Aidan Cooney is the founder of Opta and been its CEO since 2002. He has overseen its establishment as a leading sports data business in Europe with operations in the top five sports markets in the continent. The business has grown to collect data in 17 different sports servicing more than 200 customers worldwide.

Aidan was previously a founding employee and director of Sports.com Ltd. In the three years leading up to the 2002 World Cup, Sports.com built an audience of 6m unique users from a standing start.