Jill Brown has joined sport and leisure management company Leisure Connection as its new sales and marketing director.

Brown has a strong leisure and service sales and marketing background which includes posts at Burger King, Little Chef and Travelodge.

Based at the group’s head office in Leeds, Brown’s new role will principally involve helping to develop Leisure Connection’s sales and marketing functions by working with individual sites and teams while supporting management to build upon the group’s current market position.

Brown said: “It is an exciting time to be joining Leisure Connection. I am looking forward to working with the teams on site and throughout the company to develop strategies and activities which will communicate that Leisure Connection is the industry leader in sports and leisure facility management.” Details: www.leisureconnection.co.uk