Andrew White

Andrew White’s Biography

Andrew White is a trailblazing entrepreneur in the sports and entertainment industries.

Andrew is active within three inter-related businesses and serves as: Chairman of 5Oceans International, a sports and health technology investment firm; Chairman and CEO of 5Oceans Partnership, his commercial entertainment business; and Chair of ISH, The Institute of Sports Humanities, providing an education platform for sports leaders worldwide.

During the early part of his career, Andrew engaged in the sports marketing sector, and was responsible for growing WSM Communications into Europe’s second-largest sports marketing agency. WSM operated across multiple territories and was acquired by BEN, Bill Gates’ entertainment group. Andrew White is a trailblazing entrepreneur in the sports and entertainment industries.

Andrew is active within three inter-related businesses and serves as: Chairman of 5Oceans International, a sports and health technology investment firm; Chairman and CEO of 5Oceans Partnership, his commercial entertainment business; and Chair of ISH, The Institute of Sports Humanities, providing an education platform for sports leaders worldwide.

During the early part of his career, Andrew engaged in the sports marketing sector, and was responsible for growing WSM Communications into Europe’s second-largest sports marketing agency. WSM operated across multiple territories and was acquired by BEN, Bill Gates’ entertainment group.

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Andrew White’s Background

5Oceans Partnership

Executive Chairman

Jul 2016 - Present

London, UK

Andrew is the founder and Executive Chairman of 5Oceans Partnership - Commercial partners, investors and educators in sport & entertainment. 5Oceans believes sport and entertainment have the power to positively change the world. 5Oceans has 5 core pillars: Sport, Infrastructure, Education, Entertainment, Investment.

Institute of Sports Humanities

Chairman

2017 - Present

Andrew is co-founder of the Institute of Sports Humanities (ISH). ISH’s mission is to nurture and inspire sport’s current and future leaders around the world. We partner with world-leading global institutes to provide unique innovative education, from young adults to experienced leaders in sports and entertainment.

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Current Board Positions

Institute of Sports Humanities

Non-Executive Chairman

2017 - Present

Andrew is co-founder of the Institute of Sports Humanities (ISH). ISH’s mission is to nurture and inspire sport’s current and future leaders around the world. We partner with world-leading global institutes to provide unique innovative education, from young adults to experienced leaders in sports and entertainment.

Media

Financial Times

Simon Kuper: how to pick a winning team

Sep 2019

London, UK

In an interview with the Financial Times, Ed Smith, Founder of The Institute of Sports Humanities discusses the methods of improving performance.

Sport Industry Group

Institute of Sports Humanities Learning

Jul 2019

London, UK

The Sports Industry Group held an interview with the leaders and key figures at the Institute of Sports Humanities: Ed Smith, Director and Co-Founder in addition to National Selector for England Cricket; Professor Tony Collins, Senior Research Fellow and Module Leader; and Dr J Simon Rofe, Senior Research Fellow and Assistant Programme Director.