Commercial director behind £100m deal resigns in latest setback to RFU
- Stuart Ramsey to leave next month for role in triathlon
- Chair has also quit and chief executive is under pressure
The Rugby Football Union’s commercial director has resigned in another setback for the beleaguered governing body. Stuart Ramsey, who was instrumental in securing a £100m naming rights deal for Twickenham with Allianz last year and recently agreed a partnership for England teams with Apple, will leave the RFU next month for a new role in triathlon.
Ramsey’s impending departure follows the resignation of the RFU chair, Tom Ilube, last December over an executive pay row with the news coming a few weeks before a special general meeting of the RFU, which will determine the fate of the chief executive, Bill Sweeney.
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