Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale

[kithnou]

I dont have words. If this is true it proves once and for all what amatures we are.

Hate to be nitpicky...

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Amature

A word used by those of a lesser intelligence to berate those of higher intelligence. Example: "That would be so amature". What it really means is "You're better than I am, I suck at life. Please God, put me out of my misery."

 

[blue61]

...looking down at you...or facing the audience?

I can't afford to be picky.

 

[NeilA1878]

A Very Nice Lady

Yes, as long as you dont cross her. Great appointment.

 

[Who's_up_for_cumpkins?]

I'd give it until tomorrow till before someone's banned for making a vaguely mysogynostic comment regarding this appointment ...

 

[kithnou]

I'd give it until tomorrow till before someone's banned for making a vaguely mysogynostic comment regarding this appointment ...

I only started reading from page 8 and there are some contenders

 

[Eggs]

..very highly thought of, she’ll be full of enthusiasm to make things happen and create an impression. That could make the difference in respect of the new ground. Good luck to her.

 

[Mrk]

That really depends on how they model the club. In the US the CEO is a Board member but effectively is appointed and reports to the Board which is made up of the key shareholders and any elected expert advisors. I think its a wise move by the Mosh who has installed young Sasha as the CFO and put Keith Harris in charge of BMD so keeping this an Everton leadership team was a smart move. Hopefully she will be Moshy’s leader, not Bills. She certainly speaks well and clearly is a strong leader. As COO and deputy CEO she has been running the back office of the club for a while, things like HR, compliance and the like. Harris brings the ‘football’ knowledge too as he’s advised many clubs in the past as an investment advisor. If they get along this looks like a strong leadership team for the non-footballing side. Time to bring in a strong DoF for the football side now!

Don't really disagree with any of that - I just think having a CEO who has experience of delivering on huge infrastructure projects would be helpful, but, at the end of the day, the business is owned by Moshiri & Co, so who are we to quibble...

 

[Eggs]

Everton in the community is the one thing that has put a smile on my face these last few years, and not just once either. It’s the one thing that continually makes me proud to be blue. When all the other top dogs have made an absolute mess of our club this Lady has delivered time and again.
She deserves her chance, and then some.

..I agree. Folk talk about lack of experience as a CEO, but what better background to work tirelessly in the Everton community to get a true understanding of what the club means. She appears very grounded and will be focused on what is best for the club and it’s fanbase.

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

If trophies were handed out for off field activities, we’d be in Europe’s elite. EITC is second to none. The way we looked after little Bradley. The Hillsborough anniversary. Ticket prices... If she has been instrumental in any of that, then she deserves credit.

Where we’ve really fallen behind is in all things football with an inept board making mistake after mistake.

If Moshiri appoints the right DoF & removes Kenwright (& himself) from football matters, then the club could be moving forward.

Good luck to DBB. She can’t do any worse than her predecessors & I suspect she’ll be fantastic.

 

[thebluenosebolt]

Good luck Denise !!
she has a presence about her...a damn sight more about her than suntan.

 

[BernieH]

More concerned about Keith Harris to be honest, something about him stinks. I guess time will tell whether She is a good appointment or not, no point in knocking her before she's started.

 

[jazzy]

She is very competant but does not have the skillset for this position particularly at this time of unprecedented negotiations with the proposed new ground.

We should have head hunted an experienced premier league CEO.

Very risky to install a new manager , CEO and DoF at the same time.

Lool at the mess at Man U when Woodward and Moyes took up their new positions in tandem.

 

[nsno-chris]

More concerned about Keith Harris to be honest, something about him stinks. I guess time will tell whether She is a good appointment or not, no point in knocking her before she's started.

Indeed, he’s a bizarre character who tries to get in the limelight all the time

 

[davek]

Don't really disagree with any of that - I just think having a CEO who has experience of delivering on huge infrastructure projects would be helpful, but, at the end of the day, the business is owned by Moshiri & Co, so who are we to quibble...

Ha ha.

"who are we to quibble"? It'd be wrong to quibble about the decision making of a one man wrecking ball who's flattened this club in two years.

 

[Mrk]

Ha ha.

"who are we to quibble"? It'd be wrong to quibble about the decision making of a one man wrecking ball who's flattened this club in two years.

That wasn't what I meant - my point was ultimately he and his fellow board members own the majority of the football club, so it is in their interests to appoint a competent CEO. That doesn't mean their decisions aren't open to criticism.