Tim Bunnell is a Senior Vice President, Global Programming at ESPN. He leads the company’s program acquisitions efforts in tennis, golf, soccer, motorsports, and the Olympics, spearheading our global relationships with the USTA, Wimbledon, Tennis Australia, the French Tennis Federation, the ATP, the PGA Tour, the PGA of America, the Augusta National Golf Club, Formula One, LaLiga, Bundesliga, and the NWSL, among others.   He leads ESPN programming outside the United States across all sport categories, including the NBA, the NFL, MLB, and the NHL.  In addition to his programming responsibilities, he directs ESPN’s output deal with Tencent Digital in China.  He previously served as a board member for ESPN Star Sports in Asia, and currently serves on the boards of NBA China, CTV Specialty in Canada, and most recently was appointed to the board of USA Volleyball.

Bunnell joined ESPN in 1994 as manager of distribution, Americas.  In 1998, he was promoted to Director, responsible for managing programming relationships with affiliates throughout Latin America and Canada including anchoring the launch of the ESPN Dos network in Mexico. In 2000, Bunnell joined ESPN Internet Group, where he oversaw the launch and development of ESPNdeportes.com and managed the reorganization of ESPNsoccernet.com (now ESPNFC.com). Since 2002 he has directed ESPN’s content acquisitions efforts outside the United States, assuming additional leadership responsibilities in international marketing, production, and ad sales during that time as well.

Prior to joining ESPN, Bunnell worked as field producer for WHDH-TV, the CBS affiliate in Boston, from 1991-93. Previously, Bunnell was an upper schoolteacher at the American International School in Vienna, Austria, where he taught courses in modern European history and world literature (1989-91).

A 1987 graduate of Tufts University, he has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. In 1993, he received his M.A. in International Relations with honors from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is fluent in Spanish.

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