Overview

• Executive vice-chair Tim Lewis has stepped down after advising KSE since 2007, joining Arsenal’s board in 2020 and becoming executive vice-chair in 2023.
• Managing director Richard Garlick is promoted to chief executive officer with immediate effect after joining the club in 2021 as director of football operations.
• New non-executive directors include KSE’s Kelly Blaha and Otto Maly, long-time KSE advisor Dave Steiner, and producer Ben Winston, a season-ticket holder for over 30 years.
• Arsenal says the refreshed board is intended to inject fresh thinking and energy to support the club’s push for major trophies following a heavy summer outlay in the transfer market.
• The appointments are subject to the Premier League’s Owners’ and Directors’ Test, with Josh Kroenke praising Lewis’s role during a period of transformational change.