Headhunters appointed to find new CEO

[GWistooshort]

From the Daily Telegraph.........

 

The appointment of a successor to outgoing chief executive Rick Parry, meanwhile, has moved a step closer after co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett appointed headhunters to lead the search.

 

Simon Cummins, head of the sports practice at London-based recruitment consultants Odgers Berndtson, will be responsible for compiling a long-list of candidates for the job, which falls vacant at the end of the season.

 

Odgers have worked extensively in sport, recently recruiting Andy Anson to lead England’s 2018 World Cup bid and working with the ECB on the appointment of Andy Flower.

 

Cummins was selected from a shortlist of UK-based companies after being interviewed by both Hicks and GIllett. The joint role played by the co-owners in recruiting Parry’s successor is an indication that the pair are working more closely than was the case earlier in the season.

 

They want a world-class candidate capable of representing the club and helping extend Liverpool’s commercial reach, though their ability to work with Benitez will be as important.

 

Parry was left with no option but to leave after he lost the support of both Benitez and Hicks.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/...reth-Barry.html

[Behind Enemy Lines]

I nominate A@A - he'd be great with visiting officials and chairmen

[muleskinner]

Appointing Andy Flower must have been a tough assignment for them given he was already working for the ECB.

[SkippyjonJones]

why use chelsea fans????

[GWistooshort]

Because Hicks & Gillett want Peter Keynon?

[Bailo]

Is this not a tad late to be doing this? We've known Parry is leaving since Feb (I think it was then anyway).

[Zoob]

Hopefully they will provide the same excellent value for money and end result that Hawkspoint provided when we were looking for new investors...

[Kite]

I thought we were getting that good bloke from some pissant Championship team?

[Ethan]

must get a CV put together

[Hassony]

I got a call from them today, but the package wasn't that appealing for me

[Flasher]

Get Dalglish on a fast track CEO training course.

[carrafan]

I got a call from them today, but the package wasn't that appealing for me

 

Whose package wasnt appealing enough?

[Jonesy]

Whose package wasnt appealing enough?

 

them!! can't you read?

[growler]

surely cannot be that hard. Who are best people and approach them all. start with david dein I say.

[Gray - YPC]

surely cannot be that hard. Who are best people and approach them all. start with david dein I say.

End with David Dein as well.

 

He'd be perfect...

[Tobes Rafa]

hear, hear. Or should it be here, here.

[Spiblish]

End with David Dein as well.

 

He'd be perfect...

Agreed.

[Bailo]

I won't believe David Dein is a good choice until someone posts his Football Manager profile up and he has to have 20 in at least 2 of the following 3: Deal closing; Contract renewals; Goalkeeping; Flamboyancy.

[Snookie]

End with David Dein as well.

 

He'd be perfect...

 

Completely agree but is he waiting for a potential change in ownership at Arsenal that would lead to him returning?

[jimmylibel]

What's Risdale up to? Think of the 'dream team' he'd form with Hicks and Gilette.

[Hassony]

I won't believe David Dein is a good choice until someone posts his Football Manager profile up and he has to have 20 in at least 2 of the following 3: Deal closing; Contract renewals; Goalkeeping; Flamboyancy.

 

don't forget the youtube compilation

[jimmylibel]

don't forget the youtube compilation

 

CEOs need more youtube compilations... see them in action on the telephone at their desk, on their mobile, give you a sense of their tie collection.

 

All the essentials really.

[Flight]

Can't believe we are letting Parry leave. We should pull out all the stops to try and keep him.

[Snookie]

What's Risdale up to? Think of the 'dream team' he'd form with Hicks and Gilette.

 

Rupert Lowe also has a lot to offer.

[Ethan]

Can't believe we are letting Parry leave. We should pull out all the stops to try and keep him.

 

Don't rule out a U-Turn eh?