The Board

[MHS]

Tim Storer - managing director of Pukka Pies.

Fosseboy will be proud!

 

[InternetFox]

Malcolm Stewart-Smith - Dunno

Could this be Teachers Insurance representative?

 

[Granite Fox]

Tony Wheeler Dealer then - maybe we should get his input on transfers?

 

[Foxes_Trust]

Could this be Teachers Insurance representative?

Yes it is.

Greg Clarke works in Australia (hence no info found), previously he was the top man at Cable & Wireless.


Martin Glenn is just about to leave Walkers, as he didn't want to re-locate abroad, not sure if he has obtained a new employer as yet. Other than the Teachers rep, he is the only non shareholder on the board.

 

[Durham Fox]

Whats the Foxes Trust's opinion on the make-up of the current board?

Seems to me that TD carries too much of the burdon with the others merely there to have their names on the letter heads????

 

[bocadillo]

CHAIRMAN: Jim McCahill

Managing director of an engineering consultancy company

Runs a Corby-based engineering company. One of the first to join the Gary Lineker consortium.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Tim Davies

He was a professional tennis player before going into business.

Partner in Baker Tilley (Accountants)

He originally set up his own consortium when the club went into administration but later combined with the Lineker effort.

Greg Clarke - Chief Executive Officer of Landleys.

Chairman of the old lcfc plc - took over from Sir Rodney Walker in 2002

Top jobs in the telecommunication industry - former Chief Executive of Cable & Wireless

I don't know what Landleys is either!

Martin Glenn - Chief Executive Officer of Walkers Snacks

President of PepsiCo UK company, which is a merger of Walkers Snacks Foods, Pepsi Cola, Tropicana and Quaker Foods.

James Johnson - Solicitor

Solicitor, partner with Clifford Chance in the City of London, specialises in 'private equity and debt finance'

Tony Lander - Property developer.

Owns Hammond Grange Ltd, Wigston. (Property developers - I haven't heard of them, but I don't live in Leicester so you might have)

Tim Storer - managing director of Pukka Pies.

Is apparently dyslexic, so probably best that those who want Craig Levine sacked write to him.

Malcolm Stewart-Smith - Dunno

At one time was (maybe is) Managing Director of Bridge Information Services (a financial services information provider, based in north America) - so probably the nominee of the pension fund that owns the stadium

Tony Wheeler - Commodities dealer.

Deals in wines and spirits

All this written in good faith from various notes that I have made from time to time. I can't guarantee that any or all of it is correct.

 

[fcukcov]

.............At one time was (maybe is) Managing Director of Bridge Information Services (a financial services information provider, based in north America).................

I can confirm that google agrees with you on this bit at least! and it is 'was' he left, doesnt really say where he went though I dont think.

 

[fuco]

Greg Clarke works for LendLease, not Landleys!
Must be in the translation

www.lendlease.com

 

[webmaster]

Greg Clarke works for LendLease, not Landleys!
Must be in the translation

www.lendlease.com

That'll be the one!


It says Landleys on the BBC website page where some of my info came from - http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/sport/clubs/lcfc/2002/12/23/chairman_elect_and_board_named.shtml

 

[fuco]

I spose if you say it quickly enough . . .

 

[DesertFox]

Is apparently dyslexic, so probably best that those who want Craig Levine sacked write to him.

Won't they ask him to be sicked?

 

[bocadillo]

That'll be the one!


It says Landleys on the BBC website page where some of my info came from.

I'd seen Landleys quoted in several places - it did seem rather odd that there wasn't another single reference to the firm anywhere.

It's that bloody aussie accent!!

 

[bocadillo]

Lendlease's profile on Greg Clarke:

G A Clarke, Managing Director
(Executive)
Age 46

Mr Clarke was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in December 2002 and is a Member of the Personnel and Organisation Committee.

Experience and Qualifications
Mr Clarke brings more than 20 years' experience in international business development and operations through career roles including Vice President, Cellular (Paris) for Nortel Communications; Chief Executive Mobile, C&W Mobile plc; and Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Executive Officer, Cable & Wireless Communications plc. His qualifications are BA (Hons) Business Studies and MBA.

Other Directorships and Positions
Mr Clarke is a Non Executive Director of British United Provident Association (BUPA), the largest private health provider in the UK, and Leicester City Football Club plc.

 

[Dunc]

So are we looking for football 'experts' to be on the board? I know for a fact that a number of the board are knowledgable fans - is that enough?

I for one am happy we have a silent board rather than the constant prattling in the backpages of a Rupert Lowe or a Peter Risdale or the other chairmen and boards in the job for their own ego.

The days of Elsom and Pierpoint making some ego tripping statement every week are gone and I applaud that.

BTW Martin George knew a huge amount about football and was probably the best chairman we had of recent years, and I don't actually like the bloke as a person, so thats not easy for me to say.

 

[webmaster]

BTW Martin George knew a huge amount about football and was probably the best chairman we had of recent years, and I don't actually like the bloke as a person, so thats not easy for me to say.

I spoke to Martin George at a youth team match at Belvoir drive many years ago, I was impressed by how much he knew about the players.

 

[blue]

There you have it - a board full of non -execs all with their personal careers and goals that must be taking priority over what I would deem to be pretty heavy responsibility as a director of our club.

At the time of administration, the make up of the board was perfect:

TD - Finance Guy to get some basic structure and budget process up and running
The legal guy to sort out the arrangements with Teachers
A Teachers rep allowed a place to help smooth the transition of the new arrangement with them
Some one from Walkers to stop them withdrawing support in sponsoring the stadium
GC - to ensure continuity from the old mess to the current and somebody who may have been able to steer TD in those early days.

I'd go one step further and suggest that a condition of the money those others "invested" was done strictly on the understanding that they "bought" themselves a seat on the board and somewhere where they felt important and have doors opened for them.

It all fits perfectly when you think about it - any press conference, TD is there, interviews? TD is your man, the problems in Spain, send TD, can you imagine these other Guys hearing about these problems and asking to get involved - at what expense? So that they drop everything they do to pay their own mortgages to "help out" with something they treat as their lesiure?

The current structure of the Board IMO does not fit the needs and day to day requirements of the Club and TD on his own does not have the time or the skills to manage it all.

I would be interested in what the Foxes Trust guy would have to say (the one who has been placed on the Audit Committee) about the current organisational structure and the key decision making processes, the mix of the board, the mix and mandate of the audit committe. Imo, I can't see much worth in an audit committee other then setting scope for the external auditors - what else will it do? There is no internal audit function at the club and I doubt looking over the financial policy and procedures manual is going to take much effort to look over.

No matter what position the Club happens to be in at the end of the season, a years time etc. The basic fundamentals of the structure, leadership and balance of power needs to be addressed; TD needs the help, though he can never appear to come out and ask for it - Jon Holmes said he wanted to return the Club back to the people of Leicester, given the make up of the Board at the moment it appears he might have failed.

 

[Dunc]

There you have it - a board full of non -execs all with their personal careers and goals that must be taking priority over what I would deem to be pretty heavy responsibility as a director of our club.

At the time of administration, the make up of the board was perfect:

TD - Finance Guy to get some basic structure and budget process up and running
The legal guy to sort out the arrangements with Teachers
A Teachers rep allowed a place to help smooth the transition of the new arrangement with them
Some one from Walkers to stop them withdrawing support in sponsoring the stadium
GC - to ensure continuity from the old mess to the current and somebody who may have been able to steer TD in those early days.

I'd go one step further and suggest that a condition of the money those others "invested" was done strictly on the understanding that they "bought" themselves a seat on the board and somewhere where they felt important and have doors opened for them.

It all fits perfectly when you think about it - any press conference, TD is there, interviews? TD is your man, the problems in Spain, send TD, can you imagine these other Guys hearing about these problems and asking to get involved - at what expense? So that they drop everything they do to pay their own mortgages to "help out" with something they treat as their lesiure?

The current structure of the Board IMO does not fit the needs and day to day requirements of the Club and TD on his own does not have the time or the skills to manage it all.

I would be interested in what the Foxes Trust guy would have to say (the one who has been placed on the Audit Committee) about the current organisational structure and the key decision making processes, the mix of the board, the mix and mandate of the audit committe. Imo, I can't see much worth in an audit committee other then setting scope for the external auditors - what else will it do? There is no internal audit function at the club and I doubt looking over the financial policy and procedures manual is going to take much effort to look over.

No matter what position the Club happens to be in at the end of the season, a years time etc. The basic fundamentals of the structure, leadership and balance of power needs to be addressed; TD needs the help, though he can never appear to come out and ask for it - Jon Holmes said he wanted to return the Club back to the people of Leicester, given the make up of the Board at the moment it appears he might have failed.

Your opinion and you are entitled to it, but you make a lot of assumptions there based on your opinion rather than fact.

I'm not sure if you had read my post prior to posting that but I disagree almost entirely with you.

 

[bocadillo]

So are we looking for football 'experts' to be on the board? I know for a fact that a number of the board are knowledgable fans - is that enough?

Well, the apparently knowledgeable fans on here seem to know how to run a football club, so that must be one of the qualifications!


I agree with you entirely, Dunc. A football club now being a business, it needs real businessmen to run it. They then appoint people to do the football bit.

 

[bocadillo]

There you have it - a board full of non -execs all with their personal careers and goals that must be taking priority over what I would deem to be pretty heavy responsibility as a director of our club.

At the time of administration, the make up of the board was perfect:

TD - Finance Guy to get some basic structure and budget process up and running
The legal guy to sort out the arrangements with Teachers
A Teachers rep allowed a place to help smooth the transition of the new arrangement with them
Some one from Walkers to stop them withdrawing support in sponsoring the stadium
GC - to ensure continuity from the old mess to the current and somebody who may have been able to steer TD in those early days.

I'd go one step further and suggest that a condition of the money those others "invested" was done strictly on the understanding that they "bought" themselves a seat on the board and somewhere where they felt important and have doors opened for them.

It all fits perfectly when you think about it - any press conference, TD is there, interviews? TD is your man, the problems in Spain, send TD, can you imagine these other Guys hearing about these problems and asking to get involved - at what expense? So that they drop everything they do to pay their own mortgages to "help out" with something they treat as their lesiure?

The current structure of the Board IMO does not fit the needs and day to day requirements of the Club and TD on his own does not have the time or the skills to manage it all.

I would be interested in what the Foxes Trust guy would have to say (the one who has been placed on the Audit Committee) about the current organisational structure and the key decision making processes, the mix of the board, the mix and mandate of the audit committe. Imo, I can't see much worth in an audit committee other then setting scope for the external auditors - what else will it do? There is no internal audit function at the club and I doubt looking over the financial policy and procedures manual is going to take much effort to look over.

No matter what position the Club happens to be in at the end of the season, a years time etc. The basic fundamentals of the structure, leadership and balance of power needs to be addressed; TD needs the help, though he can never appear to come out and ask for it - Jon Holmes said he wanted to return the Club back to the people of Leicester, given the make up of the Board at the moment it appears he might have failed.

Blue

Do you really think being a non-executive director of a football club opens any doors that are not already open to the CEO of Cable and Wireless?

Do you really think that Tim Davies runs the club all on his own?

Do you really think that the 'people of Leicester' are the best guardians of the Club, when they can't even agree on the simplest of things in this and similar forums?

Do you really have any idea what you're talking about or are you just ranting?

 

[blue]

Dunc

I didn't read your reply in time.

The key message I'm trying to make is that I don't think placing as much responsibility and pressure on TD is healthy for the way things are run off the pitch.

Why do you think most businesses and organisations the size of LCFC have suitably appointed boards with a mix of knowledge and enterprunial skills to make balanced decisions for the immediate and long term success of the club as opposed to one man being held to account for all the right and wrong things at the Club, look at it - problems with the Manager, problems with the hamburger people, problems with the pre-match music, problems with stewards, problems with parking, problems with attracting bands, problems with Tigers sharing the ground? Call TD, the guy must be drowning in his workload.

By not having any obvious candidate who stands out amongst the current board who has spent time in football - how are we sure they are able to make the right decisions about the one thing they can't turn away from by professing they dont have a knowledge of the game - the appointment (and dismisal) of a Management team to manage the side?

Finally your right - there are a number of assumptions I make and I don't need to be reminded that this is my opinion, I'm not forcing it down your throat or anyone elses, read and ignore if you like - but if there are any facts that I've stated that are way out then let me know, I happy to be corrected.