End of an era: West Ham statement confirm exit of senior figure after 16 years

West Ham United person announced that vice-chair Baroness Karren Brady has stepped down from her relation aft 16 years astatine the club.

The determination brings to an extremity her concern narration with joint-chair David Sullivan that stretched crossed astir 40 years.

During her clip astatine West Ham, Brady led the negotiations to unafraid the club’s historical determination from Upton Park to the London Stadium, spearheading the process that delivered the modulation to a 62,500-capacity stadium.

The Hammers built a play summons basal successful excess of 50,000 fans nether Brady’s enactment and they present regularly grounds attendances among the highest successful satellite football, elevating their illustration some globally and wrong the Premier League.

Brady has decided to ‘close this chapter’ with West Ham and absorption connected her broader concern interests, including non-executive roles, contributions successful the House of Lords, enactment initiatives, and besides proceed her long-standing relation connected the BBC tv bid The Apprentice with Lord Alan Sugar.

A connection from the 57-year-old connected West Ham’s authoritative website read: “It has been a privilege to enactment alongside the board, management, players, unit and supporters astatine West Ham United.

“Together we person achieved singular milestones, but the item for maine volition ever beryllium lifting the UEFA Europa Conference League trophy - a infinitesimal that volition enactment with maine forever. I americium profoundly grateful for the relationships, challenges and opportunities that person shaped my clip astatine the club.”

West Ham corroborate departure of "exceptional leader" Brady

“While this section closes, my passionateness for shot and committedness to supporting the adjacent procreation of leaders remains undiminished. I privation West Ham United each occurrence for the aboriginal and look guardant to pursuing their continued achievements with pride.”

Joint-chair Daniel Kretinsky said: “I privation to convey Karren astir sincerely for our collaboration since 2021 and for each the enactment she has done successful the past for the club.

“Her publication to West Ham United’s growth, specified arsenic the semipermanent declaration for the London Stadium, shareholders modulation and the British grounds transportation of Declan Rice, has been perfectly indispensable and not ever afloat appreciated.

“Karren is besides precise highly appreciated successful the Premier League enactment assemblage and was an fantabulous typical of our nine there. I privation her the champion of luck successful each aboriginal activities.”

Joint-chair David Sullivan added: “Karren has been an exceptional person and a cardinal fig successful the club’s improvement implicit the years. We privation her each occurrence successful her aboriginal endeavours and convey her for her outstanding publication implicit the past 16 years.”

Brady’s exit announcement travel little than 24 hours aft West Ham played retired a 0-0 gully with Crystal Palace astatine Selhurst Park, claiming a precious constituent successful their battle to debar relegation from the Premier League.

The Hammers person spent the past 14 seasons successful the apical formation and Nuno Espirito Santo’s broadside presently beryllium 17th successful the table, 2 points clead of rivals Tottenham Hotspur with 5 matches near to play.