Jon Ridgeon - Managing Director
Jon is a former two-time Olympic track and field athlete, world championship silver medallist at 110m hurdles and graduate from Cambridge University. Post his athletics career, Jon entered sports marketing in 1994, initially specialising in rights marketing. When Fast Track was established in 1998 Jon created the communications department before moving on to becoming Managing Director, with particular responsibility for events, communications and rights marketing.
Currently, Jon leads a team of close to 50 people responsible for delivering a number of world class event and commercial rights programmes including UK School Games, Paralympic World Cup and UK:Athletics' (UKA) televised event series. Recently, Jon led the renegotiation of the Norwich Union / UKA contract, resulting in a six year £50 million contract, the biggest commercial sponsorship in British sport outside of football.
In addition to his role at Fast Track, Jon is a presenter for Sky Sports and has also presented for BBC Television and Radio 5 Live. Jon is married with one child and remains actively involved in sport through climbing and mountaineering.
