Football Association nominates Debbie Hewitt as first female chairperson
Debbie Hewitt has been nominated as the new chair of the Football Association, with effect from January 2022, English Football Association has announced.
A seven-member selection panel, led by independent non-executive FA director Kate Tinsley, picked Hewitt after considering her extensive non-executive career spanning over 15 years in Listed, private equity-backed and privately-owned companies, across many different sectors.
Hewitt, whose appointment is subject to ratification by the FA council at their next meeting on July 22, will succeed the interim FA chair Peter McCormick from the beginning of next year
The English Football Association, which was founded 158 years ago, has been searching for a new president since the resignation of Greg Clark last November after an uproar caused by his description of non-white players as “colored” while answering questions in the British Parliament.
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