Wrexham Part Ways With Chief Executive Michael Williamson
Wrexham have lost their chief executive, Michael Williamson, and director Shaun Harvey has returned to run the club as acting chief executive. The club announced the change on 6 November, and the football did not wait for the paperwork to settle.
Less than 24 hours after the news, Wrexham drew 1-1 with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were in the stands, as they often are. BBC Sport reported that the departure came only weeks after Williamson had become a major figure at the club.
Williamson arrived from Inter Milan, and had also worked at DC United and Miami FC. He was appointed Wrexham's chief executive 34 days after the club sealed promotion to League One with a 6-0 win over Forest Green Rovers. In his first year, the number of staff rose from 255 to 313. He was also a key figure in the building of the new £69m Kop Stand at the Racecourse Ground, the stand behind one of the goals, and he helped create the club's academy base at Darland High School. That work led to the academy receiving an EFL category three licence, the league's rating for youth development. In November 2025 he was named Football Industry Leader of the Year at the inaugural Global Football Industry Awards.
The club's finances grew quickly too. Wrexham are expected to report turnover, the total money a club takes in, of between £46m and £50m for the year ending June 2026. That compares with a club-record £33.3m in 2024-25. Wrexham also finished seventh in the 2025-26 season, their highest-ever finish.
The transfer window is where Williamson's role became most visible. Shaun Harvey stepped back from day-to-day operations in early July, and Williamson took a prominent part in the club's transfer dealings. Former Newcastle United chief Steve Nickson was appointed to a newly created sporting director role, but did not start until after the summer window had closed. Wrexham were the last of the 24 Championship clubs to make a signing that window. Callum O'Hare and Joe Worrall arrived on deadline day, two of the club's seven senior summer recruits. Only Danny Imray and Ben Whiteman had joined before the League Cup opener against Middlesbrough on 7 August.
Wrexham were also fined £75,000, with £25,000 of that suspended, after the EFL ruled that Issa Kabore and Callum O'Hare were ineligible to play in matches against Birmingham City and Millwall.
For supporters, the next question is who runs the club's day-to-day business while Harvey is in charge on an acting basis. The club has not yet named a permanent replacement, and nothing has been said about where the football operation goes from here. What is clear is that the Racecourse Ground crowd will be watching closely, and that the team's results will carry on regardless.
