Article: De Villiers named ATP's chairman of the board

CHRIS LEHOURITES, AP Sports Writer
AP Worldstream
06-19-2005
Dateline: WIMBLEDON, England
Former Walt Disney Co. executive Etienne de Villiers will take over as the ATP's chairman of the board on Sept. 1.

De Villiers will work alongside a chief executive officer, a position he expects to fill in six to nine months. The two jobs are being filled to replace CEO Mark Miles, who is leaving after 15 years.

Miles will stay on the rest of this year to ease the transition. Flip Galloway, the ATP's chief financial officer since 1989, will work with De Villiers until a new CEO is hired.

De Villiers, a 55-year-old South African, called himself a "sports junkie" and said he was thrilled to be working in ...

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