As Venue Director for Arsenal Football Club, Tom McCann has overall responsibility for £100m+ of annual revenue relating to Emirates Stadium’s matchday and non-matchday business. Tom leads a full-time team of 71 in the ticketing, sales, and service of 50,000 general admission seats and 10,000 premium seats, including 129 executive boxes and a number of lounges including the exclusive Diamond Club. Tom also leads the management of all direct contacts received from the club’s millions of fans all over the world.

Prior to moving to Arsenal in July 2015, Tom spent three years in Rio de Janeiro, establishing the stadium hospitality business for IMX, a Brazilian joint-venture company formed between IMG and EBX. Tom had overall responsibility for all areas of project development, including the long-term commercialization of three 2014 FIFA World Cup 2014 stadia: Maracana (Rio de Janeiro), Arena Pernambuco (Recife) and Beira-Rio (Porto Alegre). Previously, Tom worked for the IMG Stadium Division, contributing to the delivery of over £750m of contracted revenue for Club Wembley, the highest-grossing hospitality project in the world.