Mark Chapman has joined the board of Brentford Football Club (BFC). Mark, who was elected to the Bees United (BU) board by the Supporters' Trust's members, was unanimously nominated by his fellow BU directors. He joins Donald Kerr and David Merritt as the third BU nominee currently on the BFC board to have been elected by Brentford supporters.

As the Club's majority shareholder - and in line with BU's partnership agreement with Matthew Benham - BU is entitled to appoint representatives to the BFC board. Apart from three BU representatives, the BFC board currently comprises a representative of Matthew Benham; "investor directors" (or their representatives), who have loaned money to the club; Alan Bird as Finance Director; and Greg Dyke as Chairman of the Football Club.

Mark has also taken on the role of independent adjudicator of the football club's Customer Charter for this year, a role which a BU nominee carries out annually. Previously this role was carried out by Jon Gosling, who was a BU representative on the BFC board until February 2009. Our thanks go to Jon for all his work on behalf of Brentford supporters.