BIOGRAPHY

Ben Faber | Managing Director, Middle East at CSM Sports & Entertainment

 

Ben is Managing Director, Middle East at CSM, the leading the sports and entertainment agency in the Middle East, and now part of the global Wasserman agency.

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CSM is proud of its 30+ year commitment to the Middle East, with a team of over 200 across the region working with many of the leading organisations at the forefront of the unprecedented transformation of all parts of society, not least in the sports and entertainment sectors. From offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, and Riyadh, CSM advises a wide range of leading regional and international brands and rights holders to help them build effective partnership programmes, deliver major events, implement international marketing and communications campaigns, and drive sustainable commercial strategies. 

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Ben has worked in the sports marketing industry for over 20 years and joined CSM in the UK in 2008. In 2011 he relocated to the Middle East to join the regional leadership team. 

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Throughout his career he has consulted for a wide variety of international brands and governing bodies within sport and entertainment, and has developed partnership and communications strategies for organisations including HSBC, G4S, DP World, Standard Chartered Bank, FIFA, T-Mobile, Special Olympics World Games UAE, UAE Team Emirates, G42, ADNOC, Ministry of Sport, and Saudia among others. 

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Ben lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife Kate and children Lily, Max and Harry. He is a lifelong Manchester United fan and passionate and long-suffering England cricket supporter.

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