pete 2,499 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 SPFL appoints new Chairman Tuesday 11th July 2017 image: http://spfl.co.uk/docs/067_324__murdochmaclennan_1499779233_standard.jpg Murdoch MacLennan One of the UK’s most senior media figures, Murdoch MacLennan, has been appointed as the new independent non-executive chairman of the Scottish Professional Football League. Following an exhaustive search conducted by worldwide sports executive search agency Nolan Partners, Mr MacLennan was the SPFL Board’s unanimous choice and will replace Ralph Topping, who will stand down on 1 August 2017 after nearly eight years in the role. Currently Deputy Chairman of Telegraph Media Group, having stood down as chief executive last month, Mr MacLennan, 68 and from Glasgow, is also Chairman of the Press Association, an Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow’s Adam Smith Business School and for the last eight years has been the Chancellor’s Assessor at the Court of the University of Glasgow. SPFL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster said: “Murdoch brings with him a wealth of top-level business and media experience and has been at the cutting edge of the digital revolution as CEO and now Deputy Chairman of the Telegraph Media Group. He demonstrated a real passion for the role and a clear insight into the opportunities and challenges we will face in the years ahead. “There was very strong interest in the role from a host of highly-qualified candidates, but Murdoch was the board’s unanimous choice and we look forward to working with him as we continue to drive the game to even greater success in Scotland.” Mr MacLennan said: “I am thrilled to have been selected to be the next Chairman of the Scottish Professional Football League, and to build on the achievements of Ralph Topping. I am so proud to be a part of its future. I greatly look forward to working with Neil Doncaster and to the opportunities and challenges that are ahead for the whole of Scottish football.” Commenting on the outgoing chairman, Mr Doncaster said: “I have very much enjoyed working with Ralph, who has played a key role in steering the SPL and SPFL through some turbulent times. He has been a huge and positive influence behind the scenes, particularly in the successful 2013 merger of the SPL and SFL. I doubt very much whether that merger would have happened without his expertise, vision and diplomacy.” Outgoing chairman Ralph Topping said: “I've greatly enjoyed my time in Scottish football and it was an honour to be Chairman of the SPL and SPFL, especially during a period of substantial change and challenge. After advising the SPFL Board in January that developing business commitments meant that I had decided to leave, I am delighted that my final act as Chairman is to have secured the appointment of Murdoch as the new Chairman.” Read more at http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/spfl-appoints-new-chairman/#5w6uRZGWXlB2Qqlz.99 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 From Wikipeadia ... ... MacLennan was born on 10 April 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland to Donald MacLennan (1919-1991) and Hazel MacLennan (née Hope, 1923). Career[edit] MacLennan began his career as a graduate trainee at The Scotsman in Edinburgh Another of them?? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 From Wikipeadia ... ... MacLennan was born on 10 April 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland to Donald MacLennan (1919-1991) and Hazel MacLennan (née Hope, 1923). Career[edit] MacLennan began his career as a graduate trainee at The Scotsman in Edinburgh Another of them?? I would be surprised if he is not hand-picked by Liewell Following an exhaustive search conducted by worldwide sports executive search agency Nolan Partners, Says it all really. The same people that supposedly had a massive search for Regan. Oh wait he was a friend of Liewell's. It couldn't be could it? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuGers 477 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Now I'm going to make a wee bet that he doesn't support a certain team in blue, even though he comes from Glasgow. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie P 4 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Is it a co-incidence that a hatchet man is appointed at the time there is a clamour from fans of diddy clubs to "strip the titles'? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Is it a co-incidence that a hatchet man is appointed at the time there is a clamour from fans of diddy clubs to "strip the titles'? 68 years old. very likely. My ex-company did that. They needed rid of 800 men over a 2 year period. They brought in a CEO to wield the axe and then he disappeared into the sunrise(house in Portugal) with a fat bonus. I fear similar. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,356 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 MacLennan began his career as a graduate trainee at The Scotsman in Edinburgh Another of them?? I wouldn't have said the Scotsman in the early 70s was particularly pro or anti anyone...apart from east coast news. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,829 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 He is a patron of the Gallowgate Families Support Group, a self-help organisation run by parents in Glasgow’s East End whose children have been affected by drug addiction. According to Wikipedia. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuGers 477 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I wouldn't have said the Scotsman in the early 70s was particularly pro or anti anyone...apart from east coast news. Well it certainly isn't pro-Rangers now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,290 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I was under the impression that Doncaster is the "main" man at the SPFL. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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