Jonathan Byfield

Jonathan Byfield

Non-executive Director

John Byfield has joined the Board as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 July 2023.  He qualified as a solicitor in 1978, forming his own practice in Southampton in 1980.  This practice focussed on sports law and commercial elements around sport, in particular Formula 1 motor racing.  After merging with a larger regional firm, Mr Byfield retired from private practice and founded a sports management business, Essentially Group, of which he was Executive Chairman, and which was admitted to trading on AIM in 2006, before being sold to Chime Communications in 2010.