LEADERSHIP

Chris Pearlman Chief Executive Officer

Fueling Aggregate Sports' broad range of capabilities and deep industry expertise is Chris Pearlman, who has spent more than a quarter century driving revenue growth for some of the biggest sports and entertainment brands in the world.

Prior to forming Aggregate Sports in 2019, Pearlman spent three years as the chief operating officer of English football's Swansea City AFC, overseeing the club's entire business operations. In that role, Pearlman led a broad-based elevation of the club's fortunes, including a 40% boost in sponsorship revenue, a global brand relaunch, a 20% increase in annual merchandise sales, the successful development of an in-house digital streaming platform and an overhaul of Liberty Stadium operations.

His successful work with Swansea City AFC ultimately led to a broader role as president of Kaplan Levien Sports Group, the American-based ownership group that also includes Major League Soccer's D.C. United. In this role, Pearlman oversaw joint business initiatives for both clubs.

Pearlman came to Swansea City AFC following a lengthy tenure at global sports marketing and media company Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment, where he had oversight of the company's Media and Properties division. Rising to executive vice president and firm partner, he worked with a wide array of top-tier clients including the National Football League, Soccer United Marketing, Ultimate Fighting Championship the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, among many others. All of these were key to driving high-level revenue growth and widespread industry acclaim for Van Wagner.

He joined Van Wagner after that firm's purchase of Premier Sports and Entertainment, another boutique sports marketing consultancy Pearlman helped form in 2002. Prior to that effort, he held executive-level roles with ESPN and sister network ABC, as well as with trailblazing international sports marketing and management firm ProServ.

He is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he competed as a varsity student-athlete in both soccer and lacrosse.

cpearlman@aggregatesports.com

Rem de Rohan Chief Revenue Officer

Serving as a key catalyst for the growth of Aggregate Sport's clients and the firm itself, de Rohan brings more than 15 years of high-level sports marketing industry experience to his role. He oversees multiplatform partnership sales, new business development and partner marketing strategy.

As a specialist in building and monetizing the assets of U.S. Olympic National Governing Bodies, de Rohan has consistently delivered double-digit annual revenue growth for his clients.

He joined the firm in 2020, having previously worked closely with Pearlman at Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment, where he was a Vice President, equity partner and head of media and property representation for the firm. His portfolio of top-tier clients at Van Wagner included the United States Ski & Snowboard Association, U.S. Figure Skating and the Mexican National Soccer Team. He also played a key role in event planning, global sales and marketing for three Team Challenge Cup international figure skating competitions.

He began his career in sales support roles for ESPN and sister network ABC. He is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he earned a degree in broadcast journalism at the school's famed S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

rderohan@aggregatesports.com

Ramsey Baker Senior Vice President

After working closely with both Pearlman and de Rohan for nearly 15 years as a client, Baker joined Aggregate Sports in 2023. Previously he spent 18 years, the last two as Executive Director, with U.S. Figure Skating (USFS) and brings to the firm nearly 30 years of diverse sports industry experience across U.S. Olympic National Governing Bodies (NGB), collegiate athletics and international youth sporting events.

His role includes growing Aggregate’s client portfolio and providing expertise and insights in the areas of asset architecture, media rights positioning and strategic marketing tactics across all the company’s partners. Baker works out of Aggregate Sports’ Colorado Springs office, allowing him to develop deeper ties and to better serve the needs of the company’s numerous NGB partners based in the Rocky Mountain region.

During his tenure with U.S. Figure Skating, that saw him named as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) in 2013, Baker oversaw the organization’s relationships with corporate partners and played an important role in the federation's negotiation of media rights deals and management of the day-to-day relationship with NBC Universal and other media partners. He served as one of the architects of U.S. Figure Skating’s eight-year extension with NBC Universal in 2018, providing for increased exposure of the sport and a foundation for the organization’s strong financial position.

Among his other duties, Baker also served as General Manager of Ice Network, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Figure Skating, which holds the domestic broadcast rights to ISU figure skating and speed skating competitions. In this role, he helped develop the organization’s relationship with MLB Advanced Media in 2008 which led to the deployment of the direct to consumer, subscription-based platform icenetwork.com.

Prior to joining U.S. Figure Skating, Baker was the Associate Athletic Director at his alma mater Union College (NY), where he oversaw marketing, promotions, season ticket sales, corporate sponsorship, athletic department fundraising and event management. He spent three additional years in collegiate athletics in a variety of marketing and communications roles at Jacksonville University and Georgia State University, where he earned his MBA from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

rbaker@aggregatesports.com

Michael Perman Senior Vice President, Global Media Rights

With more than 20 years of experience in the sports media business, Michael Perman offers clients the expertise to navigate and thrive in the quickly evolving and ever-changing sports media landscape.

In addition to supporting the firm's existing clients in this important area, he is also charged with growing the firm's client portfolio. Some of the areas Perman leads for Aggregate Sports include: negotiating distribution deals; auditing a properties current media deal; identifying emerging properties; and providing clients with both a long-term and short-term analysis of the value of their rights.

Perman joined Aggregate Sports in 2023 following 16 years at NBC Sports Group, the last 11 years as Vice President of Programming. In this role he oversaw the acquisition, program planning and scheduling for more than 8,700 hours of programming annually for NBC and NBCSN including the NHL, NASCAR, IndyCar, and the Tour de France. Prior to the merger between Comcast and NBC Universal, he served as Director of Scheduling for the Comcast-owned cable sports channel Versus where he managed the UFC, boxing, and college sports relationships for the network.

Before joining NBC Sports, he served in multiple roles at the National Basketball Association which culminated with him as Director of International Programming. His responsibilities included creating and overseeing the day-to-day operations of NBA TV International, and the scheduling of NBA programming around the world. He began his media career at Fox Sports working with the network's 22 regional affiliates.

A graduate of Ithaca College, Mike resides in Fairfield, CT and works out of the company's New York City office.

mperman@aggregatesports.com