Roman Abramovich's right-hand woman today became the only ever female to be appointed to Chelsea's executive board.Marina Granovskaia took up the influential role today after years of being a key player behind the scenes.
Granovskaia is now in the top five of a small select group of women who hold powerful positions within the world of football - joining the likes of Karren Brady and Carolyn Radford.
Her role at the club has been expanding in recent years and she has been attending board meetings in an unofficial capacity since 2010, as well as acting as a transfer broker.
She has also been spotted at the training ground and speaks to senior players to canvass their opinion on key issues.
Her appointment to the Chelsea board will not change the way things operate at Stamford Bridge, merely formalise the structure.
Granovskaia has been playing a de facto chief of staff role to Abramovich across many of his business interests. She was once described as arguably the most powerful presence at the club.
The Russian-Canadian has been employed by Abramovich for 17 years, and will now become one of the most highly-placed women working in English football.
She started out working for his Sibneft oil company after graduating from Moscow State University in 1997 and will now join chairman Bruce Buck, CEO Ron Gourlay, and director Eugene Tenenbaum.
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