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=== Board Members === [[File:0 GettyImages-1134385429.webp|thumb|252x252px]] ==== Avram Glazer – Executive Co-Chairman and Director ==== Avram Glazer is Executive Co-Chairman and a Director of the Company. He is currently a director of Red Football Limited and Co-Chairman of Manchester United Limited. Mr. Glazer served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Zapata Corporation, a US public company between from March 1995 to July 2009 and Chairman of the board of Zapata Corporation from March 2002 to July 2009. Mr. Glazer received a business degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1982. He received a law degree from American University, Washington College of Law in 1985.<ref name=":0">https://ir.manutd.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors.aspx</ref> [[File:Rfe3sk5wylt2heekkuui.jpg|thumb|253x253px]] ==== '''Joel Glazer''' – Executive Co-Chairman and Director ==== Joel Glazer is Executive Co-Chairman and a Director of the Company. He is currently a director of Red Football Limited and Co-Chairman of Manchester United Limited. Mr. Glazer is Co-Chairman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mr. Glazer is a member of the NFL Finance, International, Media, and Legalized Sports Betting Committees. Mr. Glazer graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., in 1989 with a bachelor's degree.<ref name=":0" /> [[File:0 GettyImages-1153346563-1.webp|thumb|215x215px]] ==== '''Richard Arnold''' – Chief Executive Officer and Director ==== Richard Arnold is the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company. In his prior capacity as Group Managing Director, Mr. Arnold oversaw all commercial and operational aspects of the Company. Mr. Arnold also serves as Chairman of the Manchester United Foundation. In his previous role as Commercial Director (until 30 June 2013) he was responsible for the management and growth of the Company’s sponsorship business, retail, merchandising, apparel & product licensing business, and digital media business. In this capacity he was nominated for SportBusiness International’s Sports innovator of the year list in 2011. In each of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, Mr. Arnold has been named as an LGBT+ Executive Ally by the charity OUTstanding, in recognition of the work he has done to progress LGBT+ inclusion at Manchester United for employees and supporters. In addition to this, Mr. Arnold was named as Diversity Ally of the Year at the European Diversity Awards in 2019. Mr. Arnold was previously Deputy Managing Director of InterVoice Ltd responsible for the international channel sales and marketing division of InterVoice Inc., a NASDAQ listed technology company, between 2002 and 2007. He was nominated as a finalist for Young Director of the Year by the United Kingdom Institute of Directors in 2004 and 2005. Prior to InterVoice, he worked at Global Crossing Europe Ltd, a company in the technology sector, on its restructure between 1999 and 2002. Prior to this he was a senior manager in the telecommunications and media practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1993 to 1999, including working on the privatization of the Saudi Telecommunications Corporation and the Initial Public Offering of Orange in the United Kingdom. He received an honors Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Bristol University in 1993 and received his Chartered Accountancy qualification in 1996.<ref name=":0" /> ==== '''Cliff Baty''' – Chief Financial Officer and Director ==== [[File:95f74f4c-d718-4966-b26b-3e8810119d36 thumb.jpg|thumb]] Cliff Baty is the Company's Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed in March 2016 and was appointed to the Board of Directors in December 2017. He is responsible for managing all aspects of financial reporting and financial control of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Baty served as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Sportech plc, a leading pool betting operator and technology supplier, from 2013 to 2016. Prior to Sportech, he worked at Ladbrokes plc from 2006 to 2013 in a number of senior finance roles including Finance Director of its eGaming and International businesses, as well as Ladbrokes businesses in Spain, Italy and South Africa. Before that he was Group Financial Controller of Hilton Group plc from 2004 to 2006. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, where he worked for 10 years. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Oriel College, Oxford University in 1992.<ref name=":0" />[[File:1569690640667.jpg|thumb|184x184px]] ==== '''Patrick Stewart''' – Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel and Director ==== Patrick Stewart is the Company’s Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel and has been with Manchester United since 2006. He is responsible for managing the Company's legal and regulatory affairs as well as its relationships with football stakeholders. Having been nominated by the European Club Association, Patrick was appointed as an arbitrator at the Cthe company'st of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland in 2018. Prior to joining the Company, he worked for two leading UK commercial law firms and TEAM Marketing AG, the Swiss sports marketing agency responsible for selling the commercial rights to the UEFA Champions League. Patrick studied at the University of Glasgow and the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany) and received a Bachelor of Laws (Honthe company'ss) Degree in 1994, before qualifying as a solicitor in 1997.<ref name=":0" />[[File:Kg-800.jpg|thumb|138x138px]] ==== '''Kevin Glazer''' – Director ==== Kevin Glazer is a Director of the Company. He is currently a director of Red Football Limited and a director of Manchester United Limited. He is currently the Chairman of Glazer Properties. Mr. Glazer graduated from Ithaca College in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.<ref name=":0" /> ==== '''Bryan Glazer''' – Director ==== [[File:H7z7fugco0afmdxsu4ah.jpg|thumb|204x204px]] Bryan Glazer is a Director of the Company. He is currently a director of Red Football Limited and Manchester United Limited. He is the CoChairman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and also serves on the NFL's Digital Media Committee. Mr. Glazer serves on the board of directors of the Glazer Children's Museum. He received a bachelor's degree from the American University in Washington, D.C., in 1986 and received his law degree from Whittier College School of Law in 1989.<ref name=":0" />[[File:Sqlndfgk5mca9byt7glk.jpg|thumb|235x235px]] ==== '''Darcie Glazer Kassewitz''' – Director ==== Darcie Glazer Kassewitz, is a Director of the Company. She is currently a director of Red Football Limited. Ms. Glazer Kassewitz is the President of the Glazer Vision Foundation. She graduated cum laude from the American University in 1990 and received a law degree in 1993 from Suffolk Law School.<ref name=":0" />[[File:Download.jpg|thumb|222x222px]] ==== '''Edward Glazer''' – Director ==== Edward Glazer is a Director of the Company. He is currently a non-executive director of Red Football Limited. He is Co-Chairman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chairman of US Property Trust and US Auto Trust. Mr. Glazer is also the co-President of the Glazer Family Foundation. Mr. Glazer received a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College in 1992.<ref name=":0" />[[File:Robert leitao.jpg|thumb|217x217px]] ==== '''Robert Leitão''' – Independent Director ==== Robert Leitão is Managing Partner of Rothschild & Co Gestion, the top holding company of the Rothschild & Co Group, and Co-Chairman of the Rothschild & Co Group Executive Committee. He is also Head of Rothschild & Co’s Global Advisory business, worldwide, and Chief Executive of NM Rothschild & Sons. During his 30 year career as a senior Mergers & Acquisitions banker and capital markets expert, Mr Leitão has advised clients on more than 200 transactions around the world. Prior to joining Rothschild & Co in 1998, Mr Leitão was a Director and Head of UK M&A at Morgan Grenfell & Co. Limited. He graduated with a degree in Engineering from Imperial College, London, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (KPMG). Mr Leitão also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Lowy Family Partners, the private investment business and family office of the Lowy family; Chairman of the not-for-profit digital charity box, Pennies Foundation; and a Member of the Advisory Board of the charity, Centre of Entrepreneurs.<ref name=":0" /> ==== '''Manu Sawhney''' – Independent Director ==== [[File:1517510516206.jpg|thumb|215x215px]] Manu Sawhney is an Independent Director of the Company. With over 29 years of experience in the sports, media, entertainment and consumer industry, Mr. Sawhney recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of the International Cricket Council (ICC). ICC is the global governing body for the sport of cricket representing 105 members, the ICC governs and administrates the game and is responsible for the staging of major international tournaments including the ICC Men’s World Cup and Women’s World Cup and the ICC Men’s and Women’s T20 World Cups as well as all associated qualifying events. The ICC presides over the ICC Code of Conduct which sets the professional standards of discipline for international cricket, playing conditions, bowling reviews and other ICC regulations and appoints match officials. Prior to this role served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Sports Hub, one of the largest sporting Public-Private Partnerships in the world, and the city-state’s premier sporting, lifestyle and entertainment destination. Mr. Sawhney previously served as the Managing Director of ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), a 50:50 joint venture for Asia between ESPN and News Corp, and reported directly to the board of directors. He was responsible for the overall business leadership and P&L of the company across 24 countries in Asia. Mr. Sawhney led ESS’s growth and expansion across multiple platforms in various markets across Asia including business expansion in Taiwan, start-up of a new joint venture in South Korea, consolidation of business in China and securing long term strategic partnerships in India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Prior to heading ESS’s Asia operations, Mr. Sawhney served as the Executive Vice President of Programming/Event Management/Marketing/ Network Presentation, wherein he negotiated and secured various multi-year renewals of key global and regional rights & affiliate deals. Mr. Sawhney also previously served as the Managing Director of ESS’s South Asia business based out of India. Before joining ESS, Mr. Sawhney worked for 3 years with ITC Global Holdings based out of Vietnam and India. Mr. Sawhney holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India, and received his Masters in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India. Mr. Sawhney also served on the Steering Committee of the 28th South East Asian Games and is a member of the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO).<ref name=":0" /> ==== '''John Hooks''' – Independent Director ==== [[File:A82ea21d-a100-4ccf-99a2-c902219a5b20 medium.jpg|thumb|214x214px]] John Hooks is an Independent Director of the Company. He has been in the luxury fashion industry for over 40 years and has held positions in some of the sector's most influential companies. After graduating from Oxford University, he entered the fashion industry through Gruppo Finanziario Tessile (GFT) in Turin, Italy. For three years he was commercial director for the prêt-à-porter collection of Valentino. From 1988 to 1994, based in Hong Kong, he was responsible for the establishment of GFT's regional subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia as well as in mainland China (in 1988, the first major foreign fashion company to establish a direct presence in that country). From 1995 to 2000 he was Commercial and Retail Director of Jil Sander in Hamburg, Germany. In 2000, Mr. Hooks joined Giorgio Armani as Group Commercial and Marketing Director, considerably expanding the company's global wholesale and retail network. He was subsequently appointed Deputy Chairman of the Giorgio Armani Group. From 2011 to 2014 he was Group President of Ralph Lauren Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Hooks is currently CEO of Pacific Global Management (PGM). He is also on the board of Miroglio Fashion and is a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company.<ref name=":0" />
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