NUFC Chairman

Head of NUFC

The Chairman of Newcastle United F.C is the head of the club. The chairman advises his team and the owners to make more deals and bring new things into the club. The current chairman is Yasir Al-Rumayyan since 7 October 2021.

Chairman of Newcastle United FC
Incumbent
Yasir Al-Rumayyan

since 7 October 2021
Style
  • Chairman (informal)
TypeHead of NUFC
Member of
Term lengthLong tenure or at the clubs pleasure or clubs takeover

Yasir Al-Rumayyan has been the chairman since 7 October 2021.

List of chairmen

change
Name From To
George Rutherford 1936 1949
John Lee 1949 1953
Wilf Taylor 1953 1957
William McKeag 1957 1960
Wally Hurford 1960 1963
Lord Westwood 1963 1978
Bob Rutherford 1978 1981
Stan Seymour Jr. 1981 1988
Gordon McKeag 1988 1990
George Forbes 1990 1992
Sir John Hall 1992 1997
Sir Terry Harrison 1997 1998
Freddy Shepherd 1998 2007
Chris Mort 2007 2008
Derek Llambias (Managing Director) 2008 2013
Mike Ashley 2013 2014
Lee Charnley (Managing Director) 2014 2021
Yasir Al-Rumayyan 2021 Present