PHAR Partnerships Appoints Renwick as Head of Sponsorship, Asia.

PHAR Partnerships, set up this year by Marcus Wight and Nick Lockwood, has appointed Rory Renwick as Head of Sponsorship, Asia. The agency is based in the UK with offices in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Rory will be responsible for developing and managing new opportunities for PHAR Partnerships in Asia. These will include working with rights holders across sport, entertainment, venues and visitor destinations.

Rory has over 15 years of sports marketing experience and was previously Head of New Business at Parallel Media Group, where he worked in sailing, football, Formula 1, rugby and the arts and extensively across most of Asia. His client list included Chivas, Ballantines, Omega, Prudential, Standard Chartered, Saatchi Gallery, Ladies European Tour and Celtic FC.

Marcus Wight, CEO, said “It has been a very exciting first year for PHAR and the appointment of Rory is another indication of our commitment to growing the business in Asia. By the end of the year we will have set up offices in Thailand and Indonesia – to go along with Singapore and Malaysia – and in the next few weeks we will be announcing a number of exciting new properties that we will be representing in addition to Air Asia. Rory will be a key player in developing our sponsorship business in the region.”