Steve Foster
Founder & Chairman
As a former professional footballer, capped for England, Steve Foster, founded the leading career-ending insurance provider for professional footballers in Europe and provides insurance cover worldwide.
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As a Business Partner of the Professional Footballers' Association for the last 15 years, his policy is the only of its kind to have the endorsement of the PFA.
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Through Steve's intimate knowledge of the business of football, he saw a market opportunity that sparked the formation of Arena International Strategy.
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Andrew Riant
Commercial Director
Andrew has more than 36 years’ experience in the international financial services industry, with a track record of achieving improved distribution for his clients across a wide range of jurisdictions.
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His career in the marketing and sales of cross-border wealth solutions has underpinned the development of a successful consultancy business, serving corporate clients ranging from FTSE 100 companies to niche players seeking broader international distribution for their services.
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Andrew’s sporting background and connections have more recently enabled the creation of funding opportunities for sports clubs and organisations in several countries.
Andy Dennis
Operations Director
Andy comes from a banking background, having spent over 27 years working in various positions within one of the major UK high street banks. This culminated in a 10-year focus on developing the SME sector, optimising his bank-client relationships.
This detailed understanding of client companies in a wide range of sectors has, since 2012, been applied to Andy's own management consultancy business.
Andy forges a strong sense of partnership with his clients, maintaining daily contact through their key development phases and identification of new and broadened opportunities.
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Meet The AIS Team
Paul Castle
Business Development Director
Paul is a sport physiologist (PhD) and has over a decade of experience of elite sport, including professional football teams, UEFA, and Team GB Paralympics.
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For the last 6 years Paul has been leading the evaluation of inventions and new technology/products for a global healthcare company.
Paul has worked with many third party companies where he brokered commercial partnership with values exceeding £500m across international household brands.
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Paul is a visiting Professor at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, UK where he provides research and innovation leadership.
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Antony Boyce
Legal Counsel
Antony studied Pharmacology as an undergraduate before gaining his PhD in 2004 at Imperial College London.
Soon after he embarked upon his legal education and career, being admitted a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2012.
Antony has extensive experience working in high value, multiparty, complex transactions for multiple functions within global corporations. He has been Lead Counsel for many transactions and his wealth of experience in business to business transacting is perfect for AIS.
Career highlights to date include a single M&A deal to the value of £1.3billion and an £18billion JV deal between two of the largest healthcare companies in the world.
Patrick Jamieson
Finance & Investments Director
Patrick is a graduate of Bentley University, in Boston Massachusetts USA where he received his B.S. in Economics & Finance.
Over the last 10 years, Patrick has helped to drive successful inorganic growth opportunities in various large companies and guided strategic investments across a broad spectrum of industries including: Life Science, Healthcare, and most recently, the exciting sector of emerging Automotive Technology.
He has deep experience in corporate finance, M&A, divestitures, licensing, and fostering a network of strategic alliances / partnerships to help businesses reach their organisational goals.