Board and Executive

Mark Attanasio was appointed to the club’s board of directors in September 2022 and became majority shareholder in October 2024.

Attanasio is an American businessman and the chairman and principal owner of the Milwaukee Brewers Major League Baseball team. Over the course of Attanasio’s tenure, the Brewers have been one of baseball’s most competitive teams.

Attanasio has also been an accomplished investment management executive for more than 35 years. He is co-founder and managing partner of Crescent Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based asset management firm that also has a long-standing presence in the UK and Europe.

Delia Smith was Norwich City's joint majority shareholder, alongside her husband, Michael Wynn Jones until October 2024, when she stepped down and was made honorary life president.

Delia made her name as a cookery writer, author and television personality, and joined the Board of the Canaries in 1996. Her influence not only helped stabilise the then precarious financial predicament the club found itself in, but also to develop off-field revenue streams, such as Canary Catering, to help the finances further.

A long-time Norwich City supporter before her official involvement with the club, Delia attends most of City's matches - home and away throughout the season.

Michael Wynn Jones is an honorary life president along with his wife, Delia Smith. He has worked as an editor on several magazines, including Mirror Magazine and The Spectator, and is the author of a number of books of biography and social history. He was the founder and chairman of New Crane Publishing Ltd, which produced the Sainsbury’s Magazine among others.

A passionate supporter since 1953, Michael still rarely misses a match, home or away.

Lifelong City fan Thomas Smith, who joined the Board at Norwich City in January 2016, watched his first Norwich match at the old Den in 1989.

Tom has spent much of his career in the Civil Service in the UK and abroad, working in a variety of roles at the Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He currently holds a leadership role with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities where he is responsible for developing organisational capability and culture, and for delivering aspects of wider Civil Service reform.

Tom is a passionate supporter and Trustee of City’s Community Sports Foundation, and was a vocal supporter of fundraising efforts for The Nest. Tom is also the club's nominated Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion and Board Safeguarding Lead. He is a certified member of the Institute of Directors.

Tom lives in Norwich with his wife, Alice, and young son, Charlie - both regular attendees at Carrow Road.

Zoe has worked in the football industry for over 20 years. She has a background in football regulation and player transfers and has gained a broad level of experience working at clubs including Liverpool and Fulham as well as several years with the Premier League.

Zoe is part of an executive committee that oversees the day to day running of the football club. Along with managing various areas of the club's business, one of her key areas of focus is to ensure that everyone across the club is working towards the same vision and strategy. Zoe is also a Trustee of the club's Charity, the Community Sports Foundation.

Richard Ressler was appointed to the Norwich City board in October 2024.

He is the founder and president of Orchard Capital Corp. and co-founder and principal of CIM Group.

Ben Knapper joined Norwich City as sporting director following the departure of Stuart Webber in November 2023. He joined the club from Premier League side Arsenal, where he was based for 14 years in a variety of strategic positions in the club’s analysis, scouting and football operations functions.

His most recent role was loan and pathway manager, where he was responsible for identifying the most beneficial loan opportunities for Arsenal’s development squad players, whilst helping to develop their best emerging talent.

Prior to his time with the Gunners, Knapper graduated from the University of Hull with a degree in Sports Coaching and Performance and in 2007 was appointed analyst of Scunthorpe United. He has also completed a Masters in Sporting Directorship at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Anthony Richens joined Norwich City as Finance Director in July 2020, having spent five years at Stadium MK Group, where he had held the position of Group Finance Director. His role in Milton Keynes saw him oversee all financial activity at Stadium MK including the Doubletree by Hilton hotel and MK Dons Football Club.

Anthony gained his Chartered qualification with top-20 firm MacIntyre Hudson LLP and, prior to joining MK Dons, spent three years at Deloitte LLP with clients in various industries including sport and leisure. He leads all aspects of the club's finance and technology strategy, working alongside the Executive Committee and Board to ensure long-term financial stability.

James joined Norwich City in July 2023. He trained and qualified as a solicitor with Fieldfisher in London, before moving to specialist sports law firm Onside Law, where he spent six-and-a-half years working with clients throughout the sports industry, in particular within football, rugby and cricket, including international federations, national governing bodies, clubs, athletes, agencies and other businesses in the sports sector.

James is responsible for the club's legal function, as well being executive lead for HR, safeguarding, supporter engagement and CSR. He is also Company Secretary, senior safeguarding lead and a trustee of the Community Sports Foundation.

Greg has worked in the football industry for over 10 years, joining Norwich City in December 2019. Prior to this, he served in the British Army for 27 years which included many exercises and tours of duty in Iraq, Cyprus, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Sweden, India, Gibraltar, Kenya and Canada.

Greg is head of infrastructure and projects which involves the management of the grounds, security, maintenance, cleaning and health and safety departments that maintain, manage and implement projects at all club sites including Carrow Road, Avant Training Centre and The Hub.