OVF feature: Port Vale announce new CEO

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Port Vale have announced that Matt Hancock has been appointed as the club’s new CEO. Hancock replaces Colin Garlick who left the club in March 2023. Hancock was previously Community and CSR Director at the club. This is a really exciting time for the football club and I fully believe that with high performance across […]

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[robf]

That seems like a positive move for me. I think we badly needed a permanent replacement for Colin Garlick and from all I've heard Matt Hancock has been a really good addition to the club staff.

I think it also perhaps lifts some of the pressure on Carol to always be the voice of the club and to always be the one who has to deliver the strategic vision. 

 

[Vtid]

6 minutes ago, robf said:

That seems like a positive move for me. I think we badly needed a permanent replacement for Colin Garlick and from all I've heard Matt Hancock has been a really good addition to the club staff.

I think it also perhaps lifts some of the pressure on Carol to always be the voice of the club and to always be the one who has to deliver the strategic vision. 

 

Should never of got rid of garlick in the first place. Wish matt all the best in his new chapter tho 👍🏻 also i didn't know Carol was the voice of the club 🤷🏼‍♂️ 

[Valiiant]

 

How about announcing some new players?

[robf]

13 minutes ago, Vtid said:

 i didn't know Carol was the voice of the club 🤷🏼‍♂️ 

Well, in the past she's done several long interviews with the club media and local press to explain the club's overall strategy. And as she co-owns it, she would be in a position to determine that strategy. 

However, now there's a CEO who's a very senior board member and can potentially share some of that media work. 

[robf]

2 hours ago, Valiiant said:

 

How about announcing some new players?

You got your wish

Loan signing joins Port Vale - onevalefan.co.uk

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[Guitar Ray]

2 hours ago, Vtid said:

Should never of got rid of garlick in the first place. Wish matt all the best in his new chapter tho 👍🏻 also i didn't know Carol was the voice of the club 🤷🏼‍♂️ 

Nobody knows the reason Garlick left.

Worth adding, that as long as Carol owns the club she will always technically be “the voice of the club”, although naturally there will also be the voices of the staff employed in their various roles.

[Valiiant]

1 hour ago, robf said:

You got your wish

Loan signing joins Port Vale - onevalefan.co.uk

WWW.ONEVALEFAN.CO.UK

 

 

Excellent signing potentially. Not a defender we desperately need, but an Arblaster replacement hopefully.

Well done to Flitcroft, Crosby, Carol and also myself for posing the question!

[Vtid]

2 hours ago, Guitar Ray said:

Nobody knows the reason Garlick left.

Worth adding, that as long as Carol owns the club she will always technically be “the voice of the club”, although naturally there will also be the voices of the staff employed in their various roles.

Not a whimper for months now 

[JoeB2]

Has it been overlooked that, in her interview on Twitter to announce Hancock as CEO, Carol says:

"Dave (Flitcroft) is now full-time" (1:10 in)

Interesting in two ways:

1. The folk who have said for a long time that Flitcroft was part-time were correct

2. We've now decided to increase his involvement

Interesting discussion of 'educating' the fans and Patrick's involvement in this.

[Bald Eagle]

2 hours ago, Guitar Ray said:

Nobody knows the reason Garlick left.

Worth adding, that as long as Carol owns the club she will always technically be “the voice of the club”, although naturally there will also be the voices of the staff employed in their various roles.

Didn’t Carol say given split of responsibilities into 3 key distinctive divisions that the Chief Executive role not needed given her own over arching role across the 3?

[Guitar Ray]

53 minutes ago, JoeB2 said:

Has it been overlooked that, in her interview on Twitter to announce Hancock as CEO, Carol says:

"Dave (Flitcroft) is now full-time" (1:10 in)

Interesting in two ways:

1. The folk who have said for a long time that Flitcroft was part-time were correct

2. We've now decided to increase his involvement

Interesting discussion of 'educating' the fans and Patrick's involvement in this.

I think the folk who said that were just repeating what the club said from the very start.  Pretty sure Flickers himself said the same when the role was originally created after he’d turned the managers job down whilst also citing his (family) business interests.

[Guitar Ray]

1 hour ago, Vtid said:

Not a whimper for months now 

Maybe not but it doesn’t alter the fact.

[Vtid]

Just now, Guitar Ray said:

Maybe not but it doesn’t alter the fact.

True 👍🏻 

[LancyTony]

4 hours ago, JoeB2 said:

Has it been overlooked that, in her interview on Twitter to announce Hancock as CEO, Carol says:

"Dave (Flitcroft) is now full-time" (1:10 in)

Interesting in two ways:

1. The folk who have said for a long time that Flitcroft was part-time were correct

2. We've now decided to increase his involvement

Interesting discussion of 'educating' the fans and Patrick's involvement in this.

Once again, it's a bit of a non-story being hyped up! The makeup of staff  who help to run Port Vale will always be decided by the owner(s), and can be fluid at any stage. It was always known that DF was part-time, as he had other business involvements. I thought it was also known that Patrick was being involved in all things Vale, from the bottom up, in the likelihood that he may take over from his parents, at some time? This seems perfectly logical to me - but i don't need to know quite so much as some fans do. A professional club doesn't run itself - somebody has to!