Judith Griggs
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Judith Griggs is an Australian lawyer,[1] business executive, active in entertainment and sports rights management.
Early life and education
Griggs graduated in law from the University of Adelaide.[2] She is a graduate of Harvard Business School via the Advanced Management Program.
Career
Between 1989 and 1994, she worked in Formula One, involved in Promotions and Administration in London.[3] She also managed the Formula 1 and World Motorcycle race promotion contracts and broadcast rights.
Griggs was the first CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation in Melbourne[4][5][6] and a minority shareholder in Formula 1's holding company, Delta Topco.[7]
Griggs was named Australian Business Woman of the Year in the public sector category awarded in 1996.[by whom?]
Between August 1998 and June 2013, Griggs was COO of Allsports Management SA.[8][9] After leavubg Allsport, she co-founded BG Sport and Media LLP, an agency developing and exploiting sports rights.[10]
In February 2014, Judith founded Sports Rights Management with British Entertainment Entrepreneur, Charles Garland.[11] The company is based in London and Switzerland.
References
- ^ "Whatever Happened To? - Judith Griggs". The Age, February 23, 2005, by Michelle Griffin, via legalcontracts'com
- ^ Timothy Collings (2004). The Piranha Club: Power and Influence in Formula One. Virgin Books Limited. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-7535-0965-4.
- ^ Business Review Weekly: BRW. Business Review Weekly. 1996. p. 73.
- ^ Karen Christensen; Allen Guttmann; Gertrud Pfister (2001). International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports: A-G. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-02-864951-1.
- ^ Autocar. Haymarket Motoring Pub. 1998. p. 121.
- ^ "What's the big secret? It's our money". Alan Howe, Herald Sun, June 13, 2011
- ^ "Griggs on the grid for a win". The Australian Financial Review, May 30 2012
- ^ "An Australian woman is shaping up as a possible successor to Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone". By Jacob Black, FOX SPORTS, March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Bouris facing judgment, too". Sydney Morning Herald, May 7, 2013 , Ben Butler.
- ^ Hans Erik Naess (24 September 2014). A Sociology of the World Rally Championship: History, Identity, Memories and Place. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-1-137-40544-9.
- ^ "New SA sport ‘event’ to be created under new government plan to boost tourism". Adelaide Now, June 14, 2015 CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL