LOS ANGELES (April 15, 2026) – Leading global sports, music and entertainment company THE·TEAM today announced the launch of a leadership advisory and executive search practice, with industry veteran Amy Segal joining THE·TEAM to lead the offering as Managing Director of Leadership Advisory and Executive Search.
Segal’s practice will serve rights holders and brands across sports, music and entertainment to identify, develop and place top talent, while providing ongoing strategic counsel to leadership. The company intends to operate the new group under a business model unique to THE·TEAM – specifically focusing on two differentiators: (1) their demonstrated leadership in advocating for women through their leading women’s advisory business, The Collective, and (2) by integrating the search function directly into the client business. This model intentionally leverages the deep insight and experience of the leaders who serve THE·TEAM’s brand and property clients daily and therefore are best able to understand their talent needs – not just on paper, but in day-to-day practice.
“This offering is a natural evolution of the role we’ve long played for clients who rely on how deeply we know them and their business needs – and therefore have consistently turned to us as their trusted partners for guidance on all executive hires, including identifying the most exceptional women candidates,” said Global President of Brands and Properties Elizabeth Lindsey. “This is not a traditional nor transactional search model – it’s an extension of how we already serve our partners as an extension of their teams, with a vested interest in getting leadership decisions right.”
“Elizabeth and THE·TEAM’s leadership, relationships and track record have brought us together often throughout my career, so joining them to further build this practice felt like a natural next step,” said Segal. “What makes this offering truly differentiated is that we bring real, lived experience inside the businesses and across the very roles we are helping to place. Our people have firsthand knowledge of how both brands and properties operate – a unique perspective that allows us to go beyond placement to ensure long-term success through strategic guidance and ongoing partnership.”
Segal brings more than two decades of experience in building and advising senior teams across media, sports, technology, communications and global enterprises, most recently serving as Global Head of Recruiting for Bloomberg News, Media and Research. In the role, she led global talent acquisition, including executive search – overseeing groups in the United States, EMEA and APAC – and partnering closely with senior leadership to attract and hire executives in highly competitive and complex markets.
Prior to Bloomberg, Segal spent more than seven years at Edelman, most recently as Managing Director and Head of Talent Acquisition, where she led the strategic direction of talent acquisition, executive search, workforce planning and diversity initiatives across all lines of business. Earlier in her career, she held senior talent leadership roles at Ogilvy & Mather, Sony Music Entertainment, Verizon Communications, Turner Broadcasting System, The Coca-Cola Company and CTPartners.
The launch of a leadership advisory and executive search practice marks the latest milestone in THE·TEAM’s continued growth across its services and global footprint. In the past five years alone, the company has launched music representation and entertainment management verticals; expanded its sports and media talent representation business into cricket, cycling, rugby, speakers and creators; added next generation, digital, live, rights sales, premium access and ventures practices; and unified its global creative teams, among other key moments.
During that same period, THE·TEAM has continued to grow its international presence, strengthening or launching operations across new territories including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain and the United Arab Emirates.
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