
Principal Consultant of Sydney based FOS Group Australia, an Asia-Pacific leader in Sports & Entertainment Corporate Advisory & Sponsorship Procurement, Marketing Tech (AR, VR, 360D, Mixed Reality), B2B Social Media Management, Digital Market Development, Public-Private Partnerships and Asian Market Advisory
Theo Fotopoulos is an accomplished global executive with extensive leadership experience, including management of mid to large size organizations in multiple sectors, including sports & entertainment, marketing technologies, market development, marketing, corporate/product development, business operations and B2B digital strategy.
As an Optus Sponsorship Executive, he successfully launched a number of cut-through innovative programs, including the AFL/NRL/Soccer Mobile Footy Phones campaign and Australia’s first online tipping (NRL/AFL) competition in partnership with Newscorp, Daily Telegraph and Excite.com
A passion for sports and entertainment, led to opportunities to co-found and launch Australia’s first private football (soccer) franchise, Sydney Cosmos SC; CEO appointment with Sydney Olympic FC (NSL) and senior strategic advisory roles for Newcastle Breakers FC (NSL), FCB Barcelona, Manchester United FC and more recently with the FFA, Liverpool FC and Newcastle Jets FC.
In recent years, Theo has been nominated as a Linkedin Power Profile (Most Viewed Professional in Marketing & Advertising category internationally), being ranked Top 10 most connected Australians on Linkedin as well as Top 10 globally in Marketing.
Fotopoulos is regularly engaged as a trusted advisor to senior management and boards to assist with complex marketplace changes influenced by the internet, providing corporate advisory/business growth solutions, B2B social media marketing for local & global brands and more recently marketing tech advisory (AR, VR, 360D, AdTech, Programmatic).