Notts County announce new board of directors

Notts County chairman Alan Hardy has confirmed the names that will make up the club's new board of directors.

BT Sport commentator Darren Fletcher is the most high-profile name to take up the role, with Jon Evener, main board director of construction consultancy Gleeds, and Macesport founder and MD Paul Mace also coming on board.

Magpies CEO Jason Turner is also promoted to the board, taking on the role of Football Operations Director, alongside the club's financial director Corrine Rigby and commercial director Amanda Fletcher.

Hardy told the official Notts site: "I am delighted to have put together such a strong team of people who have a diverse and complementary range of football and business skill sets.

"The Board will help in the creation, development and implementation of a wide range of initiatives to meet our short, medium and long-term goals.

"Football is a team game and it is important that we have a committed, enthusiastic and experienced senior group in place dedicated to getting Notts County back to where they belong in the English footballing pyramid.

"Equally importantly, all our Directors have very strong roots, networks and knowledge in the local community which is of the utmost importance in everything we seek to achieve as the premier family-friendly professional football club in our region."

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