David Robinson

Sports Business Development Manager at ESM - Events and Sports Management

David Robinson is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in sports and operations management. Currently serving as Group Operations Director and Head of Operations at Hamilton Aquatics since September 2019, David oversees the management of over 75 facilities across Dubai while facilitating international sports trips for schools. In addition, David has held the position of Sports Business Development Manager at E-Sports since July 2015. Previous roles include Key Account Manager at HD Brows, where David significantly expanded key accounts, and Senior Sales Consultant at Virgin Active, focusing on new member sign-ups. David's career also includes serving as Fitness Director for Steiner Leisure Limited, managing health and wellness programs on luxury cruise ships. David holds a degree in Physics with Computational Modeling and Computer Science from the University of Surrey.

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ESM - Events and Sports Management

ESM was established in 2004 with the ambition of bringing high quality sports coaching to adults & children in the Middle East at premium sports facilities. Today ESM is the UAE’s leading sports services provider for corporates, youth, adults and communities alike, delivering coaching to over 10,000 residents a week across over 200 facilities. ESM | Events is a highly skilled, professional sports event management team that excels at projects ranging from complicated, international, high profile special events, to local community events that deliver an exceptional experience for our corporate clients and participants alike. We bring expertise in event marketing, sponsorship sales and corporate sponsor fulfillment that is unparalleled in the UAE market. The Events team are experts in pulling together the correct team to deliver a goal based, image conscious, and overall successful special event. ESM | Facilities hires out over 200 premium sports facilities in the UAE. As well as hosting our own academies in the sports facilities, we are also the facilitators for corporate clients & 50+ partner academies, giving them access to the regions best facilities. Our Corporate Clients and partner academies chose to work with ESM because of the quality control and facility management resource that we dedicate to ensure that recreational matches and academy programs, week-on-week, is hosted in the perfect conditions. ESM | Academies works with and manages first-class sports academies and multi-activity holiday camps with a proven track record of developing holistic athletes from grass roots to elite performance. We have award-winning academies such as ESM Football Academy (longest standing football academy in the UAE), ESM Cricket Academy and ESM Holiday Camps. ESM Academies has been a market-leader for over a decade, and has a fantastic track record. Our mission is to gain entry for players into as many professional academies and US collegiate programs as possible.


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