Simon Wilkes

Simon Wilkes is Planet Sport's Head of Syndication, and supports West Brom, Cincinnati Bengals, Yorkshire CCC and England. Simon did a BA HONS journalism degree at the University of Central Lancashire between 1994-97, then joined Press Association Sport as a reporter, covering Wimbledon, football, boxing and snooker among other sports. He joined TEAMtalk in 2001 and remained as Editor until taking a role as Production Editor for Sky Sports Digital Media in 2012. Simon left Sky Sports in 2014 and set up SJWilkes Media Ltd, which was purchased by Ole! Media Limited in January 2015. He was appointed Head of Publishing for the Planet Sport network in January 2016 and grew the sites from an audience of 4million readers to 15million in six years. He moved into his new role as Head of Syndication in July 2022, heading up a team of journalists based in the U.K., South Africa, Germany and India.