Fraser (2016–2018) Edward Sturing (interim) (2018) Leonid Slutsky (2018–2019) Joseph Oosting (interim) (2019) Edward Sturing (interim) (2020) Thomas Letsch (2020–2022) Phillip Cocu (2022–) Board and staff Corporate hierarchy Management hierarchy Owners After Karel Aalbers left, the financial situation for the club became dire. This downfall almost led Vitesse into bankruptcy in 2008, as they were not able to pay back loans given by their sponsor AFAB Geldservice B.V. Eventually the club arranged a deal that saw AFAB's owner, Maasbert Schouten, gain 100% of Vitesse's shares. Schouten immediately expressed his intent to sell the club, which opened the window for Merab Jordania to buy Vitesse. When Jordania, a former Dinamo Tbilisi player and owner, bought the team in 2010, Vitesse became the first Dutch club in history with a foreign owner. In 2013, Russian businessman Alexander Tsjigirinski bought the club from Jordania. In May 2018 a new acquisition took place at Vitesse. Valeriy Oyf became the new majority shareholder of Vitesse. The Russian oligarch, who was part of the Board of Directors of Vitesse from 2016, took over the shares of Tsjigirinski. Chairmen The first chairman was Frans Dezentjé. Willem Hesselink was chairman of the club from 1917 to 1922 and was appointed honorary chairman in 1962. Although Vitesse's coaches have come from all over Europe, the club's chairmen have been mostly Dutch, with Merab Jordania and Yevgeny Merkel as the only exceptions. The name of Karel Aalbers is inseparably linked to Vitesse. Although a club's success is never the work of a single man, nonetheless, the former chairman's part in the sportive and professional growth of Vitesse may be labelled as truly exceptional. Karel Aalbers handled the chairman's gavel from 1984 to 2000. Frans Dezentjé, 1982 Dick Couvéé, 1892–1993 Siegfried Leopold, 1893 Fons Donkers, 1893–1895 Chris Engelberts, 1895–1909 Johan Caderius van Veen, 1902–1906 Lodewijk Suringa, 1906–1908 Jan F. Keppel Hesselink, 1908–1909 Wim Hupkes, 1909–1916 Daniel Brondgeest, 1916 Willem Hesselink, 1916–22 Lex Staal, 1922–1924 Jan Holtus, 1924–1929 Wim Hupkes, 1929–1936 Henk Herberts, 1936–1947 Jan Bosloper, 1947–1949 Herbert Mogendorff, 1949–1951 Henk Hoolboom, 1951–1955 Henk Lammers, 1955–1963 Henk Herberts, 1963 Coen Winters, 1963–1965 Herbert Mogendorff, 1965 Herman Ribbink, 1965–1967 Gerard Veerkamp, 1967–1969 Arnold van der Louw, 1969–1974 Eef van Amerongen, 1974–1979 Piet Bodewes, 1979–1982 Bob Treffers, 1982–1984 Karel Aalbers, 1984–2000 Jan Konings, 2000 Jos Vaessen, 2000–2003 Kees Bakker, 2003–2004 Henk Ramautar, 2004–2008 Kees Bakker, 2008–2009 Maasbert Schouten, 2009–2010 Merab Jordania, 2010–2013 Bert Roetert,