Séan Hughes
A multi-award-winning sports executive with over 25 years’ experience overseeing the production and multi-platform, global broadcast of the very highest tier 1 sports - from Olympic Games, World Cups and Champions League Football to World Championship Boxing, Open golf and Wimbledon Tennis finals. As well as a hugely prominent career as a multi-camera live sports’ director, Séan has also been lead creative features director for BBC Sport and has produced & directed award-nominated documentaries for BBC Factual.
Formerly lead director at BBC Sport & BT Sport, Director (Head) of Broadcast at Aurora Media and Chief Content Officer for Aero 1 World Series, Séan is now engaged as a broadcast consultant to global rights holders, federations and broadcasters. He has a uniquely credible 360 outlook across sport production, having worked directly for and with leading broadcasters, production companies and rights holders – with direct experience producing short-form, long-form and live TV sports content.