Everton have announced the appointments of three more key members of the Club's leadership structure, confirming reports that Nick Cox, James Smith, Nick Hammond and Chris Howarth have joined.

In a press release, the Blues confirmed:

"Everton can confirm four appointments as part of the Club’s evolution of its football leadership structure.

"In line with the vision mapped out in May by CEO Angus Kinnear, the Club has moved away from a Director of Football model in favour of a football leadership team made up of specialists in technical development, football operations, talent ID, data analytics and player trading.

"Following a comprehensive recruitment process, the Club has appointed Nick Cox as Technical Director, James Smith as Director of Scouting and Recruitment, Chris Howarth to direct the Club's football strategy & analytics operations and Nick Hammond to lead the Club's player trading activity.

"The quartet will work alongside the Club’s CEO in supporting men’s senior team manager David Moyes, and women’s senior team manager Brian Sørensen to deliver on-pitch success, whilst also ensuring the Club’s football operations, youth development and talent ID pathways are working to their optimum."

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1  John Raftery
20/06/2025    19:05:26

We have come a long way in the six months since the expediency of Charlie Adam’s appointment as set piece coach. These new appointments are very encouraging especially as the people seem to have been specifically targeted by our new regime. They strongly support the notion we will see greater professionalism in the running of the club from a playing standpoint.

For some years it felt as though we had fallen behind other clubs in the analysis and use of data. The Friedkin Group has certainly made a statement not only recruiting Chris Howarth but also buying the company he founded, Insight Sport. Previously they had contracts with several clubs including Arsenal, Wolfsburg and Montpelier. Their expertise should give the club a step up in terms of the quality of support for the manager, recruitment and so on.

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