I'm not sure what benefit a connection to the club actually brings, I'd rather have someone who has experience in a club that is run in the right way, that they can bring back here.
Even if it is someone more junior that would be making a step up i.e someone in recruitment or analysis.
First though we should think about exactly what we want the DoF to do. There are many different ways the role has been implemented , with differing levels of responsibility,