Vivienne has over 20 years of experience working across public, not-for-profit and commercial sectors working at a senior level as a Management Consultant/Business Advisor, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist. She wears many hats incuding Director/Advisor to the CEO of the Global Sport Digital Platform for Futsal called E-Sports Inc Ltd, Chair of the Footballer’s Anti-Discrimination Disciplinary Panel for the FA, Sport Resolutions’ Panel Member of Arbitration and Mediation and Non-Executive Director of Football at the London FA portfolio includes Chairing Women and Girls Advisory Group and the Inclusion Advisory Group. Also an Advisor (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and Senior Leadership team. A mentor for young people and women in leadership, a public speaker, judge for events and experience of sitting on numerous committees.

Phil is one of the longest serving and highly respected CEO’s in the game having served 24 years at Crystal Palace FC. Phil is also a member of the FA Council, representing the Premier League and sits on the FA’s Professional Game Board.

In his past he played professional football for Norwich City and was the placekicker for the London Monarchs American Football team, winning the World Bowl at Wembley in 1991.

Paul Barber joined the board of Brighton & Hove Albion FC as Chief Executive in June 2012.

Previously, Paul became the first British football executive to lead a team in to Major League Soccer when Vancouver Whitecaps FC entered the league in March 2011. He joined the Vancouver Whitecaps from Tottenham Hotspur FC, where he was the Club’s Executive Director for 5 years.

In addition to 25 years working in professional football, Paul has held senior positions in major international companies such as Barclays Bank PLC, where he was a member of the retail board, Ogilvy & Mather, the US-based advertising and communications group, where he was Chief Executive for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Abbey National PLC, now part of Santander, the Spanish banking group.

Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale, MBE, is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Everton Football Club. Having previously held the roles of Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, Professor Barrett-Baxendale was appointed CEO in June 2018 and immediately outlined her ambitions for Everton, alongside a strategic vision of how a newly-created Leadership Team would deliver the Club’s long-term goals on and off the field.

Since that time, she has steered the Club through the global coronavirus pandemic, overseen its ambitious new stadium development plans, restructured the leadership of Everton Women, led a move to new Club headquarters inside Liverpool’s iconic Royal Liver Building, and been appointed to an Advisory Panel, chaired by Tracey Crouch MP, that has provided expert advice to the Government’s fan-led review of football governance.

Having initially joined Everton in January 2010, Denise’s first role at the Club saw her transform Everton in the Community into what is now globally-recognised as a leader among football club community projects, delivering more than 40 programmes for all ages and tackling a range of social issues from mental health, disability and dementia, to education, employability and homelessness.

Awarded an MBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for ‘services to the Merseyside community’ in 2014, Denise continues to demonstrate her leadership in this area. In March 2020, Everton and Everton in the Community became the first football club to launch a coordinated outreach and engagement campaign, Blue Family, to support the most vulnerable, socially-isolated and at-risk members of the community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. By the end of its first year, the initiative had supported 32,000 vulnerable people and provided more than 265,000 meals to schoolchildren, participants and people in need across Liverpool.

Away from Everton, Denise is a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Merseyside, Chair of the Transport Commission aiming to bring a new high-speed rail station to Liverpool, and a member of the Sport for Humanity Faith and Sport Leaders Council, a working advisory committee which supports the work of the international Sport for Humanity Foundation. She is also a member of a national steering group, the C-19 Business Pledge – a role that saw her provide guidance to business owners during the COVID-19 crisis.

Recognition for her contribution to Everton, football and the community has led to Denise receiving a Fellowship from Liverpool Hope University’s Business School and an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University. She is also a patron of Liverpool’s St Vincent’s School for the Blind and a fellow of Angela Hall at Liverpool Hope University.

Previously, Denise served as a Board member for Sport England and Deputy Chair to the Liverpool Commonwealth Games Advisory Board, acted as a Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairperson of British Canoeing, and chaired Liverpool’s successful bid to host the Special Olympics Great Britain National Summer Games 2021.

Richard was appointed Chief Executive of the League Managers Association in January 2008. Richard is a prominent character in the world of sport and business with a strong track record of devising and achieving strategic visions, implementing long-term business plans and growing sports organisations nationally and internationally across different cultures.

He joined the Professional Cricketers’ Association in 1996 & became Chief Executive in 2001 to 2007, developing the profile and business of the organisation to becoming a major player in world of cricket. Richard was also a founding Director of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations.

Richard has been a Trustee of the Team England Player Partnership since 2002 which provides contractual, financial, commercial representation to all England Cricket players. He also represents the LMA as a member of the Professional Players’ Federation, the umbrella body for all players’ associations.

Richard was also appointed Chairman of The board of The Caribbean Premier Cricket League (CPL) in November 2013. Within two years the CPL has been confirmed as the number one sports event in the Caribbean, second only to the IPL in International T20 Cricket. CPL has an economic impact in the Caribbean of US167m.

Paul Barber joined the board of Brighton & Hove Albion FC as Chief Executive in June 2012.

Previously, Paul became the first British football executive to lead a team in to Major League Soccer when Vancouver Whitecaps FC entered the league in March 2011. He joined the Vancouver Whitecaps from Tottenham Hotspur FC, where he was the Club’s Executive Director for 5 years.

In addition to 25 years working in professional football, Paul has held senior positions in major international companies such as Barclays Bank PLC, where he was a member of the retail board, Ogilvy & Mather, the US-based advertising and communications group, where he was Chief Executive for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Abbey National PLC, now part of Santander, the Spanish banking group.

Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale, MBE, is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Everton Football Club. Having previously held the roles of Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, Professor Barrett-Baxendale was appointed CEO in June 2018 and immediately outlined her ambitions for Everton, alongside a strategic vision of how a newly-created Leadership Team would deliver the Club’s long-term goals on and off the field.

Since that time, she has steered the Club through the global coronavirus pandemic, overseen its ambitious new stadium development plans, restructured the leadership of Everton Women, led a move to new Club headquarters inside Liverpool’s iconic Royal Liver Building, and been appointed to an Advisory Panel, chaired by Tracey Crouch MP, that has provided expert advice to the Government’s fan-led review of football governance.

Having initially joined Everton in January 2010, Denise’s first role at the Club saw her transform Everton in the Community into what is now globally-recognised as a leader among football club community projects, delivering more than 40 programmes for all ages and tackling a range of social issues from mental health, disability and dementia, to education, employability and homelessness.

Awarded an MBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for ‘services to the Merseyside community’ in 2014, Denise continues to demonstrate her leadership in this area. In March 2020, Everton and Everton in the Community became the first football club to launch a coordinated outreach and engagement campaign, Blue Family, to support the most vulnerable, socially-isolated and at-risk members of the community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. By the end of its first year, the initiative had supported 32,000 vulnerable people and provided more than 265,000 meals to schoolchildren, participants and people in need across Liverpool.

Away from Everton, Denise is a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Merseyside, Chair of the Transport Commission aiming to bring a new high-speed rail station to Liverpool, and a member of the Sport for Humanity Faith and Sport Leaders Council, a working advisory committee which supports the work of the international Sport for Humanity Foundation. She is also a member of a national steering group, the C-19 Business Pledge – a role that saw her provide guidance to business owners during the COVID-19 crisis.

Recognition for her contribution to Everton, football and the community has led to Denise receiving a Fellowship from Liverpool Hope University’s Business School and an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University. She is also a patron of Liverpool’s St Vincent’s School for the Blind and a fellow of Angela Hall at Liverpool Hope University.

Previously, Denise served as a Board member for Sport England and Deputy Chair to the Liverpool Commonwealth Games Advisory Board, acted as a Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairperson of British Canoeing, and chaired Liverpool’s successful bid to host the Special Olympics Great Britain National Summer Games 2021.