight.
The Football Foundation is the largest sports charity in the World, composed of a partnership between the UK Government, via Sport England, the Premier League, and the English Football Association. During his tenure the Foundation funded projects worth in excess of £1.4 billion, improving football at the grassroots level.
In addition to this Paul has held other multiple roles. He is currently Chair of both the Welsh Boxing Association and the Royal Air Force Sports Federation and has previously served on the Board of the Sport and Recreation Alliance as an Independent Director.
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Paul is also Chair of the Chartered Institute for Procurement and Supply and a lay member of the House of Commons Standards Committee.
Commenting on the appointment. Shea O’Hagan, Founder of Pitchbooking said: Paul brings a wealth of experience and insight to the Pitchbooking team, and understands deeply what we are trying to achieve as a company. His contribution to our business will be extremely valuable as we continue our journey to provide modern, accessible software to the sporting community.”
Paul Thorogood MBE also added: “I know that a significant barrier to participation is the difficulties experienced in being able to book facilities – especially outdoor facilities; the inability for each team player to pay their share directly is a particular aggravation and burden to the booker, who has to recoup his / her outlay from other participants. Errors and booking failures also accrue through sports centre managers having to manage bookings manually via phone or email. I was excited to see that Pitchbooking resolves all of this. It is a sophisticated, modern SaaS capability that – among many other things - simplifies access to facilities, allows users to pay individually and radically simplifies administration for both the user and the sports centre manager.”
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Mr. Thorogood added: “It’s an absolute gamechanger and I am thrilled to be invited to join the remarkable Pitchbooking team as it continues to devise sophisticated solutions to help people access sports facilities seamlessly.”
Pitchbooking Ltd, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Belfast, is a scheduling and payments solution for sports facilities. From football to ultimate frisbee, we make it easy for the public to get more active by encouraging sports participation in local communities and protecting the future of sports clubs and their facilities.
Pitchbooking has recently secured financial backing from Silicon Valley based investment firm Vertex Capital, in a funding round that was supported by local investment firms and a number of professional athletes.
