Gilpin appointed new World Rugby CEO


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 18 Mar 2021

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - World Rugby and the Japan Rugby 2019 Organising Committee hold news conference ahead of knockout matches - Tokyo, Japan - October 15, 2019. World Rugby Tournament Director Alan Gilpin speaks. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo

(Reuters) - World Rugby has appointed interim chief executive Alan Gilpin as its new CEO to replace Brett Gosper, the sport's governing body said on Thursday.

Gilpin, who joined World Rugby in 2014, had previously been the organisation's COO as well as managing director of the Rugby World Cup since 2016.

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