Abi Tierney

Abi tierneyis a British civil servant who, on 16 August 2023, was appointed as the first female chief executive of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). Prior to her appointment by the WRU, Tierney served as Director-General of HM Passport Office and UK Visas and Immigration, a post she had held since February 2020. She was also appointed by the Home Office as their Ethics Adviser in June 2023. Her pre-Civil Service career included the role of Business Development Director at Serco Health and Director of Strategic Leadership at Aberdeen City Council between 2005 and 2009. Quote We don’t have an infinite amount of finances, so we’ve got to prioritise and make choices. Absolutely, at the forefront was the high performance. You could build the best high-performance system from a blank sheet of paper, [but you need to] bear in mind the financial wherewithal to do that [which] is also really critical.” And therefore we believe that if we fund all of the rugby costs, then the clubs are there to invest in fan experience, commercial ticketing, merchandise, sponsorship. They can really put their entrepreneurial spirit, ideas, innovation into that. And that’s a really good mix,” External link Category: living people Category:Entrepreneurs