Rangers have appointed Patrick Stewart because the membership’s new chief government.
former Manchester United Chiefs will take cost on December 16, the day after Rangers’ Carabao Cup ultimate in opposition to Celtic.
Stewart replaces James Bisgrove He left the position in the summer and headed to Saudi Arabia.
Negotiations for a brand new everlasting president are nonetheless ongoing Malcolm Offord Completely replaces John Bennett within the Framework, Who resigned this season due to health reasons.
Stewart spent 18 years at Outdated Trafford, most not too long ago as interim chief government, and the membership stated the expertise made him “properly suited to his new position at Rangers”.
The previous lawyer, who additionally helped negotiate contracts for Manchester United and co-led the creation of the ladies’s crew, held quite a lot of roles on the Premier League membership.
He has additionally been a member of varied working teams inside the FA, Premier League and European Membership Affiliation, and has chaired numerous worldwide sporting disputes as an arbitrator on the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport.
Rangers interim chairman John Gilligan” stated: “On behalf of the Board of Administrators, I’m delighted to welcome Patrick to the membership as Chief Government.
“The board continues to have discussions with a number of high-quality candidates for chairman and expects to announce an appointment within the coming weeks.”
Talking September Sky Sports News exclusiveGilligan revealed he would stay chairman “for so long as wanted” and that his first precedence was to nominate a brand new chief government – including that it was his “dream” to have somebody within the position earlier than Christmas.