Rachael Church-Sanders is an independent sports consultant and journalist, operating under her ZagZig Media banner.

Church-Sanders is the author of several widely-acclaimed business reports including best-selling Sport on the Internet (Screen Digest, June 2000), The Global Business of Sports Television (Screen Digest, March 2003), Bidding and Hosting: The Guide to Successful Sporting Events (Sportcal, October 2003), The Global Business of Poker (ArkSports August 2006; Second edition SportBusiness July 2007) and The Ultimate Sports City 2008: Strategies for Successful Event Hosting (SportBusiness, April 2008).

She is currently writing The Global Business of Bingo (Screen Digest, September 2008) and Creating a Winning Sports Website (SportBusiness, November 2008).

She was the guest contributor to Mediametrie's One Sport Year on the Television in the World 2003 (May 2004), and a contributing author to Mobile Technologies: The Opportunities for Sport (SportBusiness April 2005).

Rachael is the previous editor of both the European Sponsorship Newsletter and PACT Magazine for the Producers' Alliance for Cinema and Television. As well as a previous Financial Times newsletter editor, she was also Head of Reports at FT Media & Telecoms for two years with direct responsibility for a list of over 200 management reports covering all aspects of sponsorship, broadcasting, film, new media and telecoms.

She sold her consulting company ArkSports to SportBusiness Group PLC in January 2007, including the company’s successful brands Sport and Technology and Sport and Technology: The Conference.

In addition to being a regular conference speaker, guest on international television and radio and an invited university lecturer, Rachael contributes as a writer and interviewee to trade press globally.
As well as being Chairman of Bromley Common Football Club, Rachael is a member of the Royal Television Society, the International Association for Sports Information, the European Sponsorship Association, the Institute of Directors and the World Poker Association.

Rachael has a BA Honours degree from Queen's University Belfast and an MPhil from Exeter University.