DAFC - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Mechanical Design Engineer
Drew works as a mechanical design engineer specialising in product design. His clients include multi-national companies such as Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and NCR. Drew lives locally with his family and has been a Pars fan since relocating to Dunfermline in the mid 80's, following the team home and away. He has been on the Board of the Pars Supporters' Trust for a number of years and was appointed Vice-Chair in 2013 before stepping up as Chair at the start of 2017.
Job Titles:
- VICE - CHAIRMAN of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
- Director of Braisby Roofing Ltd
Billy is a Director of Braisby Roofing Ltd and SlateShack and also a founding Trustee of the Mary Leishman Foundation.
He has overseen strategic growth and change within Braisby Roofing Ltd over a nearly 40-year business career and the company is positioned as one of the country's largest and most respected roofing contractors.
Billy is a former Chairman of the Centenary Club and he follows in his father's footsteps joining the main board of DAFC. Billy's father Bill Braisby was a Director and Vice Chairman of the club from 1982-1990.
Craig Easton was his coach at Raith where he played on a Tuesday or Wednesday. At Fife Elite the games were on a Sunday and his coaches there were Grant Petrie and Robert O'Neill.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- CHAIRMAN
- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
David was formerly Chief Commercial Officer at Nottingham Forest FC, where he held that post for nearly five years. Immediately prior to that he held a number of roles including Senior Sponsorship Manager at Etihad Airways; Business Development Manager at Celtic FC; and International Business Development Manager at Everton FC.
David has also obtained an MBA specialising in football industries at the University of Liverpool.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Kit Coordinator
Joe Chalmers was signed by John Hughes on an 18 month long contract from Ayr United on 24th January 2022.
Joe started his career at Celtic Park having come through their youth system from the age of ten to make his debut as an 18 year old when he came on to replace Emilio Izaguirre.
All three of his Celtic appearances were in 2012-2013 season with a start in the Scottish Cup against Arbroath and two appearances off the bench both times against Inverness. He went out on loan to Falkirk before in June 2015 he left Celtic for Motherwell, where he would make 31 appearances before being released by the ‘Well in May 2017, at the end of his contract.
Next Chalmers moved to the Highlands where he played for both Inverness Caley Thistle and Ross County, two clubs where John Hughes also spent time in charge but they were never together. Joe made 96 appearances for Inverness and 20 for Ross County.
Kyle Benedictus joined Dunfermline in June 2022. The 30 year old defender brought with him the experience from 382 previous appearances in Scottish football. Debut versus East Fife in Premier Sports Cup and was appointed club captain by manager James McPake.
Kyle led the Pars to the League One championship in his first season at the club and had he not been shown a red card at Airdrie and suspended for the following match, he would have played every minute of every league match.
Kyle Benedictus made his début for Dundee as a sixteen year old in November 2008 and went on to appear 97 times for the Dee.
A product of Lincraig Boys Club in Dundee, the city of his birth, went out on a month long loan to Montrose in January 2011 making five 5 appearances.
When James McPake joined Dundee from Hibs for season 2014-2015 he displaced Kyle in the first team making it possible for the centre back to go out to Alloa Athletic on a season-long loan deal. There he would make 34 appearances but Alloa finished second bottom of the Championship in 2014-2015 meaning they faced play-offs to avoid relegation. Having not scored all season Benedictus scored twice in the play-offs and Alloa survived.
For the following season Kyle signed for Raith and went on to make 246 appearances for the Rovers. He captained the Stark`s Park side to the League One title under McGlynn in the coronavirus-curtailed 2019-20 season, and also earned two Challenge Cup winners` medals, although he missed last season`s win over Queen of the South in the final due to suspension.
As at 31/05/2023 Kyle had made 43 appearances for Dunfermline, all starts and had scored six goals.
Matty Todd was one of six players who moved up from Fife Elite Football Academy for season 2018-2019.
He became a regular in the first team in 2021-2022 as John Hughes deployed him at right back but it was in midfield that he blossomed starting almost every match under James McPake in 2022-2023 until his season ended early due to appendicitis. He contributed 11 goals in the League One winning season, won the Goal of the Season, was Dunfermline's Young Player of the Year and was also nominated for the PFA Scotland League One Player of the Year.
Nicholas Teller graduated from the University of Birmingham after which he spent over 25 years at German bank "Commerzbank" where he served on the Executive Board of Directors for 5 years. After this Nicholas moved into the shipping industry. He is the Honorary Consul for the UK in Hamburg. Nicholas is a part of the German consortium of investors "DAFC Fussball GmBH" taking a seat on the DAFC Board of Directors.
Rhys Breen joined Dunfermline on 26th July 2021 from Rangers where he came up through their academy.
While 19 years of age Rhys made six appearances for Rangers U20s in the Challenge Cup and last season went out on loan firstly to Partick Thistle and then to Queen of the South. At Queens he made 16 starts including two against Dunfermline, and played the full 90 minutes in 15 of those appearances.
Thomas Meggle is a German former professional Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga player for Hansa Rostock, 1860 Munich and most notably St. Pauli. After his playing career, he managed St. Pauli on two separate occasions after which he became their sporting director. Thomas is a part of the German consortium of investors "DAFC Fussball GmBH" taking a seat on the DAFC Board of Directors as DAFC`s Sporting Director.
Everyone at Dunfermline Athletic FC is saddened to hear of the passing of Walter Logie. ‘Wattie' was a well known face around KDM Group East End Park in his role