Marina Granovskaia

Marina Granovskaia (Russian: Марина Грановская; born 13 January 1975)[1][2] is a Russian-Canadian who is currently a director at football club Chelsea.[3] She is responsible for brokering the team's sponsorship deal with Nike, that will fund £60m per year to the club until 2032.[4] She is described as 'The Iron Lady' and she is considered as one of the best club directors in world football.[5] In 2018, Forbes ranked her Number 5 in their "Most Powerful Women in International Sports" list.[6]

Granovskaia in 2016

Professional career

Granovskaia studied in the Foreign Languages Faculty of Moscow State University and graduated in 1997.[3] She started working as Roman Abramovich's PA at his oil company Sibneft in 1997.[3] In 2003, she moved to London, when Abramovich bought Chelsea.[3] In the meantime, she also worked for Millhouse Capital, another company owned by Abramovich.[7] She later became involved in transfers and contractual dealings for Chelsea.[3] Her task of managing transfers sometimes put her at odds with managers who had their own ideas of whom to sell or buy during the transfer window.[8] Granovskaia became the representative of the owner at the club in 2010, then she joined the board of Chelsea in June 2013.[3] She was later promoted to chief executive of Chelsea in 2014.[9] According to The Times, her promotion made her the "most powerful woman in football."[10]

References
  1. "Chelsea FC's Marina Granovskaia: the most powerful woman in football". de24.news. 25 July 2020.
  2. "Chelsea-boss er så skræmmende, at flere ikke tør udtale sig om hende". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 19 July 2020.
  3. "Marina Granovskaia". ChelseaFC.com. Chelsea FC. 18 January 2018.
  4. "Chelsea confirm huge £60m-a-year deal with Nike until 2032". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. "Chelsea's Iron Lady Marina Granovskaia lays down law on transfers". The Telegraph. 7 June 2015.
  6. Alana Glass (27 March 2018). "The Most Powerful Women In International Sports 2018". Forbes.
  7. "Forget Jose Mourinho. Is Marina Granovskaia the real 'Special One' at Chelsea?". The Telegraph. 14 June 2013.
  8. Benjamin Newman "Why Marina Granovskaia & Antonio Conte’s relationship at Chelsea is over" 101 Great Goals, 26 January 2018
  9. "Football's First Lady". Evening Standard. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2017 – via EBSCOhost.
  10. Hughes, Matt (23 October 2014). "Abramovich's leading lady set to run Chelsea's off-field operations". The Times. Retrieved 20 September 2017 – via EBSCOhost.
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