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Ringier Sports Media Group Appoints Sachin Mehrish as Chief Product Officer

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2 years ago

April 5, 2023

Niji Narayan

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Ringier Sports Media Group (RSMG) has appointed Sachin Mehrish as its Chief Product Officer.

Sachin Mehrish is a senior professional in Sports business with extensive experience in leading product strategy, agile product development and transformation projects.

“My product philosophy builds on passion, initiative and a strategic business approach while putting sports fans at the heart of product development,” Mehrish said.

Previously, Mehrish led the development of digital products for UEFA as a Senior Digital Development Manager. He was instrumental in scaling UEFA’s digital product development capability, transforming the technical, user experience and delivery approach that helped in delivering several engaging digital products for UEFA’s competitions. Prior to joining the Ringier Sports Media Group, he worked as a management and digital consultant, advising clients such as FIFA, Digital Ventures for their Sportal365 CMS, European Athletics (EA) and European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). Sachin Mehrish holds an MBA, is a certified Usability Analyst and is furthermore specialised in Data Science.

“From a global perspective, sports media are increasingly a melting pot for sport-savvy audiences, sports gamers and advertisers. Swiss-based Ringier AG is investing in this highly attractive segment and wants to become a top player globally by uniting leading digital sports media brands under the umbrella of the RSMG. Today, these are Sportal Media Group in Bulgaria with sportal.bg and Sportal365, Gazeta Sporturilor and GSP.ro in Romania, sportal.rs in Serbia, sportal.hu in Hungary, sport.sk in Slovakia, Sportal.gr in Greece and Pulse Sport in Africa. Our investment in the British LiveScore Group at the end of 2022 underlines our global strategic approach. With Sachin Mehrish, we are thrilled to have a product leader with vast skills, know-how and experience. He complements the Ringier Sports Media Group perfectly in order to make further progress in the highly competitive sports media industry,” Robin Lingg, Chairman of the Board of Ringier Sports Media Group, said.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.