{"id":3042,"date":"2018-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/vlogs\/5-minutes-leaders-ian-ritchie\/"},"modified":"2021-09-02T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T10:58:54","slug":"5-minutes-leaders-ian-ritchie","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-leaders-ian-ritchie\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Minutes with Leaders: Ian Ritchie"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/5-Minutes-With-Ian-Ritchie-Featured-Image-website.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Feb 15, 2018                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Ian Ritchie<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sport Business<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-leaders-ian-ritchie\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-leaders-ian-ritchie\/&#038;text=5 Minutes with Leaders: Ian Ritchie\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: 5 Minutes with Leaders: Ian Ritchie. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-leaders-ian-ritchie\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-leaders-ian-ritchie\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">The former RFU Chief Executive on his career highlights, the current challenges rugby is facing and the changes in the way people are consuming rugby content and sports content in general.<\/p>\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zeDngIR_g8c?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fleadersinsport.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><p>Ian Ritchie has more than 30 years\u2019 experience across business, media and sport, most recently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the RFU from 2012 until the summer of 2017. Prior to his role at the RFU, Ritchie was the Chief Executive Officer at the All England Lawn Tennis &amp; Croquet Club for six years. He has also held several senior non-executive positions with leading UK sporting organisations, including the English Football League and the Wembley Stadium Board.<\/p>\n<p>Interviewed backstage at Leaders Week in London in October 2017, the former Chief Executive of the RFU and AELTC discusses his personal highlights from an illustrious career, the challenges rugby is currently facing in attracting headline sponsors and how content consumption behaviours are changing amongst rugby fans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-fiona-taag\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Fiona Taag<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/brands-and-sponsorship\/sponsorship\/5-minutes-leaders-ryan-luckey-att\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Ryan Luckey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-jun-zhao-china-sports-media\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Jun Zhao, China Sports Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-rich-gotham-boston-celtics\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Rich Gotham, Boston Celtics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-gary-bettman-national-hockey-league\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Gary Bettman, National Hockey League<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former RFU Chief Executive on his career highlights, the current challenges rugby is facing and the changes in the way people are consuming rugby content and sports content in general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3043,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[36],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-3042","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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