Board Members

Michael Jeffries (Chairman)

Michael's background is in major construction and infrastructure projects. He is the Senior Independent Director on the board of De La Rue Plc and Chairman of Wyless Plc, a small specialist business in mobile telecoms. He is also the Chairman of VT Group plc.

Was CEO and subsequently Chairman of support services group W S Atkins Plc from 1995 until he stepped down in January 2005.

David Bernstein

David was the Chairman of Manchester City Football Club for five years, during which time he accumulated vast experience. In particular, he negotiated the Club’s move to its new home at the City of Manchester Stadium and was closely involved in its development as a venue suitable for football.

Alex is currently overseeing the Wembley Stadium project and will look to ensure a smooth handover from stadium constructors Multiplex in early 2007. Alex joined The FA in July 2003 and was promoted to Group Finance Director in April 2006, taking a significant role in supporting the Wembley project.

Prior to joining The FA, Alex trained at Coopers and Lybrand as a Chartered Accountant before moving into the business recovery practice. He then spent two years living in Bangkok working on financial restructuring assignments. After two years in the Far East Alex returned to London to join a Business Regeneration practice, working on a number of business improvement and corporate turnaround assignments.

Roger Maslin

In 1991 Roger was the Finance Director of United Distillers in Mexico and Managing Director of European Duty Free in Hamburg. After the merger, Roger became Integration and Finance Director of the Duty Free Division.

Roger joined WNSL as Finance Director in February 1999 handling the acquisition of the Stadium from Wembley plc. and developing and revising business plans to fund the New Stadium.

Scott Martin

Scott became involved in the Stadium project in 2004 as an advisor to The FA. In 2006 he was given responsibility for managing the relationship with Multiplex, the Stadium's construction company . He worked closely with Managing Director, Alex Horne, in concluding the financial issues with Multiplex and achieving practical completion of the Stadium on 9th March 2007.

Scott is a Chartered Accountant who spent 32 years with Ernst & Young and the last 17 years as a partner specialising in corporate restructuring activities. In 2001, at the request of government, he was appointed one of the Special Railway Administrators of Railtrack plc.

He retired from Ernst & Young shortly after that assignment to set up a specialist consultancy practice to provide commercial support to large corporate organisations.

Brian Barwick

Brian Barwick took up his post as Chief Executive of The Football Association in January 2005. Prior to joining The FA, Brian was ITV’s Controller of Sport for seven years having previously spent 18 years with BBC Sport.

Philip Gartside

Philip qualified as a Management Accountant in 1973. He has been Chairman of Burnden Leisure plc, the parent company of Bolton Wanderers FC, since 2000. He is also the Executive Chairman of Locker Group Pty Limited, an engineering group based in Australia. Philip is an Executive Board Member of The FA, a member of The FA Cup Committee and a Premier League representative with the Football Foundation. He became a director of BWFC in 1989 and Chairman in 1999. Philip joined the WNSL Board in February 2005.