{"id":155,"date":"2018-12-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/susanna-dinnage-u-turns-on-premier-league-leadership\/"},"modified":"2018-12-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T00:00:00","slug":"susanna-dinnage-u-turns-on-premier-league-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/susanna-dinnage-u-turns-on-premier-league-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"SUSANNA DINNAGE U-TURNS ON PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Menmuir<\/p>\n<p>Issuing a short statement this weekend, the governance of the\u00a0<strong>English Premier League (EPL)<\/strong>\u00a0has confirmed that\u00a0<strong>Susanna Dinnage<\/strong>\u00a0will not be taking on the role of Premier League Chief Executive in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Last November, EPL governance had announced the\u00a0inbound appointment of Dinnage\u00a0as first female Chief Executive of the Premier League replacing outgoing incumbent\u00a0<strong>Richard Scudamore,<\/strong>\u00a0who ended his 19-year leadership tenure this December.<\/p>\n<p>Entering 2019, the EPL was set to operate under a realigned leadership framework, with media executive Dinnage the former President of Discovery Networks for UK &amp; Ireland acting as league Chief Executive, supported by the pending appointment of a new Non-Executive Chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite her commitment to the Premier League in early November, Susanna Dinnage has now advised the Nominations Committee that she will not be taking up the position of Chief Executive\u201d details the EPL\u2019s media release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee has reconvened its search and is talking to candidates. There will be no further comment until an appointment is made\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In previous EPL communications, Dinnage had been branded as \u2018the outstanding candidate to lead the Premier League\u2019, by\u00a0<strong>Chelsea FC Chairman Bruce Buck,<\/strong>\u00a0the Chair of the EPL\u2019s Nomination Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Sports stakeholders will be monitoring the EPL\u2019s leadership search in 2019, as the world\u2019s richest football league enters a disruptive period navigating Brexit complexities, \u00a0audience engagement with new media verticals, and dealing with the rising costs of match day prices<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/><label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"2604\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Menmuir Issuing a short statement this weekend, the governance of the\u00a0English Premier League (EPL)\u00a0has confirmed that\u00a0Susanna Dinnage\u00a0will not be taking on the role of Premier League Chief Executive in 2019. 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