28 March 2014 – Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™, Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization with a 90% market share, announced today the appointment of a new Senior Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development with the hiring of industry veteran Azhar Muhammad-Saul.
Muhammad-Saul is a 25-year business development veteran with over 14 years in the business development industry. During his tenure at Bloomberg L.P, Muhammad-Saul held various senior leadership and business development positions in its European and Asian branches, including Bloomberg’s Asia-Pacific Enterprise business division. He brings a depth of valuable and diverse leadership experience across the Americas, Europe and Asia with a proven flair for consistently driving commercial partnerships, innovation and marketing initiatives.
CEO of ONE Fighting Championship™, Victor Cui stated, “There are few people in the business development industry in Asia that have the level of expertise and talent that Azhar has. He has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world and will be able to lead ONE FC in successfully harnessing the potential opportunities with our new global partners.”
Muhammad-Saul is originally from London but is now based out of Singapore. Prior to his stint with Bloomberg L.P, he was an investment advisor and partner at J. Rothschild partnership.