The core aims of the Trust include securing supporters' representation and widening share ownership amongst Rangers fans. The Rangers Supporters' Trust is therefore pleased to announce that it has today put forward the name of it's Chairman, Malcolm McNiven, to be appointed to the Board of Rangers Football Club. ??Mr McNiven's nomination comes at the end of a lengthy series of discussions between representatives of the Trust and club chairman Sir David Murray and Chief Executive Martin Bain, on supporter representation and all key aspects of the relationship between the club and the supporters.
During these negotiations it was felt it might be helpful to the process of democratisation if an additional director was appointed to the RFC Board, with the remit that includes considering the electoral mechanism best suited to giving a fair representation to all members of the Rangers Family.
Mr McNiven's nomination was unanimously agreed at a meeting of the Board of the Supporters' Trust on 8 August. Mr McNiven accepted the nomination and pledged that he would take forward the Trust's ideals, with an initial objective of helping develop a sustainable system of supporters' representation at the club.
Mr McNiven said: "I view this as a great opportunity to develop and improve the relationship between the club and the support base, and open channels for constructive dialogue on what the supporters believe are meaningful issues"
NOTE: Malcolm McNiven, aged 34, is a prominent figure in the Glasgow financial community and Finance Director of Direct Sharedeal Limited, a fast growing brokerage business with offices throughout the UK. Malcolm has been Chair of the Trust for 2 years and involved since its inception in April 2003.
The Rangers Supporters' Trust is the fastest growing supporters' Trust in the UK and the leading organisation for Rangers fans, open to all on a 'one person one vote' basis. The Trust has already created thousands of new shareholders in Rangers FC, and through its innovative 'GerSave' scheme will shortly make its first sizeable investment in the club. The Trust AGM takes place in Glasgow on 1 September 2007.