Geoff Wilson
Head of Marketing and Communications at the Irish Football Association
About Geoff
Geoff Wilson is currently Head of Marketing and Communications at the Irish Football Association.Previously he worked with BT Northern Ireland gaining experience across all aspects of Marketing on the Business and Consumer markets.
His current role involves building the Irish FA brand, merchandising, sponsorship, database management and public relations. In this role he has managed to secure some of the largest sponsorship deals in the history of the association together with redeveloping the Irish FA brand.
Testimonials
"Geoff has the ability to be humorous, self effacing, insightful and hard hitting - his ability to move between these styles led to an entertaining, enjoyable, challenging presentation that left plenty to think about long after the session had ended. I would have no difficulty recommending him as a speaker and would welcome going to hear him speak again." Jim Rutherford Head of Programmes - Direct Delivery The Prince's Trust
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In 2009 Geoff won 'Marketing Director of the Year' by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) in Ireland and in February 2010 he won a Marketing Excellence Award, within the SME sector throughout the UK, from the CIM.He is currently on a 'Marketing Expert' panel for UEFA and FIFA, advising member associations on a variety of marketing topic's and in 2009 he worked with the Ulster Grand Prix (the world's fastest road race) to redevelop its brand, merchandise, sponsorship and PR strategy as well as communication channels to fans.
Geoff regularly speaks at Conferences in country's such as USA, Switzerland, Slovenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Denmark, Austria, Malta, Georgia, Jordan for UEFA and FIFA. Geoff is also a member on the board of Chartered Institute of Marketing in Ireland.
