packoman Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Villa confirms Tom Fox as new chief executive officer Does " Villa confirms" sound wrong to anyone else, shouldn't it be "Villa confirm"? Aston Villa is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Fox as chief executive. Tom's background in the broader sports industry, as well as his past five years as Chief Commercial Officer at Arsenal, makes him an ideal fit to lead Villa in the increasingly competitive environment of the Barclays Premier League. Chairman Randy Lerner said: "I was delighted and even flattered by Tom's interest in the Villa job. His achievements at Arsenal speak for themselves and, above all, his reputation as a leader and team builder makes him, to my mind, a great fit to take our club forward." Chief Financial Officer Robin Russell said: "I have got to know Tom over five years of Premier League meetings and have come to respect his professionalism and industry knowledge. I am looking forward to working with him." Tom has built an extensive and hugely impressive résumé in the sports-marketing industry over more than 25 years. In addition to opening the NBA's first office in Asia as the Managing Director, Tom has also headed up Sports Marketing for Nike in both Asia and the US and held the same role for PepsiCo's Gatorade brand before he joined Arsenal in 2009. "First of all I would be remiss not to thank everyone at the Arsenal for all their support over the past five years. I consider it a huge privilege to have represented the club and to have helped move it forward," he said. "Aston Villa has always been an important club in English football and it has a long and rich history of success at the top of the game. "The chance to work with Randy, Paul Lambert and Robin to help restore the Club to its rightful place in the Premier League is a challenge I'm really energised by and greatly looking forward to." Edited August 21, 2014 by packoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post a m ole Posted August 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2014 What's his YouTube: Goals | Skills | Assists 2013/2014 (HD) video like? Goals: Increase profitability of Aston Villa through mutually benefitial commercial deals Skills: Sports Marketing Sponsorship Marketing Strategy Brand Management Marketing Strategic Planning Marketing Communications Integrated Marketing Strategic Partnerships Customer Insight Sports Management Assists: Largest kit manufacturer sponsorship deal in British history 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Tom Fox has nothing on Bruce Langham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westholmevillan Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Welcome to VP Tom! First job is to get Vlaar, Delph and Grealish signed up. Make us shitloads of money to spend on the team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Who's Robin? Anyway, very welcome, mr. Fox! If you do a good job you might be the most important "signing" we've done in many a good year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 welcome to this great club tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 This guy has always been a winner. Hopefully he will continue to be so with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 He will presumably be sitting in the director's box, right? A real Fox in the box. Oh God. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I just hope Randy gives Tom everything that is needed to help restore us to our rightful place at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 "The chance to work with Randy, Paul Lambert and Robin to help restore the Club to its rightful place in the Premier League is a challenge I'm really energised by and greatly looking forward to." Not being funny Tom, but most of us hope you wont be working with Randy for long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Good appointment. I reckon we won't see Randy for another year now that he has a new CEO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 You would imagine he is working with Randy to help sell the club to investors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Let hope he works out better than Samir Carruthers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 So can we get new deals sorted or are there still more pressing matters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Getting excited / being happy about a new CEO. Welcome to modern football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarethRDR Posted August 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2014 Confirmed and apparently he applied for the job He wanted to be here? I'm already questioning his judgement. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Who's Robin? Anyway, very welcome, mr. Fox! If you do a good job you might be the most important "signing" we've done in many a good year. Robin Russell who was the CFO, and was standing in as CEO after PF left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Who's Robin? Anyway, very welcome, mr. Fox! If you do a good job you might be the most important "signing" we've done in many a good year. Robin Russell who was the CFO, and was standing in as CEO after PF left. Cheers! I know too little about those in background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Got a feeling this means Randy is going to be around for a couple more years, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsub Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Villa confirms Tom Fox as new chief executive officer Does " Villa confirms" sound wrong to anyone else, shouldn't it be "Villa confirm"? Aston Villa is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Fox as chief executive. Tom's background in the broader sports industry, as well as his past five years as Chief Commercial Officer at Arsenal, makes him an ideal fit to lead Villa in the increasingly competitive environment of the Barclays Premier League. Chairman Randy Lerner said: "I was delighted and even flattered by Tom's interest in the Villa job. His achievements at Arsenal speak for themselves and, above all, his reputation as a leader and team builder makes him, to my mind, a great fit to take our club forward." Chief Financial Officer Robin Russell said: "I have got to know Tom over five years of Premier League meetings and have come to respect his professionalism and industry knowledge. I am looking forward to working with him." Tom has built an extensive and hugely impressive résumé in the sports-marketing industry over more than 25 years. In addition to opening the NBA's first office in Asia as the Managing Director, Tom has also headed up Sports Marketing for Nike in both Asia and the US and held the same role for PepsiCo's Gatorade brand before he joined Arsenal in 2009. "First of all I would be remiss not to thank everyone at the Arsenal for all their support over the past five years. I consider it a huge privilege to have represented the club and to have helped move it forward," he said. "Aston Villa has always been an important club in English football and it has a long and rich history of success at the top of the game. "The chance to work with Randy, Paul Lambert and Robin to help restore the Club to its rightful place in the Premier League is a challenge I'm really energised by and greatly looking forward to." Actually "Villa confirms" is correct - although I must admit it sounds slightly odd. The logic is that Villa and businesses in general are singular i.e. there is only one Aston Villa rather than multiple of them. On that basis "it (i.e. Villa) confirms" is correct - the alternative would be "They (Villa) confirm" which is wrong because "they" means multiple of them - as we know there is only ONE VILLA! Sorry to sound pious but I know this because years ago my old boss corrected a document I'd written and used "They" instead of "It" when referring to a specific company. Another example of incorrect use might be "BCFC are shit" when correctly it should read "BCFC is shit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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