MUMBAI: Sports marketing company Total Sports Asia (TSA) has Owen Leed as global chief revenue officer.

The newly created role looks to the future growth opportunities for TSA where the role is to find new ways to access new revenue streams across all the services the company offers.

In addition to revenue acquisition, Leed will also support TSA CEO Marcus Luer on follow up work on new projects across the region and globally.

Owen joins the company with a 25 year track record of agency, client and media owner experience spanning the globe and many industry sectors.

He has worked in senior roles at a host of Advertising and Marketing agencies and has also worked in various fields including Tourism as the Chief Marketing Officer of South African.

He has also spent several years launching and managing A1GP World Cup of Motorsport teams and events in South East Asia.

TSA Founder and CEO Marcus Luer said, "As an Agency we have gone from being an Asian focused player in our first 10 years to an agency which works across the world over the past 5 years. We are involved in over 70 events worldwide, have broadcaster deals in every TV market on the planet and Sponsorship deals which span from San Francisco to Delhi and Sydney."

Luer plans to double its size in the next three years from eight offices in Asia alone and nearly 100 people.

Owen said, "I am delighted to join TSA. I have known and admired the company, its leadership and its people for the best part of a decade since arriving in Asia. I look forward to working with such a dynamic and innovative business to help increase and strengthen its client base world-wide and to be a part of achieving its future ambitions."

MUMBAI: Glory Sports International, the owner and rights holder of the Glory World Series kickboxing championship, has agreed to acquire Dutch-based competitor, ?It?s Showtime,? led by the European fight manager and kickboxing promoter Simon Rutz.

The landmark deal will effectively place all of the world?s top kickboxers, or stand-up fighters, under the same promotional umbrella. GSI will absorb other assets from and take over management of ?It?s Showtime.?

"This is what the world of stand-up fighting has been waiting for - all the top fighters competing in the same series each time to find out who is really the very best,? said GSI MD Marcus Luer, who also owns Asian sports marketing company Total Sports Asia.

The Glory World Series is the world?s premier kickboxing league, staging events across the globe and offering up to $1,000,000 in prize money to successful fighters in the 16-man grand prix tournaments which are open to only the very best fighters in each weight class.

With television deals spanning every continent plus an online streaming system, Glory claims to be the world?s most widely-broadcast sporting organisations already.

"By adding ?It?s Showtime?, Glory has truly established itself as the No. 1 kickboxing league in the world. This is what the fans have been waiting for and we are here to deliver it. Glory will soon announce a new series of events and a modernized tournament format for the rest of the year and for 2013," continued Luer.

Owned and operated by Glory Sports International (GSI), the organisation has offices in Holland, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Its personnel include prominent hedge-fund investors, the pioneering sports marketing agency Total Sport Asia and several executives from the Golden Glory team.