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Ex employees of Hughes...where are they now? : Thu May 26, 2022 3:34 am  
Cally Willoughby-Ward was with us up to 2007.....she left to go to the O2 and is now Senior Global Marketing Director - Golf at IMG. She was a marketing person when with us and her current status shows there is talent there.
Paul Blanchard joined us from Hull KR & was deemed only good enough to be given the Job title of General Manager, before becoming CEO and then leaving us after just 20 months. Paul is now Chief Executive at Commonwealth Games England.....again, another that left near the start of Hughes control who went on to better things.
Gus Mackay replaced Paul, coming from a cricketing background. After decimating the club with a series of insane decisions, he left, was on "gardening leave" for over 2 years, joined a Kiwi owned start up which didn't...start up that is and then went to Worcester RU where he presided over a fall in fans and sponsor revenue before leaving and then after 6 months popping up at Cricket Scotland where he has just left after a 6 months suspension over a bullying culture investigation. I can only assume he's back on "Gardening Leave" :D
James Milner lists no prior roles on Linked in before he began stealing a wage for 2 years at the Broncos. He now claims to be the owner of APX Performance (All Sports Global Ltd) but a quick glance un the UK Government site shows that a Mr Abdul Qayyum Akram is the sole director. APX have recently opened a high Street store in Hull

It's interesting that those staff that left in the shortest period of time are the ones who now hold powerful roles on Sports Admin, whilst the 2 wage thieves are exactly where they deserve to be......as a side note, ex short term SENIOR head of Partnerships Richard Whiting has confirmed that the players read the boards and take fan criticism hard....by my maths he lasted 4 months and delivered nothing, finding out that Canadian Campus Beer Festivals are an easier sell than London Broncos. His current status is "Gardening Leave" but at least Hughes didn't give him the mandatory 2+ years free loading.
There are others who came and left over the last 15 years of Hughes, but the top 4 further identify his ability to reward YES MEN whilst ignoring the advice of people like Blanchard & Willoughby-Ward who patently know exactly what they are doing.
Cally Willoughby-Ward was with us up to 2007.....she left to go to the O2 and is now Senior Global Marketing Director - Golf at IMG. She was a marketing person when with us and her current status shows there is talent there.
Paul Blanchard joined us from Hull KR & was deemed only good enough to be given the Job title of General Manager, before becoming CEO and then leaving us after just 20 months. Paul is now Chief Executive at Commonwealth Games England.....again, another that left near the start of Hughes control who went on to better things.
Gus Mackay replaced Paul, coming from a cricketing background. After decimating the club with a series of insane decisions, he left, was on "gardening leave" for over 2 years, joined a Kiwi owned start up which didn't...start up that is and then went to Worcester RU where he presided over a fall in fans and sponsor revenue before leaving and then after 6 months popping up at Cricket Scotland where he has just left after a 6 months suspension over a bullying culture investigation. I can only assume he's back on "Gardening Leave" :D
James Milner lists no prior roles on Linked in before he began stealing a wage for 2 years at the Broncos. He now claims to be the owner of APX Performance (All Sports Global Ltd) but a quick glance un the UK Government site shows that a Mr Abdul Qayyum Akram is the sole director. APX have recently opened a high Street store in Hull

It's interesting that those staff that left in the shortest period of time are the ones who now hold powerful roles on Sports Admin, whilst the 2 wage thieves are exactly where they deserve to be......as a side note, ex short term SENIOR head of Partnerships Richard Whiting has confirmed that the players read the boards and take fan criticism hard....by my maths he lasted 4 months and delivered nothing, finding out that Canadian Campus Beer Festivals are an easier sell than London Broncos. His current status is "Gardening Leave" but at least Hughes didn't give him the mandatory 2+ years free loading.
There are others who came and left over the last 15 years of Hughes, but the top 4 further identify his ability to reward YES MEN whilst ignoring the advice of people like Blanchard & Willoughby-Ward who patently know exactly what they are doing.
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Broncos would make a great "fly on the wall" documentary. In the comedy category obviously. How can 1 man be so dumb & so rich at the same time? Well, slightly less rich than he might have been.
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Interesting that on Facebook Whiting reveals the club need to fill hospitality to fund investment in other areas. Is that how bad things have got ? I suggest Hughes top priority should be finding other investors as the club is doomed with him.
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Re: Ex employees of Hughes...where are they now? : Thu May 26, 2022 12:25 pm  
All told I don’t disagree with RW but the things that surprised me about what RW said were these:
1 that people were actually staying after games
2 that they were having a pop at the young players. Really? Is this a thing that happens all the time. Even on line we’ve been pretty restrained about the players. If that’s happening things have got toxic.
3 that he’s an ex employee.

.On 3 -Gee he seems to have lasted about 5 minutes. I thought he was helping Monkey or replacing him. Do we really have anyone working back office?
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Cally Willoughby-Ward was with us up to 2007.....she left to go to the O2 and is now Senior Global Marketing Director - Golf at IMG. She was a marketing person when with us and her current status shows there is talent there.
Paul Blanchard joined us from Hull KR & was deemed only good enough to be given the Job title of General Manager, before becoming CEO and then leaving us after just 20 months. Paul is now Chief Executive at Commonwealth Games England.....again, another that left near the start of Hughes control who went on to better things.
Gus Mackay replaced Paul, coming from a cricketing background. After decimating the club with a series of insane decisions, he left, was on "gardening leave" for over 2 years, joined a Kiwi owned start up which didn't...start up that is and then went to Worcester RU where he presided over a fall in fans and sponsor revenue before leaving and then after 6 months popping up at Cricket Scotland where he has just left after a 6 months suspension over a bullying culture investigation. I can only assume he's back on "Gardening Leave" :D
James Milner lists no prior roles on Linked in before he began stealing a wage for 2 years at the Broncos. He now claims to be the owner of APX Performance (All Sports Global Ltd) but a quick glance un the UK Government site shows that a Mr Abdul Qayyum Akram is the sole director. APX have recently opened a high Street store in Hull

It's interesting that those staff that left in the shortest period of time are the ones who now hold powerful roles on Sports Admin, whilst the 2 wage thieves are exactly where they deserve to be......as a side note, ex short term SENIOR head of Partnerships Richard Whiting has confirmed that the players read the boards and take fan criticism hard....by my maths he lasted 4 months and delivered nothing, finding out that Canadian Campus Beer Festivals are an easier sell than London Broncos. His current status is "Gardening Leave" but at least Hughes didn't give him the mandatory 2+ years free loading.
There are others who came and left over the last 15 years of Hughes, but the top 4 further identify his ability to reward YES MEN whilst ignoring the advice of people like Blanchard & Willoughby-Ward who patently know exactly what they are doing.


Neil Reynolds - Comms at Ealing who was made redundant ( didn’t leave contrary to reports) Media manager for England Wheelchair RL, RLWC2021 consultant( now ended his term) Assistant producer for Sky Sports.
Another one we let go.
Whether you liked him or not the coverage we had during the 2019 season was not an accident clearly as since his departure we have had radio silence.
orangeman wrote:
Cally Willoughby-Ward was with us up to 2007.....she left to go to the O2 and is now Senior Global Marketing Director - Golf at IMG. She was a marketing person when with us and her current status shows there is talent there.
Paul Blanchard joined us from Hull KR & was deemed only good enough to be given the Job title of General Manager, before becoming CEO and then leaving us after just 20 months. Paul is now Chief Executive at Commonwealth Games England.....again, another that left near the start of Hughes control who went on to better things.
Gus Mackay replaced Paul, coming from a cricketing background. After decimating the club with a series of insane decisions, he left, was on "gardening leave" for over 2 years, joined a Kiwi owned start up which didn't...start up that is and then went to Worcester RU where he presided over a fall in fans and sponsor revenue before leaving and then after 6 months popping up at Cricket Scotland where he has just left after a 6 months suspension over a bullying culture investigation. I can only assume he's back on "Gardening Leave" :D
James Milner lists no prior roles on Linked in before he began stealing a wage for 2 years at the Broncos. He now claims to be the owner of APX Performance (All Sports Global Ltd) but a quick glance un the UK Government site shows that a Mr Abdul Qayyum Akram is the sole director. APX have recently opened a high Street store in Hull

It's interesting that those staff that left in the shortest period of time are the ones who now hold powerful roles on Sports Admin, whilst the 2 wage thieves are exactly where they deserve to be......as a side note, ex short term SENIOR head of Partnerships Richard Whiting has confirmed that the players read the boards and take fan criticism hard....by my maths he lasted 4 months and delivered nothing, finding out that Canadian Campus Beer Festivals are an easier sell than London Broncos. His current status is "Gardening Leave" but at least Hughes didn't give him the mandatory 2+ years free loading.
There are others who came and left over the last 15 years of Hughes, but the top 4 further identify his ability to reward YES MEN whilst ignoring the advice of people like Blanchard & Willoughby-Ward who patently know exactly what they are doing.


Neil Reynolds - Comms at Ealing who was made redundant ( didn’t leave contrary to reports) Media manager for England Wheelchair RL, RLWC2021 consultant( now ended his term) Assistant producer for Sky Sports.
Another one we let go.
Whether you liked him or not the coverage we had during the 2019 season was not an accident clearly as since his departure we have had radio silence.
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that they were having a pop at the young players. Really? Is this a thing that happens all the time. Even on line we’ve been pretty restrained about the players. If that’s happening things have got toxic.

Just as long as they're not giving Hughes a hard time, eh :roll:
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Hi there is a very long list of people who have left, let me try and name all the ones I can remember:

Harlequins RL circa 2006
Sarah Butler (communications)
Phil Jones (Head of Youth)
Laura Harrison
Emily Wise
Sonya Brown
Karl Martindale (Business Development Manager)
Chris Warren (match host)
Petra Walsh (operations)
Tony Rea
Brian McDermott
Rob Powell
Aurélie Eloïse (Sponsorship)
Lucy Duncombe (Football Manager)
Fulvia Marconi (Sponsorship)
Latham Tawhai (Coach)
Mick Howell (Coach)

Harlequins RL / becoming London Broncos (2010ish)
Cally Hocknell (Marketing)
Imogen Gaunt (Marketing)
Tony Langenegger (Commercial)
Dom Fenton (might be still with the club, Operations)
Keith Hogg (Lenagan's mate when he owned 2 clubs, in senior role)
Paul Brown (Lenagan's mate when he owned 2 clubs, in senior role)

London Broncos (2015sh, Barnet period)

Steve Devonshire (Press)
Amanda Purcell (Commercial)
Madison McDermott (Marketing)
Kayleigh Smith (Shop manager)
Lyndsey Ward (Shop manager)
Rob Powell (Director of Youth)
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Re: Ex employees of Hughes...where are they now? : Fri May 27, 2022 11:01 pm  
markrammond wrote:
Hi there is a very long list of people who have left, let me try and name all the ones I can remember:

Harlequins RL circa 2006
Sarah Butler (communications)
Phil Jones (Head of Youth)
Laura Harrison
Emily Wise
Sonya Brown
Karl Martindale (Business Development Manager)
Chris Warren (match host)
Petra Walsh (operations)
Tony Rea
Brian McDermott
Rob Powell
Aurélie Eloïse (Sponsorship)
Lucy Duncombe (Football Manager)
Fulvia Marconi (Sponsorship)
Latham Tawhai (Coach)
Mick Howell (Coach)

Harlequins RL / becoming London Broncos (2010ish)
Cally Hocknell (Marketing)
Imogen Gaunt (Marketing)
Tony Langenegger (Commercial)
Dom Fenton (might be still with the club, Operations)
Keith Hogg (Lenagan's mate when he owned 2 clubs, in senior role)
Paul Brown (Lenagan's mate when he owned 2 clubs, in senior role)

London Broncos (2015sh, Barnet period)

Steve Devonshire (Press)
Amanda Purcell (Commercial)
Madison McDermott (Marketing)
Kayleigh Smith (Shop manager)
Lyndsey Ward (Shop manager)
Rob Powell (Director of Youth)


Lyndsey was Commercial
Madison was Communications
Neil was Media and Communications
Kayleigh was Marketing/ Shop/Merchandise
Richard Whiting was Partnerships
Milner was Commercial/Media/Marketing
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Re: Ex employees of Hughes...where are they now? : Mon May 30, 2022 10:07 pm  
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Petra Walsh (operations) Shameful the way she was treated...absolutely disgusting
Cally Hocknell (Marketing) NOW Willoughby-Ward see OP
Imogen Gaunt (Marketing) Fired by us, employed by Quins and ended up Director of Communications
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markrammond wrote:
Hi there is a very long list of people who have left, let me try and name all the ones I can remember:

Harlequins RL circa 2006
Sarah Butler (communications)
Phil Jones (Head of Youth)
Laura Harrison
Emily Wise
Sonya Brown
Karl Martindale (Business Development Manager)
Chris Warren (match host)
Petra Walsh (operations)
Tony Rea
Brian McDermott
Rob Powell
Aurélie Eloïse (Sponsorship)
Lucy Duncombe (Football Manager)
Fulvia Marconi (Sponsorship)
Latham Tawhai (Coach)
Mick Howell (Coach)

Harlequins RL / becoming London Broncos (2010ish)
Cally Hocknell (Marketing)
Imogen Gaunt (Marketing)
Tony Langenegger (Commercial)
Dom Fenton (might be still with the club, Operations)
Keith Hogg (Lenagan's mate when he owned 2 clubs, in senior role)
Paul Brown (Lenagan's mate when he owned 2 clubs, in senior role)

London Broncos (2015sh, Barnet period)

Steve Devonshire (Press)
Amanda Purcell (Commercial)
Madison McDermott (Marketing)
Kayleigh Smith (Shop manager)
Lyndsey Ward (Shop manager)
Rob Powell (Director of Youth)


I know Aurélie Eloïse through a friend of mine. When I moved back temporally from Australia to the UK in 2011 I did catch up with her . She moved to then a little known start up called Uber in the early 2010 as a Marketing Manager, do not think she did too badly. Now in a very senior Marketing role with Amazon covering Europe and the Middle East.

Latham Tawhai, wierdly enough I heard that he ended up at some point moving down and owning a petrol station/garage in North Cornwall, but as most of us know he is now a Coach for the Wales RL U20 side. I think he still lives in Cornwall, I think.

Chris Warren, when I finally left Australia for good in 2019, was a commentator for NRL games with Sydney radio station 2GB. I am sure Rooster can confirm this is still the case.

Thats all I have Mark. I hope you are well.

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