New Tottenham CEO Vinai Venkatesham has big plans for the club and has three areas of focus to work on with one big change on the agenda.
The former Arsenal man began in his newly-created role last month at Spurs and has already made a positive impact behind the scenes at the club. One of his aims is to make the Premier League outfit more communicative and transparent in the way they act and build a bridge between the hierarchy and the supporters.
Venkatesham played a key role in the hiring of Thomas Frank as the club's new head coach after Ange Postecoglou was sacked. The new chief executive officer forged a strong bond with fan groups on the other side of north London across his years with the Gunners and he has already begun that process at Tottenham. Part of building that relationship came while taking part in a two-hours plus meeting with the club's fans' advisory board last week.
The new CEO introduced himself to the members and explained that he will oversee day-to-day operations and made it clear that the club's aim is to make supporters proud "especially through a desire to create more memorable nights like Bilbao and to compete for trophies consistently".
Venkatesham shared that after joining the club, his three areas of focus are "football, supporters and staff". The minutes of the meeting stated that he "is taking the time to learn as much as possible from staff and supporters. He has already met with supporter representatives since joining the club and committed to attending all FAB meetings and wants to operate on the basis of openness and transparency. He stated that the wider fanbase will continue to hear from the board and senior staff at points throughout the year."
That in itself will be a major change from the previous policy at the club where moments of public communication from the hierarchy were few and far between and it looks like Venkatesham will take on a role as the face of the powers-that-be at Spurs.