Soccer-Hoffman appointed Premier League chair

Investment banker Gary Hoffman was appointed chairman of the Premier League on Friday, working with chief executive Richard Masters. The Premier League said in a statement the 59-year-old would take up the role from June 1 after shareholders voted unanimously in favor.

Hoffman, chairman of the Coventry Building Society and Monzo Bank, earlier served notice of his intention to resign as non-executive chair of Hastings Group Holdings before taking up the new role. The former chairman of the Football Foundation, who began his career at Barclays and was a chairman of Visa Europe, succeeds acting chair, Claudia Arney.