Following repeated personal message requests to Katrien Meire on her LinkedIn profile to do so, she has so far (midnight on 5th Jan 2018) refused to remove the Charlton Athletic logo from her main profile picture.
Therefore, a formal complaint has now been logged in the following terms with the LinkedIn administrators citing inaccurate profile information:
The profile holder was, in the opinion of the majority of Charlton Athletic supporters, a deeply unpopular CEO of the above football club for 4 years from 2014 to 31st December 2017. Any internet search or press search will support this statement. Katrien Meire resigned from her post as Charlton Athletic CEO on the 31st December 2017 and has now (from 1st January 2018) taken up a similar role at Sheffield Wednesday FC.
However, Katrien Meire is continuing to use the branded Club logo of Charlton Athletic FC on her main profile picture. Would you please ask her to remove it forthwith as she no longer has any official connection with that club; the profile picture is therefore inaccurate and indeed, I find it offensive in the sense that I would not wish to be reminded on LinkedIn of her association with this Club - one whose history she once dismissed with the words 'I don't care.' (Je m’en fous de l’historie du club’’ - L’Echo, Brussels 29/09/15)
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She is a talking point for sure but it's getting a little too much.
I miss the days when Charlton was just about competitive football...and off field issues were not really that interesting.
She arrogantly sets herself up as this savvy marketing aware all-round business/football guru and contract law genius (I love doing the all the contract work - on Jim White interview) and yet she is too lazy to update her own profile?
She has a vast network of contacts on her profile and endorsements from people all over Europe plus she is a member of several European Linkedin Associations who communicate via on-line media.
I stand by the fact (and I put it as a personal opinion only) that I find it objectionable that Meire is utilising still the branded logo of the Club which I have supported for over 50 years when she knows full well that branding is important in her world (e.g. 'Brand it more, market it more' - Dublin televised webinar 2015).
and its not really good enough to say simply she's gone/move on.
This woman has no place in English football. It's not just somebody else's (in this case Sheff Weds) problem - she is an FA Council member and will be in a position to attempt to shape direction there - so she's not gone has she - she is still capable of inflicting more damage if not directly then indirectly.
Rant over but no I'm not prepared to let things go where Meire is concerned just because her toxic presence is no longer at The Valley.
Guess it would be a dull board otherwise!
I do fear for football when the Sheffield Wednesday owner gives her a similar job.
Also, my LinkedIn profile is 6+ months out of date now and LinkedIn is used relatively commonly in my field.
ffs.
Let’s not fall out over whether someone wants to fire off a few passing shots at her, she’d likely enjoy the thought of that as would those who post on “The site who’s name shall not be mentioned”.
It will slowly but surely slow down to a trickle and as Kevin Nolan said to me a couple of weeks back and I quote........”One day we’ll all look back at this and laugh.”
As I said in a previous post.....The Valley has been toxic for 4 long painful years and needs decontaminating and ASAP, but some folk do feel the need to demonstrate their anger......I can get that.
So let them have their day in the sun if it’s going to make them feel more a part of the Addicks family and maybe a part of the decontamination process as they would see it.......after all, it’s not really doing any harm is it.
@lolway doesn't think the the LinkedIn complaint achieves any purpose and I can understand that in the wider context - certainly given that Meire is no longer at Charlton and any day now (hopefully) the Club will be rid of it's despicable owner and we can all indeed move on to new things.
What I would say is that Katrien Meire was never loathe to get her PR people to conduct regular trawls of Social Media/web sites in order to remove any perceived criticism or inaccurately presented information where she could. Why should Meire not be subject to the same level of scrutiny when she is pedalling incorrect information on a site which is dedicated to the presentation of professional accreditation?
As mentioned in an earlier posting Meire lives and breathes Branding and yet cannot take the time to correct her own profile and is therefore still 'branded' in the LinkedIn community to the Charlton (brand) club.
Any request fro the LI admin to correct her profile would maybe cause a little embarrassment - don't really know - so I guess it is uncertain what is achieved other than an indication to Meire that she is not above the same kind of scrutiny that she likes to deal out to others and will no doubt continue to employ as a tactic in her new role.
Like, I say, final thoughts really - over to you to comment further or put to bed and get to the more pertinent threads on here.
Having said all that, I am with @Uboat above on on this :-)
I also think that there is every reason to suggest she ought to be allowed to start at Sheffield Wednesday with a clean slate. We don't need Owls fans to continue our campaign for us, and she can be judged on what she does. I see she has appointed(ish) their new manager already, and her Dutch is better than the owners, her Thai might be a bit wanting though.
We don't need to forget what she has done, and the sensible approach is to observe Sheffield Wednesday with a kind of informed fascination.