REG RUNDLE

Qualifications or experience relevant to Board membership:
A retired Certified Accountant, with a wide range of financial, selling and computer experience covering national organisations, PLC's, charitable organisations and retail operations. A founder member of the Wycombe Wanderers Supporters Trust and currently the Treasurer, I have been a local School Governor for over 15 years and a WWFC Season Ticket Holder since the early 1990's.

Describe in not more than 500 words, your reasons for wishing to become a member of the board of Wycombe Wanderers Football Club PLC and why members should vote for you.
The reason that I joined the original working party, which eventually formed the Supporters Trust, was my concern at the financial state of the Wycombe Wanderers Football Club Limited (by guarantee). The history of the Club since the decision to allow a PLC to take over the running of the Club will be well know to you all. I publicly explained, through the press, my reasons for not agreeing to the change. Since then the Trust as well as the PLC have been formed and the Trust acquired the necessary funds to obtain the 100,000 shares, which entitles the Trust to elect a member to serve on the PLC board. During the last year along with other board members I have been engaged in the plans to merge the Supporters Trust with the Founders Trust. A merged Trust will have two members elected to serve on the PLC board.

Last year I stated that it was my opinion that the PLC has not achieved the financial security promised by the change. It is still struggling to obtain and retain a financial future for the Club. Before the PLC it was obvious that the board members set out their stall to get a PLC without considering a plan B, and it appears little has changed since. This year there is a new Plan A, and it is unlikely that a Plan B is in the pipeline. The announcement of a possible ground change and a "partnership" between the Wycombe District Council, the PLC and Wasps, with only a few months for the supporters to approve is very reminiscent of the earlier manoeuvre. The PLC is still operating at a loss. It is my opinion that no one can consider the current proposal with any clear idea of the outcome. Where is the detailed financial appraisal of all the requirements for the proposed move? Where is the assessment of the benefits to all parties involved? Only by having a PLC director from the Trust who will be prepared to ask questions and to examine proposals for the future development of the financial and playing development of the Football Club will the supporters of the Club have an input to the Club's future and its heritage.

I see the role of a Trust PLC director as representing the Trust in a constructive partnership, with the aim of securing the long-term future of the Football Club, on the playing field and its solvency and stability off the field. My working experiences relate to dealing with finance, new innovations and working with people and are skills I can represent the Trust on the PLC board. To be effective a Trust representative has to earn the respect and credibility of both the Trust and the PLC board and to have the ability to communicate both ways.

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