The Professional Game Match Officals has announced that Mike Riley, a longtime Select Group official and Elite group UEFA referee, will be taking over the general manager position from Keith Hackett 1st of September later this year.
From Refworld.com:
“The Board of the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) has appointed Mike Riley as its General Manager Designate. This appointment will take effect from 1 September 2009 with departing General Manager Keith Hackett completing a handover period by January 2010.
The appointment signals the end of an illustrious refereeing career for Riley who has refereed in the Premier League for the past thirteen seasons, officiated in both an FA Cup Final and Carling Cup Final and served as an international referee for eleven years, 7 of those in the Elite Group of Uefa referees.”
