Williamson appointed new Scottish Rugby CEO

Alex Williamson has been recruited arsenic Scottish Rugby's caller main executive.

Williamson, who has a inheritance successful finance and will time off Inspiring Learning, could return up caller his station earlier Christmas but Scottish Rugby whitethorn request to hold until February for him to start.

The assignment brings an extremity to a agelong process that began earlier this year. It was announced successful January that Mark Dodson would beryllium leaving a station he had been successful for 13 years.

Mark Darbon was adjacent to being named Dodson's replacement but changed his mind and took up nan balanced domiciled astatine nan R&A instead, pinch elder figures astatine Murrayfield amazed and upset astatine nan precocious alteration of heart.

Williamson was a elder auditor for Ernst & Young successful nan 1990s past worked for Warner Music arsenic elder business analyst, for patient EMAP arsenic financial controller successful nan northbound eastbound of England earlier holding elder positions successful TUI.

In 2013, he was appointed main executive of nan Goodwood Group, nan elephantine sporting property successful England and aft for 9 years moved to House of Fraser. When Sport Direct’s Mike Ashley bought Frasers, he changed nan guidance squad and Williamson departed successful precocious 2018, conscionable complete a twelvemonth aft he had started.

Since 2019, Williamson has been main executive of Inspiring Learning - nan UK’s largest supplier of escapade camps for children.

Scottish Rugby said successful July they expect to suffer £10.6m this year and Williamson will travel David Nucifora's autumn presence successful an advisory domiciled connected a two-year contract. Nucifora was antecedently Ireland's capacity director.

Scotland play Fiji, world champions South Africa, Portugal and Australia successful November.

Their 5th consecutive location crippled will beryllium against Italy successful February's Six Nations opener successful February.