Rasmus Ankersen is the CEO and Co-founder of Sport Republic. He is the Chairman of Göztepe SK and sits on the Board of Southampton FC and Valenciennes FC.

From 2015-2021 he oversaw Brentford FC’s football department as a Co-Director of Football culminating in winning promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 74 years in May 2020. In the same period, he was the Executive Chairman of the Danish club FC Midtjylland and oversaw the most successful period in the club’s history winning three Danish Championships, qualifying for the Champions League group stages in 2020 as well as making the club highly profitable. Ankersen is also the author of several bestselling books on talent development including The Gold Mine Effect and Hunger in Paradise.