Training Ground Guru Ferreras promoted to Data Analytics Lead by ...

Written by Simon Austin — August 25, 2024

Susana Ferreras has been promoted to Arsenal Data Analytics Lead, managing their Research and Insights team.

“When we were hiring for the position that Mikhail Zhilkin got, we only had two women applicants,” Rudd remembered. “One was Susana. She had won a silver medal for Spain at the Olympics (in basketball). The other was a woman working in Formula One, who had to drop out.

“It was really shocking to see how few female applicants there were. Susana was so impressive that we decided to shuffle things and make a position for her.”

Ferreras has worked as Operations Manager for the Spain Women's basketball team at major competitions since 2011 and helped them win silver in Rio in 2016. The overall boss of Arsenal's data analytics department is the American Chris Dove, whose title is Head of Software and Analytics. He replaced Rudd, who had left to set up her own consultancy, in July 2021.