The New York Red Bulls are pleased to announce that they have named a leader to oversee business operations, Marc de Grandpre. De Grandpre will join the club on April 30, after serving as Head of Marketing & Senior Vice President at KIND Snacks and Chief Marketing Officer at IMAX.

Previous engagements also include marketing leadership roles for Firethorn and Red Bull North America. He worked as Managing Director in a similar role at the New York Red Bulls from 2006 to 2008. He brings his commercial experience and his history with Major League Soccer and the Red Bulls to the club to lead all business operations, replacing Jerome de Bontin.

As Head of Commercial Operations, de Grandpre will join Sporting Director Andy Roxburgh to lead the New York Red Bulls. Both report to Red Bull's global soccer leadership.