Business,
Commercial and
Entrepreneurial
Opportunities in
Sport
Charlie Hodgson
Commercial Director
Surrey County Cricket
Club
12.40 – 13.20
Charlie has pursued a career in sport
since graduating from Durham
University in 2000. Having worked for
both World Sport Group and WSM,
primarily on the event side of the
businesses, Charlie took up a sales role
at the Oval in 2004.
Charlie worked his way up at the Club,
completed an MBA with distinction
from Imperial College London in 2011
and has been Commercial Director
since the same year. In recent years the
Club has substantially increased its
membership levels and grown its non
match day and T20 match day revenues
by nearly four times. The Club has also
secured a long-term headline
commercial partner in Kia Motors UK.