John Maguire departs Manolo Blahnik for Head of Operational Tech role at Premier League giants Arsenal FC

John Maguire has taken on the role of Head of Operational Technology at Arsenal FC.

He joins from luxury footwear and accessories brand Manolo Blahnik where he served as Head of Systems & IT.

In a LinkedIn post, he said: “After an amazing 3.5 years at Manolo Blahnik  it's time to say goodbye.”

“I’m immensely proud of my time here, transforming the systems and IT landscape, building and leading a consistently high performing team to deliver time after time. Everything we said we'd achieve, we did.”

Spurs

Arsenal’s fiercest rivals are Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Getir, the rapid grocery delivery company that was valued at $12 billion just two years ago, quit the UK recently, and said it was also leaving the US and western Europe.

The Turkey-based company had a three-year training kit sponsorship deal with Spurs, which expired at the end of the last Premier League season.

And according to a report by Sky News, it owed close to £5 million to the club.

This came as Getir tried to access a tranche of agreed funding from major investors Mubadala and G Squared to help facilitate its withdrawal from the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.

It remains unclear if it has the means to settle its debt to Spurs.

Getir and Tottenham Hotspur did not respond to our request for comment.

2024 RTIH INNOVATION AWARDS

Transforming the systems and IT landscape is a key focus area for the sixth edition of the RTIH Innovation Awards, which is now open for entries.

The awards, sponsored by CADS, 3D Cloud, Retail Technology Show 2025, and Business France, celebrate global tech innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

It’s free to enter and you can do so across multiple categories.

Key 2024 dates

Friday, 25th October: Award entry deadline 

Tuesday, 29th October: 2024 shortlist revealed

30th October-6th November: Judging days

Thursday, 21st November: Winners announced at the 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards ceremony, to be held at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London.