RFU Appoints Vaughan As Rwc 2015 Ceo

Paul Vaughan will become the new CEO of England Rugby 2015, the tournament organising company that will deliver the Rugby World Cup.

Vaughan moves across from the Rugby Football Union where he has been business operations director for 10 years.

During his time at the RFU, Vaughan grew its commercial revenues from £43m to £119m and played a major role in creating the commercial partnerships with Compass Group, Marriott Hotels and Virgin Health that underpin the new South Stand development.

Martyn Thomas, chairman of England Rugby 2015 and chairman of the RFU Board, commented: We cast the net wide and saw some impressive and highly experienced candidates but in the end we all agreed that Paul had a unique combination of experience in the rugby market, commercial expertise and leadership skills.’

‘Making the Rugby World Cup a success will require a positive and collaborative relationship with the IRB and with the RFU and it goes without saying Paul has those relationships already in place and has been closely involved in our planning so far so we are already well on our way to delivering an outstanding World Cup,’ he added.

Vaughan will take up his new role from January 2011 but will continue to fulfill his current role at the RFU to ensure an appropriate period of transition through to the middle of the year.

The RFU is looking at how they will replace him and will announce its intentions in early in 2011.

England Rugby 2015 is the wholly owned subsidiary of the RFU tasked with delivering RWC 2015 which will begin in September 2015 and lasts 7 weeks.