Brady oversaw West Ham‘s transfer from Upton Park to the London Stadium in 2016, beating off competitors from Tottenham to safe the tenancy, in addition to Declan Rice’s £105m switch to Arsenal.
Throughout this era, the membership additionally achieved European success, reaching the Europa League semi-finals in 2021-22 and profitable the 2022-23 Europa Convention League – their first main trophy since 1980.
West Ham have spent 14 consecutive seasons within the Premier League, however are in peril of relegation to the Championship, sitting simply two factors away from 18th-placed Tottenham with 5 matches to play.
Some West Ham supporters have continuously protested in opposition to Brady and co-owner Sullivan, together with through the 2025-26 season, with on-field performances and dissatisfaction with the stadium amongst their complaints.
West Ham‘s joint-chair Daniel Kretinsky alluded to the opposition to Brady as he praised her work on the membership.
“Her contribution to West Ham United‘s progress, such because the long-term contract for the London Stadium, shareholders transition and the British report switch of Declan Rice, has been completely important and never at all times totally appreciated,” Kretinsky stated.
“Karren can be very extremely appreciated within the Premier League management group and was a superb consultant of our membership there.”
Joint-chair Sullivan, who beforehand owned Birmingham Metropolis and put in Brady as a managing director in 1993 when she was 23, hailed her as an “distinctive chief” and a “key determine within the membership’s improvement”.
