Ogilvie quits Hearts for SFA position

He will relinquish his managing director role at Tynecastle to concentrate solely on driving the administrative side of the game from Hampden Park. Hearts will allow Lithuanian director Vitalijus Vasiliauskas to assume all commercial duties, with Ogilvie's other responsibilities to be delegated around senior staff.

Ogilvie joined Hearts as operations director in 2005 after 27 years as general secretary of Rangers. He became managing director in March 2008 and, as part of his new remit, will remain an unpaid consultant with Hearts until May 2011.

Already a senior vice-president of the SFA, he is due to succeed George Peat as president next year and intends to have implemented much of McLeish's report by then.

"I am both delighted and very proud to have worked with Heart of Midlothian Football Club," said Ogilvie. "It is a club that is an institution in Scotland and is recognised positively worldwide and I am grateful for the opportunity it has offered to me.

"I'd also like to thank the staff, supporters and sponsors for their support in my time at the club. I'd particularly like to thank everyone at the club who has made myself and my family so welcome since my very first day at Tynecastle.

"I am sure, however, that people will understand I have a new challenge ahead which is a task that requires 100 per cent focus."

Hearts director Sergejus Fedotovas lamented the loss of such an experienced figurehead. "The club will seek the best replacement for Campbell in terms of professional skill and personal qualities," he explained.

"Campbell has been a great asset to the club and, while we will be sorry to see him leave Hearts, we fully understand his commitment and desire to improve the game in Scotland.

"We have agreed an ongoing consultancy relationship with Campbell in order that we can still benefit from his wide-ranging football expertise at both domestic and European levels."