Ipswich Town have appointed highly experienced talent scout Peter Braund as their new head of European scouting.
The 60‑year‑old arrives with a wealth of top‑level experience across the Premier League and Bundesliga, further strengthening the club’s expanding recruitment structure.
Braund spent two spells at Manchester United, where he was a Scout during Sir Alex Ferguson regins, working across Denmark, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia.
During that time, he collaborated closely with Mick Court, who was Chief Analyst and now serves as Ipswich’s director of recruitment.
Between his two stints at Old Trafford, Braund was chief scout at Hannover 96, holding the role from January 2007 (06/07) until August 2010 (10/11). He later returned to the German club as a senior scout between April 2024 (23/24) and February 2026 (25/26).
All of Braund’s other roles, including his time with Tottenham Hotspur, AGF Aarhus and Grasshoppers, were standard scouting positions, not chief scout roles.
At Tottenham Hotspur, where he worked from 2017 to 2022 under managers like Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, he was based in Germany and covered Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.
Short‑term spells with AGF Aarhus and Swiss side Grasshoppers followed before he began working with Ipswich at the start of this month.
Braund’s appointment reflects Ipswich’s continued investment in long‑term squad building as they look to strengthen their European reach.
His experience across multiple leagues and markets is expected to play a key role in identifying emerging talent and supporting the club’s wider strategic planning.
Ipswich Town’s recruitment team now boasts a blend of analytical expertise and traditional scouting knowledge, with Braund’s arrival marking another significant step in the club’s evolving structure as they rebuild and expand their scouting department and recruitment postions something the previous owner didn’t do.
