Leadership

Carsten Koerl has served as our Founder and Chief Executive Officer since our founding in 2001. Prior to founding Sportradar, Mr. Koerl held a number of management positions within the software development and gaming industry, including betandwin Interactive Entertainment AG, an online betting company, which he founded in 1997. He holds a Master of Electronic and Microprocessor Engineering degree from the University for Applied Sciences in Konstanz.

Eduard Blonk is the Chief Commercial Officer for Sportradar. Blonk leads the Global Commercial organisation, consisting of Global Sales, Commercial Excellence & Operations, Sports Rights and Partnerships, and Marketing & Communications teams. He has been with Sportradar since 2015, predominantly as the Managing Director of Global Sales. Prior to joining Sportradar, he spent 18 years in a range of global sales and marketing management roles, working within the telecommunication and data communications industry across B2B and B2C organizations in the Netherlands, Germany, and the US, including Siemens Mobile, Siemens Communications, and Gigaset Communications. Blonk holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Business Economics degree from the Hague University of Applied Sciences.

Gerard Griffin serves as Chief Financial Officer of Sportradar. Griffin brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in financial and operational management within the gaming, media and technology sectors. During his recent time as CFO at Zynga, Inc. the company sharpened its operating model and delivered a marked improvement in revenues, profitability, and cash flow. Prior to that, Griffin spent more than 10 years at Electronic Arts Inc., serving as Senior Vice President of Finance where he was the finance leader for EA’s Studios, Marketing and Publishing organizations, after having spent more than six years in Geneva, Switzerland, as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for EA International. Griffin also held senior finance roles globally at technology and media companies, including NBC Universal and Primedia, and in public accounting with KPMG.

Nick Maywald is Chief Growth and Innovation Officer at Sportradar. Most recently, Maywald served as the company’s Chief Content Officer. Prior to joining Sportradar, Maywald was the Executive Chairman of Synergy Sports (which became part of the Sportradar group in 2021) and was the founder and CEO of SportingPulse, a company that simplified the process of managing membership, competitions, communication, and live scoring for national federations, professional leagues, and amateur associations around the world. Over the course of his career, Maywald has held numerous board and senior executive positions. He has also founded several technology businesses, including one of Australia’s largest sports digital media properties which was acquired by News Corporation.

Lynn S. McCreary has served as our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since June 2021 and Chief Administrative Officer since December 2022. Prior to joining Sportradar, Ms. McCreary served as Chief Legal Officer, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Fiserv, Inc. a global fintech and payments company, from July 2013 to March 2021, serving as the company’s Deputy General Counsel from March 2010 to July 2013 and was a partner at Bryan Cave LLP from January 2003 to March 2010. Ms. McCreary has served on the board of directors of NMI Holdings, Inc. since May 2019, is on the Risk Committee, and is the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. McCreary also serves on the board of Thredd Group Limited, a UK based payments company, where she chairs the risk committee. She also serves on the board of Washburn University School of Law and is a Trustee of Washburn University. Ms. McCreary holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from Western New England University and a Juris Doctor degree from Washburn University School of Law.

Warren Murphy is Group Chief Delivery and Operations Officer at Sportradar. Murphy is responsible for managing the company’s content operations, product development and engineering divisions. Prior to Sportradar, he was CEO at The Sporting Group, a role he held for seven years. The company was backed by HgCapital and Murphy led the successful sale of the business in 2014. Previously, he was Head of New Product Development at Camelot and Senior Product Manager at Rank Hovis McDougall. Murphy began his career as Brand Manager at Bass Plc.

Severine Riviere-Gerstner serves as Chief People Officer. She brings two decades of experience in global human resource management and business transformation and is responsible for all aspects of Sportradar's human capital strategy, including talent management, capabilities development, total rewards, and workplace culture.

Previously, she was Chief Human Resources Officer at Fyffes International part of Sumitomo Corporation. Throughout her career, she has worked in global and regional roles in human resources within B2B and B2C global companies, in the Netherlands, UK, Hong Kong and Switzerland, including Heineken, Novo Nordisk and Steelcase. Riviere-Gerstner holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Master in Labor Law.