Mal Brannigan – Chief Executive

Mal Brannigan has held senior executive and board positions in all four divisions of English professional football as well as Managing Director positions in both Scottish and Irish football across a 25 year-to-date career.

Mal has previously sat on the commercial and finance working parties of the English Football League (EFL) and was one of the Founding Trustees of the EFL Trust, a charity whose focus - through the network of the EFL’s Club Community Organisations - is on improving health and wellbeing, raising aspirations and realising potential, and building stronger, more cohesive communities.

Mal graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University, in association with VSI, with a master’s degree for Sporting Directors and has also been a Board Director at GreaterSport as well as guest lecturing on a number of post-graduate and master’s degree courses on matters such as leadership, change management, fan engagement and governance.

He has been appointed by Phoenix 2021 Limited to oversee the Club’s day-to-day operations and work with the Club’s management team to drive Wigan Athletic forwards in a new era under new ownership.

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