Aston Villa has announced the appointment of Steven Hollis as club chairman.
Aston Villa has appointed Steven Hollis as the club's chairman.
The club announced Hollis' appointment Thursday, and owner Randy Lerner was delighted with the addition.
"That Aston Villa can and should operate in a far more stable and on a far more successful level, both in terms of football as well as commercially, is plainly clear," Lerner said of the appointment. "It is similarly clear that this great club has not been on stable footing for at least five years. In May of 2015 I again reiterated my intention to sell the club or, in the alternative, to shift to a board governance structure that begins with the appointment of a new chairman; a chairman with a proven track record for getting into the thick of troubled organizations, working with embattled executives and getting results.