by Everton has announced several changes on how the association is operated under the Friedkin Group, with Angus Kinnear as CEO of Leeds and Kevin Thelwell as CEO, when his contract runs this summer.
The new owners of Everton intend to end the director of the football model and to switch to a wider “sports leadership team”. Thelwell has been director of football since 2022 and helped the club with a turbulent time under Farhad Moshiri, including two points and serious financial restrictions, but will leave at the end of the season.
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“I am very proud of what we have achieved under the most difficult circumstances in the past three years, and I think I will leave the club in a much stronger position than when I joined in 2022,” said Thelwell.
Senior dates for the new sports tour team will be announced in due course. Everton had left without constant managing directors, Barrett-Baxendale had left among the protests from Fan in June 2023.
TFG’s search for a new CEO ended with the appointment of Kinnear, which has been working at Leeds in the role since 2017. The 47-year-old, who also worked for Arsenal and West Ham, will start working with Everton on June 1st with Everton. In a club declaration it says: “The planning of the summer transfer window is already underway, led by the sports department and David Moyes”.
Everton has also announced the departure of her long -time Chief Commercial and Communications Officer Richard Kenyon.
