The Welsh Rugby Union has appointed Richard Collier-Keywood, the former global vice-chair of PricewaterhouseCoopers, as its first independent chair.
Collier-Keywood will be joined on the WRU board by another independent non-executive director in Alison Thorne, the former chair of leading equality charity Chwarae Teg.
It has been a turbulent year for Welsh rugby, with an external taskforce led by Dame Anne Rafferty investigating the governing body's culture following allegations of misogyny and sexism, while player wages and playing budgets at all four regions are being slashed. After Welsh rugby's member clubs voted in favour of historic change to the WRU's governance at an extraordinary general meeting in Port Talbot in March, they will hope these appointments can help rebuild Welsh rugby.
