MANCHESTER CITY ANNOUNCES REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH ABEAM CONSULTING

• Manchester City has announced a new regional partnership with ABeam Consulting Ltd. – an integrated management consulting firm based in Tokyo, Japan
• The new partnership will also see ABeam Consulting become the Club’s Official Management Consulting Services Partner in Japan

Manchester City has today announced a new regional partnership with, ABeam Consulting Ltd. – an integrated management consulting firm based in Tokyo, Japan, which provides global services across the sports industry and other sectors.

The new partnership will see ABeam Consulting become the Club’s Official Management Consulting Services Partner in Japan.

ABeam Consulting provides a diverse range of consulting services to its customers across the world in areas such as enhanced sports team management, marketing, strategic sponsorship and digital technology, which has contributed to corporate transformation and increasing value for its customers.

The new partnership will see ABeam Consulting and Manchester City share insights, knowledge and experience in a number of areas to continue to develop services and solutions across both organisations and further grow the Club’s presence within Japan.
Stephan Cieplik, Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships Sales, City Football Group, said: “We are delighted to launch this partnership with ABeam Consulting Ltd today.

“This new regional partnership provides Manchester City with an opportunity to build on our growing presence in Japan and we look forward to working together to share best practice and insight over the course of the partnership which will hopefully prove valuable to ABeam Consulting and their team.”

Mr.Tatsuya Kamoi, CEO ABeam Consulting Ltd, said: “We are delighted to inform you that we, ABeam Consulting will become Official Management Consulting Services Partner of Manchester City in Japan.

“We trust that this partnership with Manchester City and ABeam Consulting Ltd, working for development in sports industry, will be able to create new value by utilising digital technology in sports industry and enterprise side.

“We will proceed creating innovative service for digital transformation, customer experience and joint-development for solution against not only sports industry but also enterprise side through both knowledge and global network.”

Manchester City FC is an English Premier League club initially founded in 1880 as St Mark’s West Gorton. It officially became Manchester City FC in 1894 and has since then gone onto win the European Cup Winners’ Cup, seven League Championship titles, including five Premier League titles (2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021), and six FA Cups. Manchester City FC is one of 11 clubs comprising the City Football Group and counts New York City FC and Melbourne City FC among its sister clubs.

Under manager Pep Guardiola, one of the most highly decorated managers in world football, the Club plays its domestic and UEFA Champions League home fixtures at the Etihad Stadium, a spectacular 55,000 seat arena that City have called home since 2003. Today, the Stadium sits on the wider Etihad Campus, which also encompasses the City Football Academy, a state-of-the-art performance training and youth development facility located in the heart of East Manchester. Featuring a 7,000 capacity Academy Stadium, the City Football Academy is also where Manchester City Women’s Football Club and the Elite Development Squad train on a daily basis and play their competitive home games.

For more information, please visit www.mancity.com

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