Arsenal have promoted Omar Shaikh to the newly created role of Chief Revenue Officer as part of the club’s commercial restructure following the departure of Chief Commercial Officer Juliet Slot.
Shaikh’s appointment comes with “an expanded remit across the club’s revenue-generating functions, including partnerships, ventures, commercial venue and retail operations”. He will also join the Executive Team led by Chief Executive Officer Richard Garlick.
Shaikh joined Arsenal from Liverpool in 2023 and worked closely with Slot, who recruited him to the club. She endorsed his appointment in a farewell message shared on LinkedIn yesterday:
“Updating my LinkedIn post today after nearly 5 years at Arsenal, and on the day Omar Shaikh who I recruited over 3 years ago, has today become the first CRO for Arsenal is a big day for me, and him.
“Firstly to congratulate Omar for his promotion, well deserved and one that fills me with huge pride. It is always great to leave a position and know that someone internally has the chance to take on a significant part of your role. We all worked together on our plan and Omar was a huge part of delivering our record revenues in partnerships.
“Omar is supported commercially with two incredible Directors Hannah Chick (retail) and Tom McCann (venue) who will work brilliantly together alongside the rest of his partnerships and ventures team to continue to drive revenue for Arsenal.”
It was revealed in July that Slot would step down after almost five years at the Emirates, a period during which Arsenal’s commercial income doubled.
During her final months at the club, she oversaw a series of partnership renewals with brands including Cadbury, Google Pixel and Hotels.com. Arsenal also extended its long-standing relationship with Emirates, the club’s principal partner and shirt sponsor.
Arsenal Executive Team
Richard Garlick – Chief Executive Officer
Karen Smart – Chief Operating Officer
Omar Shaikh – Chief Revenue Officer
Kate Laurens – Chief Communications Officer
Liz Bonelli – Chief People Officer
Adrian Thompson – Chief Technology Officer
Stuart Wisely – Chief Financial Officer
James King – Director of Football Operations
Svenja Geissmar – General Counsel
Club Secretary – Zayna Perkins
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Arsenal Directors
Stanley Kroenke – Co-Chair
Josh Kroenke – Co-Chair
Lord Harris of Peckham – Director
Kelly Blaha – Non-Executive Director
Otto Maly – Non-Executive Director
Dave Steiner – Non-Executive Director
Ben Winston – Non-Executive Director