Manchester United will reportedly announce the hiring of their first female chief operating officer in club history.
Executive Collette Roche will become the highest-placed female in the history of the Old Trafford set when she joins the board, and is just the fifth Premier League woman in such a role according to the BBC.
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The BBC lists the other four executives as
- Karren Brady, vice-chairman at West Ham
- Marina Granovskaia, director at Chelsea
- Susan Whelan, chief executive officer at Leicester City
- Denise Barrett-Baxendale, Everton’s deputy chief executive
