THE Football League has appointed Debbie Jevans - the former London 2012 Olympic executive who is now head of the 2015 Rugby World Cup organising committee - as a new independent board member.
A former tennis professional, Jevans was London 2012's director of sport and is the chief executive of England Rugby 2015.
She said: "This is an exciting opportunity to join the board of the Football League, and make a contribution to the governance and direction of football - a sport I have followed, as a fan, for many years."
She joins chairman Greg Clarke and Richard Bowker as independent directors but she is not the league's first female board member - former Tranmere director Lorraine Rogers was on the board for many years.
Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey has also been appointed as a full member of the board.
