The Directors of the Company and the Watford Association Football Club Limited are:
Graham Taylor (Chairman: Non-Executive)
Laurence Bassini (Non-Executive)
David Fransen (Non-Executive)
Stuart Timperley (Non-Executive)
Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor, who is 66, joined the Board as a non-executive director on 22nd January 2009 and was formerly the manager of the Watford Football Club during the period from 1977 to 1987 and February 1996 to June 2001, together with a significant involvement in international football.
Laurence Bassini
Laurence Bassini, who is 41, joined the Board on 16 August 2011, after having beneficially acquired the whole of the issued share capital of Watford Leisure PLC.
David Fransen
David Fransen, who is 53, joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 13th March 2009. He was brought up in the Northwood area, and is a long time Watford fan, having first watched a game in the late 60′s from the old Shrodell’s stand. He is a senior executive of a global energy trading firm.
Stuart Timperley
Professor Stuart Timperley, who is 67, joined the Board as a non-executive director on 22nd January 2009. He is a founder and director of Stuart Timperley Associates, a company which advises organisations on strategy and capability issues and conducts board and leadership assessments.
He is a former director and chairman of Watford Football Club and a number of other companies, and more recently chairman of Arts Council England in the East, a major funder of Watford Palace Theatre.