Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

[mudshark]

I didn't hear anything I couldn't have imagined Levy saying, which suggests to me that this whole business is probably as much a PR exercise as anything else, but we'll see. It's only a few months till the January window.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

I didn't hear anything I couldn't have imagined Levy saying, which suggests to me that this whole business is probably as much a PR exercise as anything else, but we'll see. It's only a few months till the January window.

Agreed
I’m a positive guy but this feels like spin and nothing else to me

 

[thfcsteff]

There was a very significant moment where he said 'their model' (the Lewis') was to 'empower the people on the ground to deliver against the ambition they have' and that they 'believe' in the people in place. It tells me that we will see a lot more 'departmental autonomy'. I have never heard anything like that before.

 

[metalgear]

vinai says he knows the lewis family well and the second generation will get more involved to bring on-pitch success. also, new chairman does not get involved in the day to day.

i am now suspecting that vinai was key in pushing levy out.

 

[Gutter Boy]

There was a very significant moment where he said 'their model' (the Lewis') was to 'empower the people on the ground to deliver against the ambition they have' and that they 'believe' in the people in place. It tells me that we will see a lot more 'departmental autonomy'. I have never heard anything like that before.

I thought that bit was generic MBA platitudes

 

[Gazza]

Or next to the new whl so the women can have there own brand new stadium

Build it under the stadium and NFL pitch .. revolutionary

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

I thought that bit was generic MBA platitudes

I felt the whole piece was. Not really a criticism as such, I don’t want a Forest type owner, but I wouldn’t read anything in to what was said it was just corporate jargon. Actions will speak louder than words and we’ll have to wait to find out.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

There was a very significant moment where he said 'their model' (the Lewis') was to 'empower the people on the ground to deliver against the ambition they have' and that they 'believe' in the people in place. It tells me that we will see a lot more 'departmental autonomy'. I have never heard anything like that before.

Think Munn was saying just the same.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

vinai says he knows the lewis family well and the second generation will get more involved to bring on-pitch success. also, new chairman does not get involved in the day to day.

i am now suspecting that vinai was key in pushing levy out.

Nah. DLs role is now split (and tbh pretty much like it would be in most companies) Charringtons title (and as such, role) is different to DL.

It's probably more a Lewis money, ownership/buyer direction thing.

 

[metalgear]

Nah. DLs role is now split (and tbh pretty much like it would be in most companies) Charringtons title (and as such, role) is different to DL.

It's probably more a Lewis money, ownership/buyer direction thing.

good to hear

for all the levy-out noises that I have made through the years, i am now feeling bad the way the owners managed his departure!