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Board of Directors

Nigel Doughty - Chairman Nigel Doughty succeeded Eric Barnes as Chairman of Nottingham Forest FC in April 2002. A lifelong Forest fan, he was born and brought up in Nottinghamshire and still has a home in the area. Nigel is the club's sole shareholder. Nigel is Chief Executive Officer of Doughty Hanson, Europe's leading private equity manager. .
Mark Arthur - Chief Executive
Mark Arthur has been Chief Executive of Nottingham Forest since 1999. He joined The Reds after spending six successful seasons with Forest's neighbours, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, latterly as their Chief Executive. He is also involved in football administration at a national level as Chairman of the Football League Trust. He is also an FA Councillor and sits on three Committees and in 2009 was elected to UEFA's Fair Play Committee. He has served as a Director of the Football League, Director of Football League Interactive and League Football. Married with two children, Mr Arthur is a keen all-round sportsman who, in 2007, completed a charity cycle ride from Lands End to John O'Groats with a group of friends.
John Pelling- Finance Director
John Pelling joined Forest in December 1998, having worked in Nottingham for 13 years after graduating from Nottingham University. He is also on the Academy board. He is responsible for all financial matters at the Club, providing the Board with cash flow forecasts and advising on operational decisions in the context of the Club's annual budget. He is an avid golfer with an enviable handicap and is married with no children. .
Youth Academy Board of Directors
John Pelling - See above
Nick Marshall
Nick Marshall was the logical choice to replace Paul Hart as Academy Director at The City Ground during the summer of 2001. He had, after all, worked as the Assistant Academy Director for three years and readily made the step-up when Hart was appointed manager. Marshall's appointment was the fulfillment of a long-standing ambition. He gained a Degree in Sports Science from Manchester Metropolitan University and by the time had had graduated, had also clinched his preliminary coaching badge. He now holds both his UEFA 'A' and 'B' coaching badges and worked with Barnsley and Rotherham's young players, as well as those at Leeds before being handed the chance to follow Hart to The City Ground. He says: "I worked part-time for Leeds and count myself as lucky to have had such a good education under Paul's regime." Marshall, who played tennis for Yorkshire as a teenager, is the youngest Academy Director in the country. .
Tim Farr Tim Farr has been a Nottingham Forest supporter all his life and was a shareholder before being appointed as a Director of the Nottingham Forest Academy in 1999. He is also responsible for the club's Customer Charter and chairs regular meetings for supporters and club officials to address supporters' issues. Tim is an arable farmer with a legal and marketing background and a wealth of practical, hands-on experience. As well as his farming activities he is currently chairman of the Severn Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee. Father of three Tim is a keen sportsman, being involved in part-time youth football coaching, plays football, tennis and cricket as well as finding time to do a bit of running. He is also chairman of his local Parish Council.