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By: Dan Rookwood

Dan Rookwood is a brand consultant, fractional CMO and board advisor/NED with 25 years’ experience working across sport, fashion, media, culture and consumer brands in the UK, US and Australia.

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  • Extraordinary athletes, ordinary content: why even Nike should make more of its talent

    Sport Business

    Nike’s former global editor, Dan Rookwood, argues that brands are leaving value on the table by wasting their allocated time with star athletes. Since landing my first job on the sports desk of The Guardian’s website in 2000, I’ve spent a good chunk of my career interviewing athletes.  Sometimes it has been a joy – [...]

    Simone Biles smiling, wearing a white US Olympic Team jacket with the Nike logo, against a blue background.

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