Change at Tottenham Hotspur is nothing new, especially when Daniel Levy is in charge of matters with the chairman never afraid to shake things up. Here is all you need to know about Scott Munn, who was the club’s chief football officer for just over two years.
Scott Munn’s personal information
Munn was born on 17 February 1947, in Melbourne Australia. He is married with three children and enjoys cycling as a hobby.
Scott Munn’s career so far
Munn has had a long career as a sports executive, starting off as a part of Australia’s organisation committee for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
He then had some success working with the National Rugby League Down Under before taking his first steps in football by joining as the CEO of Melbourne City in 2009.
That is a position that he held for 10 years as the club won multiple Australia Cups during that time and the side have continued to be successful over recent years as a result of the foundation that was laid at the time by the Tottenham cheif.
Then in 2019, Munn joined the City Football Group as the CEO of their China branch, and he had tremendous success in that role, which made him one of the most sought-after executives in football.
His work with the City Group is what attracted the attention of Levy, who secured him as Tottenham’s chief footballing officer in 2020, with the Australian taking over a much broader role than Fabio Paratici, who left his position as the club’s managing director of football months before.
Spurs fans had been long been calling for Daniel Levy to take a step back from footballing decisions, and the Tottenham chairman took a major step towards that when he brought in Scott Munn as the chief football officer in April 2023.
In June 2025, Tottenham sacked Ange Postecoglou as head coach and soon after Munn was also dismissed as part of a overhaul of the club’s operations which began following the appointment of Vinai Venkatesham as the new CEO.
What did Scott Munn’s role at Tottenham involve?
Munn was essentially the number two to Levy at Spurs, with the Australian in charge of all footballing departments at the North London club.
Munn played a key role in the club’s decision to appoint Johan Lange as their technical director.
Speaking about his role in 2023, Munn told Optus Sport: “I look after everything that’s to do with football operations, so whether it’s the technical element through Johan Lange, who is our technical director, or women’s football or the academy led by Simon Davies, through to operations of the training centre.”
Scott Munn on his relationship with Ange Postecoglou
Being fellow Australians, it should come as no surprise to find out that Munn and Ange Postecoglou get along really well.
Speaking in 2024, Munn said about working with Postecoglou: “It’s good. Look we’re Australian so we have the same jokes, we get to watch a bit of the A-League in the morning on Thursdays when we’re in the office, but he’s embraced everything that Spurs is about. He wants success and that is sustained success, so our alignment is completely in lockstep.”
What are Munn’s biggest strengths?
Munn does not only have extensive experience working with sporting franchises as well as governing bodies, but he also has a proven track record of implementing the right youth pathways in the places that he has been.
Munn was tasked with shaking things up at Tottenham which included shaking up and streamlining various departments. He headed up the review. He led the review which resulted in the exit of long-serving head of medicine Geoff Scott in 2024, only for Tottenham’s injury problems to worsen the year after.
When Munn arrived, Daniel Levy said about the appointment (via the club’s official website): “Scott has a unique and broad experience of running sporting organisations at the highest level and will take responsibility for the leadership and management of our football activities to instil best practice both on and off the pitch.”
What Munn had said about working with Daniel Levy
Anyone in Munn’s position needed to be able to manage upwards and to be successful at Tottenham, he would have had to work well with Levy, who is well-known to have a very strong personality.
Tottenham’s chief operator said about working with the Spurs chairman (via Football.London): “Daniel is incredibly invested in the club, personally and professionally, and I don’t think one person has a greater single focus on success for the club than him and I feel absolutely privileged to work with him and the support he gives to me and the entire football team is unconditional. I just hope we’re able to repay the faith he’s put in us.”