Celtic PLC interim Chairman Brian Wilson has confirmed that the process of recruiting a new club Chairman is ongoing…
The Scottish Champions are expected to continue refreshing the Board in the near future with an a permanent successor to interim chairman Brian Wilson, who has filled in on a temporary basis since Peter Lawwell retired.
Wilson has been in the role throughout 2026 and has attempted to stabilise events at the club but it is clear that there are a number of ongoing issues that will be present unless there are significant changes.
Addressing the situation in Celtic’s annual report, Wilson confirmed further boardroom changes are planned.
“I was asked by colleagues to step into the role of Interim Chairman and have done my best to bring people together in order to maximise the team’s prospects of success and to encourage improvement in areas where we could have been doing better including communication and supporter engagement,” Wilson said.
“This work is ongoing.”
Earlier this month, Celtic confirmed the appointments of Mark Keane and Raymond Buchanan before adding: “This process of refreshing the Board will continue including identification of a successor to myself.”
It confirms Celtic are actively planning another significant change at boardroom level following Lawwell’s departure and Tom Allison’s retirement. It is, however, somewhat concerning that Celtic are yet to resolve this matter.
There has been some wild speculation peddled that the Celtic support are to blame for no one being recruited for the chairmanship.
Perhaps potential candidates are being put off by the strange corporate structure where the CEO and CFO have to ask a non executive director for approval on all significant matters, that non executive director is allowed to appoint managers of his own choosing and when things go wrong can demand access to the club’s official website to post a deranged rant.
Maybe that’s the real reason and it’s got nothing to do with the Celtic fans after all despite claims to the contrary from the Celtic Board Media yesterday.
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