Exeter City set to appoint fourth chairman in year
Exeter City are currently one place above the League One relegation places [Shutterstock] Exeter City are set to appoint their fourth chairman in less than a year with Wilf Walsh to head the club's board of directors from May. Walsh is currently chairman of Cricket Scotland and the Racecourse Association as well as being a board member of the British Horseracing Authority. He was chief executive of Carpetright and later the company's holding group Nestware until he retired in 2022, with the carpet firm sponsoring Exeter City's shirts for three years.
The Exeter-born businessman is a season ticket holder at St James Park and is expected to be formally appointed when the board meets on 7 May. Exeter City 'will start next season solvent' - chairman Job cuts at Exeter City as fans give club second loan Pym resigns as Exeter City chairman He will take over from interim chair Laurence Overend who came in last month when Richard Pym resigned after less than four months in the role. Pym took over at the financially-troubled fan-owned club following Nick Hawker's resignation last June .
Exeter have been forced into job cuts and had to go to owners the Exeter City Supporters' Trust for loans of around £600,000 to stay solvent earlier this season after an overspend in the last campaign. Last week, Overend said the club would be solvent for the start of next season although the playing budget is likely to be cut. Also set to join the board in May will be David Lee, who served a similar role between 2013 and 2020.