Goalhanger has appointed a trio of senior leaders, with Andy Hodgson joining as CFO, Chloe Straw as director of operations and Emily Kent Smith as editorial director.

The hires are designed to strengthen the company’s financial, operational and editorial capabilities as it scales, with all three reporting to co-founders Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport.

Their arrival follows a record-breaking 2025 for the podcast and production company, which surpassed 750 million full-episode streams in a single year and now delivers more than 70m monthly streams across its network.

Goalhanger has also secured a major partnership with Netflix for The Rest Is Football and seen multiple accolades.