During an impressive professional career to date, Mr Bravo served as Director of Strategy at Real Madrid, leading on both the sport and business fronts at the Bernabéu. He joined the club in 2003 as it embarked on its programme for international expansion, before leaving at the end of 2010.  During his time at Real Madrid, the club won several trophies and continued to lead the world’s football rankings on the business side.

Bravo became Director General at the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence in Qatar in 2011 and has since overseen the growth of Aspire as one of the world’s best football development programmes with network clubs in Qatar, Spain and Belgium.

Speaking about his new role, Ivan Bravo, said:

“Leeds United is a club steeped in prestige with an extremely proud fanbase and I am thrilled to join the Board of Directors. I hope my experience gained across the game will add value for the club and I look forward to working with the ownership, management and the whole team to take Leeds United forward, on and off the pitch.”

Speaking about the appointment of Bravo, Leeds United Co-Owner, Andrea Radrizzani, said:

“On behalf of everybody at Leeds United I would like to welcome Ivan to the club. He brings to the role a wealth of knowledge and expertise gained from leading roles at the very highest levels of the game. I look forward to working closely with Ivan as the club comes together to build on the progress achieved this season.”

Ivan Bravo will replace Feng Ze Yeh on the Leeds United Board of Directors; the six board members now consist of:

Daniel Arty Ivan BravoMassimo Cellino  Niccolo Pio Barattieri di San Pietro Andrea Radrizzani Andre Tegner