{"id":809388,"date":"2026-10-21T06:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809388\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T06:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:10:12","slug":"jon-flatman-cardiff-rugby-appoint-barnsley-fc-chief-executive-as-new-ceo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809388\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Flatman: Cardiff Rugby appoint Barnsley FC chief executive as new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There are well-documented challenges, but our commitment to the club and its people is absolute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Taking the club back into private, independent ownership and resolving a long-term future at Cardiff Arms Park are the two major priorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Flatman has worked at Barnsley since 2023, when he joined the Tykes as chief revenue officer before being appointed permanent CEO, after a spell as interim, in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a statement confirming his impending departure, Barnsley chairman Neerav Parekh thanked Flatman for his &#8220;relentless efforts&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Jon will always be welcome back at Oakwell, and we wish him all the luck for the future,&#8221; Parekh added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The process of recruiting a replacement is already under way, and we will communicate any update to our supporters at the earliest opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cardiff have been without a full-time CEO since Richard Holland left the role 18 months ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The club, which is still owned by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), have confirmed that managing director Jamie Muir will continue to lead the company ahead of Flatman&#8217;s arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;There are well-documented challenges, but our commitment to the club and its people is absolute. &#8220;Taking the club&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-809388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}