Darbon Is New Chief Exec At Northampton

Mark Darbon is to be the new chief executive of Northampton Saints. Darbon arrives at Franklin’s Gardens in late July with experience from a career spent working for some of the world’s biggest sporting brands, including as a senior figure in the delivering of the London 2012 Olympics. After over five years with Diageo as a global strategy manager, then strategy director for greater China and finally commercial director for Diageo’s whisky brands in Europe, in 2009 Darbon joined the sporting sector to help lead the delivery team for the London Olympics. There he was executive assistant and chi…