WTA CEO Steve Simon. File.
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WTA boss Steve Simon will relinquish his role as CEO however keep on as executive chairman, the governing physique of ladies’s tennis mentioned on December 12 as it introduced an organisational restructure.
Simon has been chairman and chief executive of the WTA for eight years however has come below rising fireplace from the gamers lately, not least over the choice to maintain the season-ending WTA Finals open air within the Mexican resort of Cancun.
The revised construction will separate the roles of chairman and CEO to enable higher give attention to the WTA’s mission and targets, the WTA mentioned in a press release, including that the brand new CEO might be tasked with managing and rising its operations.
“Once the position of CEO has been filled, Simon will assume the role of executive chairman,” the WTA mentioned.
“In this role, Simon will focus on governance, strategic interests of the WTA within the sport, integrity issues and the development of new markets and frontiers for the WTA.”
The governing physique mentioned Simon would additionally proceed to serve as chair of the board of WTA Ventures – a brand new business entity that was fashioned earlier this 12 months.
The hunt for the brand new WTA CEO might be supported by world executive search agency Korn Ferry.
Micky Lawler, who has served as president since 2015, had determined to depart the organisation on the finish of the 12 months to pursue new alternatives.
