# Football Governance Act 2025, Paragraph 5: Appointments to the Board

Extent: E+W

(1) The Chief Executive Officer is to be appointed by the chair.
(2) The other executive members are to be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer.
(3) Before appointing a person as the Chief Executive Officer, the chair must consult—
(a) the Secretary of State, and
(b) the non-executive members.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/21/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-5
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.