Hibernian announce departure of chief executive Ben Kensell

Ben Kensell has left his position as chief executive of Hibernian, the club has announced.

Majority shareholders the Gordon family said that the CEO had parted ways after ‘a mutual agreement’ but that he had left the club in a better place after three-and-a-half years at Easter Road.

Kensell joined Hibs from Norwich City, where he had been chief operating officer, and has been credited with increasing commercial revenue and turnover at Hibs, as well as playing a major role in the multi-million pound investment and involvement from Bournemouth owner Bill Foley’s Black Knight group.

A statement from the Gordon family read: “We’d like to thank Ben for all his hard work and leadership over the last three-and-a-half-years, and we will be forever grateful for the support he provided our family after Ron’s passing.

“As a club, we have made positive strides forward under Ben’s guidance, and he will be leaving the club in a better place.

“We’re always looking at the future of the club, and after discussions with Ben, we mutually decided that it was the right time to part ways.

“We wish him nothing but the best moving forward.”

Hibs will now begin the recruitment process for Kensell’s replacement but say that the senior management team will run the day-to-day operations meantime.