ABOUT
APEX Global Sport Group has extensive experience in partnering with clients to create successful outcomes at all levels of sport operations from grassroots, through lifelong sport participation and high performance. We have advised and developed successful programs for world leading sport nations, such as Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK and the Netherlands. We have worked closely with National Olympic and Paralympic Committees, National Sport Federations and sport clubs in all continents.
Our projects include comprehensive, independent review and analysis; strategic planning and implementation; athlete and coaching pathway development; sport data analysis; sport facility design and development; major games preparation, in-games management and post-games performance evaluation.
APEX-GSG has a large network of associates - international experts who can provide additional, specialist domain expertise to meet all your needs.
Peter G. Davis PhD
Managing Partner
CLIENTS AND EXPERIENCE:
• Consultant to Olympic teams, National Olympic
Committees, national sport governing bodies, national sport
ministries, professional sport leagues and individuals in
countries including: New Zealand, Singapore, Great Britain,
USA, Botswana, Jordan, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, Belize, Macedonia, Canada and Australia
• IOC Olympic Solidarity/US Olympic & Paralympic
Committee: Coach mentor, The International Coach
Enrichment Certification Program (ICECP)
• 'Own The Podium' (Canada): Director of Sport Sciences,
Sport Medicine and Technology
• United States Olympic Committee (USOC): Director of the
Coaching and Sport Sciences Division: coaching
development, sport science and technology
• Australian Rugby: High-Performance General Manager
• Australian Institute of Sport: Sport Science and Sport
Medicine Director of the “Olympic Athlete Program”
• Nike Inc: Track and Field Exercise Physiologist
• University of Oregon: Assistant Volleyball Coach
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Strategic planning • Organisational structure design • Program evaluations & capability audits • Policy & program development & implementation • Professional development & training of key staff • Designing professional development programs • Coach mentoring • Athlete pathway development
Roy Headey
Managing Partner
CLIENTS AND EXPERIENCE:
• Associate consultant to Sport & Partners: supporting the
preparation of the Saudi Arabia team for the 2018 Asian
Games in Jakarta
• Sport Resolutions UK: Arbitration and Mediation panel
• Weightlifting Wales: Non-Executive Director providing
specialist knowledge in high performance
• The Altitude Centre: sport consultant on training camps for
visiting teams
• CEVA: technical consultant for international conference,
advising on connections between business and sport
• Hampton Court House School: sport consultant, advising
on and implementing changes to the physical education
and sports programmes
• SmartDCC: project manager
• Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee: Performance Director
• St Mary’s University College: guest lecturer on careers in
elite level sport and anti-doping
• British Gymnastics: Head of Performance Sport
• Rugby Football Union: Head of Sports Science & Medicine
for the England teams
• GB Olympic Boxing: Non-Executive Director
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Strategic vision & direction setting • Change management • Stakeholder engagement • Executive leadership • Performance management • Operational planning & leadership • Budget administration • Technical authorship • Process improvement • Resource management • Project management • Contract negotiations • Mentoring & people development • Public speaking & organisational representation • Risk assessment & management
Niek Nijboer
Managing Partner
CLIENTS AND EXPERIENCE
• Consultant to numerous professional sports clubs,
organization and athletes on: talent development, training
and education, strategic planning, data analytics, sport
technology, data management, business planning,
programming for football academies
• Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee (SAOC): Head of Insight,
Monitoring & Strategy and team management at multi
sport games, including the 2018 Asian Games (Jakarta) and
the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games (Baku)
• Dutch Olympic Committee: High-Performance Manager and
PMO roles, including organizing and developing Sport
Intelligence unit within the Elite Sports department
• UEFA, Commercial Department: Marketing operations for
EURO 2008
• KNVB (Dutch FA): Football development
programmes / Events management for UEFA Under 21
Championship 2007
• Royal Dutch Gymnastics Union: Market Researcher on sport
& coach development
• FIFA: Special Events Manager 2005 Under-20 World Cup
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Program & Organization evaluations • Sport data and technology • High performance management • Sport strategy and policy development • Coaching: professional age group & senior players • Project management • international sport events • Planning, monitoring, analyzing sport programs • Sport program review • Program development & implementation • Talent development & identification