article_snippet: But the board will remain remarkably different from the company director structure at the top of other multi-billion-pound businesses.
article_snippet: The three-strong PL version is expected to consist of just Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore and two newly appointed independent directors to be unveiled on Thursday, who will hopefully provide some gender and race diversity.
article_snippet: The formation, which will need a change of PL statutes, is at least a step nearer fit-for-purpose governance than the current two-man board of Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore and Peter McCormick, the interim chairman who is standing down.
article_snippet: PL still regard PL six-times-a-year club summits as board meetings with PL 20 shareholders, despite most of the top-flight foreign owners never bothering to attend.
highlights_snippet: His elevation on Thursday coincides with the appointment of two independent directors .
  