Meet the people running your club
The Board of Directors
The Club is run by a seven man Board of Directors:
Geoff Brown
Scotland’s longest-serving club Chairman, Geoff began his working career as a time-served joiner who began his own construction company back in 1970 which has grown to be one of Scotland’s leading independent house builders.
Always a keen St Johnstone fan and someone who was involved in running youth football teams, he accepted the opportunity to become involved with Saints when, in 1986, the Club found itself in serious financial trouble and close to the foot of the entire Scottish Football League structure.
Geoff spearheaded a new Board of Directors and masterminded the club’s ground-breaking move from Muirton Park to McDiarmid Park – Scotland’s first purpose-built all-seated football stadium.
A former Vice-President of the Scottish Football League, Geoff has successfully battled prostrate cancer in the past and away from football has a passion, as an owner, for race horses.
Stewart Duff
The Club’s Managing Director, Stewart played football at junior level with Luncarty FC while pursuing a career in banking.
When long-serving secretary George Bell retired from his post Geoff Brown was quick to appoint Stewart as the new club secretary, and after a spell as a Director, Stewart was then appointed Managing Director as he joined the club on a full-time basis.
Well respected as one of Scottish footballer’s most experienced and leading football club administrators.
Douglas McIntyre
Well-respected local businessman Dougie was one of Geoff Brown’s earliest appointments to the Board when he took over thje club in 1986 and it was in February 1987 that Dougie was appointed a Director, a position he has held ever since. In the intervening years he has overseen a range of important roles for the club, notably with regard to various social club premises.
Steve Brown
One of Chairman Geoff Brown’s three sons, Steve is a time served electrician who formed his own electrical company which carried out work for the family construction company as well as work for a wide range of other clients.
Steve is Managing Director of GS Brown Construction and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2004.
A life-long Saints fan Steve is also a well-travelled member of the Tartan Army.
Steve Park
Steve was invited by the Chairman to join the Board of Directors in April 2004.
Delighted to be part of the team, Steve's duties include looking after the day to day ongoing maintenance programme of the stadium.
Perth born Steve also heads up local firm Park Plumbing & Heating.
Stan Harris
Born and brought up in Perth, Stan is a life-long Saints fan and is reliably informed that his first game was as a three year old at Brockville watching Saints beat Falkirk
His favourite Saints moment was at McDiarmid Park when we played Airdrie in basking sunshine at the end of spring in 1990 on our way to clinching promotion.
Stan says “Everything about that day was just right. There have been bigger days such as our first foray into Europe and our more recent European journeys as well, and I suppose you could say drawing 3-3 with Monaco at McDiarmid was another memorable occasion but the Airdrie game just pips it for me in terms of excitement and entertainment.”
It was in April 2006 that Chairman Geoff Brown invited Stan onto the Board of Directors and Stan recalls Geoff saying at the time “This club has been here 124 years and we are just custodians for the next generation so we have to take good care of it”.
Married with 3 children (all Saintees) Stan’s day job is as Managing Director for a couple of companies Linde East (London area) and Linde Scotland. Linde are the largest manufacturer of forklift trucks in Europe and based out of Perth’s twin town Aschaffenburg in Germany.
Abby Ramsay
Abby’s involvement with the club goes back to 1987 when he took up a role as a turnstile operator and within weeks he was helping with cash handling on match days at Muirton Park and organising the turnstile operators - a match day role he retains to this day.
A Director of the Club since 2004, Abby -who works for the Bank of Scotland - says his favourite memories of Saints revolve around the UEFA Cup ties against Hamburg in 1971 and AS Monaco in 1999.
St Johnstone FC is very much a seven day a week operation. Of course, the main purpose of everything done at the club is to provide Perthshire with a successful football team but the activities which contribute towards that are many and varied. The staff below play a wide range of roles in the running of the club are are ably supported by many others who all play their part in the running of the club.
Other key personnel (in alphabetical order)
Violet Bell
Accountant
Violet joined the club in 1997 and her main responsibility is the club accounts. However, like the other girls in the Ticket office, the club's Super Saints Lotto and the various aspect of football ticketing come under her remit.
Carole Dunn
Receptionist
Carole is the first point of contact for most people visiting McDiarmid Park and has been with the club since 2001.
As well as duties in and around reception, Carole is responsible for the booking system for the club’s busy synthetic playing surface facility.
Karin Ferguson
Personal Assistant
Karin has been with the club since 1994 and works closely with Managing Director Stewart Duff with regards to the day to day running of the club.
Graeme Gillon
Catering Manager
Graeme joined the club in 2007 following previous experience in the Perth hotel and pub trade and is responsible for the team of full and part-time people who ensure that the Club’s catering operation runs smoothly. These activities include the vitally important business meetings, social events and – of course – the Club’s renowned Match Day Hospitality.
Peter Livingston
Lotto Administrator
The Club’s Weekly Lotto is a long-running, much-admired operation with a host of agents across Perth and Kinross. The Lotto brings in vitally important revenue and following a career in insurance Peter – who, as an Edinburgh man, admits that his football supporting loyalties lie with the green and white half of the Capital city– began his involvement with the club in 2006 and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the weekly draw and for generating new agents and customers.
Carol Malcolm
Ticket Office Administrator
Carol joined the club in 1997 and assists Violet with certain aspects of the club's accounting system, together with the paperwork for the Super Saints Lotto and football ticketing
Hannah Mitchell
Marketing Executive
The income from non-footballing activities at McDiarmid Park is hugely important to St Johnstone – a highly significant proportion of the Club’s income comes from business meetings and social events – and together with Sales & Marketing Executive Paul Smith,
Hannah is responsible for maintaining these income streams and generating new ones.
Perth-born Hannah joined the club in 2006 having completed a BA (Hons) Degree in Communication and Mass Media at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Yvonne Rose 
Payroll Administrator
Yvonne joined Saints in 2007 and is in charge of the club's payroll activities. However, as with everything at McDiarmid Park, it is very much a team effort in the Ticket Office, and Yvonne has regular involvment with aspects of the Super Saints Weekly Lotto and football ticketing.
Phil Scott
Head Chef
The Club has always enjoyed an enviable reputation for the quality of food it provides at McDiarmid Park and when Phil joined the Club in 2004 from Gleneagles Hotel he set about not only maintaining those standards but improving them and he has been successful in that aim.
A scratch golfer, Phil and his small team of kitchen staff are responsible for the preparation of a wide range of food including sandwiches and scones at funeral receptions, working business lunches, the Club’s popular public lunch restaurant, dinner menus for the wide range of social events held at the stadium and of course for the hugely popular Match Day Hospitality packages which, on a busy day, can see upwards of 180 four and five course meals provided.
Chris Smith
Stadium Manager
The McDiarmid Park playing surface is one of the largest in Scottish football and Chris, together with colleague Steve Ponsonby, is responsible for maintaining the surface which sees not just St Johnstone matches played on it but a wide range of representative games including all the SFA’s Women’s football activities of which McDiarmid Park is the official home.
Of course, there is a whole lot more to Chris and Steve’s job than just tending the pitch. Chris, who joined in the club in 2004 from Gleneagles Golf Course, is responsible for looking after a couple of the Club’s training surfaces together with the huge amount of maintenance that is required in a well-used seven day a week stadium operation.
Paul Smith
Sales & Marketing Executive
Paul has been involved with the Club since 1984 and in a voluntary capacity held a variety of roles including programme editor, club shop manager and archivist.
Paul ended a 22 year association with Royal Mail to join Saints on a full-time basis in April 2004 and the majority of his role involves the generation of income from both football and non-footballing sources and he works with Hannah and Susan to ensure that these possibilities are maximised.
Paul’s other responsibilities includes the club website, match programme and general public relations opportunities.
Dougie Tait
Following retirement from the Royal Bank of Scotland after 35 years of service Dougie joined Saints on a part-time basis in 1999 and is reponsible for a number of important elements of the club's administration, notably procurement.
A former junior footballer Dougie recalls the team of the 'Ormond era' with particular fondness.
Susan Weir
Sales Executive
Susan joined Saints in 2001, adding the football club to her impressive list of previous sales roles, and during her time at McDiarmid Park she has built up a great relationship with a host of local and national businesses who choose to get involved with advertising, sponsorship or hospitality with the club.
Known to many supporters as the wife of former club captain Jim Weir (currently Manager of Montrose), Susan took one year a way from the club during 2006 to pursue her interest in art, managing a private art gallery, but returned to the club where she continues to bring in hugely important football revenue to the club.
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