{"id":14247,"date":"2020-04-23T11:13:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T15:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14247"},"modified":"2020-04-25T10:34:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T14:34:51","slug":"gary-hoffman-set-to-be-named-as-premier-leagues-new-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14247","title":{"rendered":"Gary Hoffman Set to Be Named as Premier League&#8217;s New Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.1464366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.1464366.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.1464366-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Gary Hoffman is close to being appointed as the Premier League\u2019s new chairman, the PA news agency has reported.<\/p>\n<p>After long-serving Richard Scudamore held the position of executive chairman from 2014 until the end of 2018, top-flight clubs decided to once again split the role.<\/p>\n<p>Susanna Dinnage and then David Pemsel were due to take up the role of chief executive, only for Richard Masters to take the role on a permanent basis in December after a year in interim charge.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Premier League is close to naming Hoffman as chairman.<\/p>\n<p>The chief executive of Hastings Group boasts widespread experience in the banking and insurance industries and it is understood the nomination will be voted upon at a shareholder meeting on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman steered the Government turnaround of Northern Rock as the company\u2019s chief executive and has held a variety of other roles with the likes of NBNK Investments, Barclays and VISA.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently chairman of the Coventry Building Society and Monzo Bank.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-14247\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14247&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-14247\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14247&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-14247\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14247&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14247\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Hoffman is close to being appointed as the Premier League\u2019s new chairman, the PA news agency has reported. 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