Chief executive of Premiership’s table-toppers admits club ‘is not the finished article’ before Sunday’s sell-out against Harlequins
Andrea Pinchen knows she is not everyone’s identikit view of a leading Premiership rugby union figure. “Let’s not beat around the bush,” says Leicester’s chief executive, reflecting on her lesser-spotted status as one of the league’s only two female chief executives. “I think a lot of people looked at me in a strange way. I totally understand why they would have that image because there aren’t that many women in sport at senior level.”
Nor have many other Premiership CEOs, regardless of gender, had to prove their worth in the Middle East, rising through the ranks with Emirates from cabin crew member to become a specialist in aviation security. “I was very much used to working in a male environment, standing up in front of 50 male pilots talking to them about bombs and hijackings. Going into a rugby club wasn’t really that intimidating.”
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