Patrick Stewart has been appointed to the Manchester United plc Board of Directors. Patrick is the Company's Chief Legal Officer /General Counsel and has been with Manchester United since 2006. He is responsible for managing all of the Company's legal and regulatory affairs as well as its relationships with football stakeholders.

Having been nominated by the European Club Association, Patrick was appointed as an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland in 2018. Prior to joining the Company, he worked for two leading UK commercial law firms and TEAM Marketing AG, the Swiss sports marketing agency responsible for selling the commercial rights to the UEFA Champions League. Patrick studied at the University of Glasgow and the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany) and received a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Degree in 1994, before qualifying as a solicitor in 1997.