Collette Roche
{{Short description|British sports administrator}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Collette Roche
| nationality = British
| education = BBA Management with German, Lancaster University
| occupation = Chief Operating Officer
| employer = Manchester United
| office = CEO of Newcastle United
| term_start = June 2025
| succeeding = Darren Eales
| 1blankname = Leaders
| 1namedata = Yasir Al-Rumayyan
Jamie Reuben
}}
Collette Roche is the Chief Operating Officer at Manchester United. She held a number of senior HR positions at large companies before becoming one of the small number of women who hold boardroom roles {{citation needed|date=April 2023}} with Premier League football teams.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43817361|title=Man Utd: Collette Roche to become club's first female chief operating officer|date=19 April 2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=10 October 2018}} In 2018, she was listed by Vogue as one of the 25 "most influential women working in Britain".
Career
Roche grew up in Lancashire, and attended Lancaster University, graduating from BBA Management with German in 1997.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/about-us/alumni/inspirational-alumni/the-skys-the-limit-for-bba-alumna|title=The sky's the limit for BBA alumna|website=lancaster.ac.uk|access-date=10 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2018/04/20/collette-roche-in-line-to-become-highest-placed-woman-in-manchester-uniteds-history/|title=Women in Football - Collette Roche in line to become highest-placed woman in Manchester United's history|website=womeninfootball.co.uk|access-date=10 October 2018}} After her studies, she took up a role in employee relations at Ford Motor Company in Dagenham, as part of the company's HR graduate scheme.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehrdirector.com/hr-interviews/collette-roche-group-hr-transformation-director-manchester-airport-group/|title=Collette Roche {{!}} theHRDIRECTOR - The only magazine dedicated to HR Directors|work=theHRDIRECTOR|access-date=10 October 2018}} In 1999, she moved to Siemens, where she was a HR executive, then in 2002 she became a HR Manager for commercial and international business at United Utilities.{{Cite journal|last=Clarke|first=Jan|date=August 2017|title=The Sky's the Limit|url=https://issuu.com/runwildmedia/docs/cheshire_aug_17/28|journal=The Cheshire Magazine|pages=28–32}} After seven years at United Utilities, Roche joined Manchester Airports Group, holding positions as chief of staff and acting managing director.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/investing-in-britain-series/contributors/|title=Investing in Britain Series|date=8 November 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=10 October 2018|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/19438243-collette-roche|title=Collette Roche: Chief Operating Officer, Manchester United PLC|website=Bloomberg|access-date=10 October 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://getnorth2018.com/business/northern-powerhouse-business-summit/speakers/collette-roche/|title=Collette Roche — Great Exhibition of the North|work=Great Exhibition of the North|access-date=10 October 2018}}
In spring 2018, Roche was appointed Chief Operating Officer at Manchester United.{{Cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-collette-roche-first-woman-chief-operating-officer/|title=Manchester United appoint first ever female chief operating officer|date=18 April 2018|work=inews.co.uk|access-date=10 October 2018}} She is also currently a board member of Northern Powerhouse and a non-executive director at JW Lees Brewery.
Recognition
- 2015: Ranked at 31 in Northwest Business Insider Women 100 list.{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/northwest/144922-new-names-feature-heavily-women-100-list-21-40|title=New names feature heavily in Women 100 List: 21-40|work=Insider Media Ltd|access-date=10 October 2018}}
- 2017: Listed as one of "100 inspirational women from Greater Manchester" by the Manchester Evening News.{{Cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/greater-manchester-100-inspirational-women-12698813|title=100 inspirational women from Greater Manchester|last=Begum|first=Shelina|date=8 March 2017|work=men|access-date=10 October 2018}}
- 2018: Listed as one of the 25 "most influential women working in Britain" in Vogue.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/vogue-25-the-women-shaping-2018|title=The Vogue 25: Meet The Women Shaping 2018|last=Vogue|access-date=10 October 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/topics/topics-7.1213540?article=true&tag_person=Collette+Roche |title=Collette Roche |website=irishtimes.com |access-date=11 October 2018}}
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