By Russell Steele
MORTON Club Together has been strengthened with the election of two new directors.
Graham McLennan and Ronnie Millar have both joined the board following a recent vote of members, with the results announced at the MCT annual general meeting which was held at Cappielow on Thursday 7 November.
Graham, who founded MCT back in 2019, is returning as a director having previously served on the board before stepping down last year.
Ronnie is a former police officer who had a 30-year career in the force before retiring in 2009. He then worked with the Scottish Court Service in an administrative capacity. Ronnie was a member of the Save the Ton committee which worked to keep Morton afloat during administration in 2001.
The pair will be joined on the freshly-bolstered board by George Wall and Jon Keen, who also won the endorsement of members in the vote. George was co-opted as a director after the last AGM and he was required to stand for election, while Jon had served the two-year term for which he was elected and had to stand for re-election.
Jon, George, Graham and Ronnie will work alongside existing board colleague Tom Tracey as MCT enters a new phase of its development, including the establishment of the new Operational Team.
Graham said: "I am thankful to fellow members supporting me to serve again on the MCT board and I promise I will do my very best. There's a lot of urgent work to be done and an amazing opportunity ahead for us and our community, but we need to grab it.
"It's also great that so many members have already joined the new MCT Operational Team. We have started moving ahead in anticipation of what all members tell us are their priorities and ambitions for MCT, the club and our community.
"Once we have that crucial information it's full steam ahead with all MCT members at the helm and the ops team our powerful engine.
"Everyone is welcome to join Morton Club Together and if you care about Morton and our community, MCT is absolutely the place to be. People power is incredibly strong and together we can achieve things that would otherwise seem impossible."
Ronnie added: "I look forward to playing my part in strengthening the relationship between the GMFC and MCT boards and, by working together, ensuring that Morton remains a key part of the Inverclyde community and hopefully makes a return to the top of Scottish football.”
The additions to the board follow the recent resignations of Brian Gillan and Scott Gillan, who have been thanked by MCT directors and members for all of their efforts during their terms.