High profile Hull businessman Paul Sewell OBE has been appointed chair of rugby league side Hull KR.
The Sewell Group leader, who heads a prominent cluster of companies covering construction, estates management and retail, is described as bringing new levels of expertise to prepare the club for “lift off”.
He will work alongside chief executive Paul Lakin and owner Neil Hudgell at the East Hull club where his company recently took on Craven Park stadium naming rights.