LEEANN Dempster has insisted that she has no interest in leaving Hibernian to become chief executive at the Scottish FA.

Sport Times revealed earlier this month that the Easter Road boss had emerged as the frontrunner to replace Stewart Regan after the Englishman stepped down from the role.

But Dempster, who was chief executive at Motherwell until moving to hold the same post at Hibs in April 2014, explained to the BBC that she sees her next move outside of Scotland.

"I'm really enjoying life at Hibs," she said. "I love the people that I work with. I really, really enjoy the club."

"It would have to be something pretty enticing and I think at a point in the future that will probably be somewhere else.

"When I was linked to the post a couple of weeks ago. Colleagues in football had nominated me and my name was there. It was nice to be linked with that job and I think it is actually one of the biggest jobs in football, no doubt about it.

"I would not be telling you the truth if I didn't stop and think, 'actually, what would I do here?'

"I did all of those things and then I gave myself a dose of reality and I looked around the life I have here at Hibernian - the people and the club and the enjoyment that I have working here and I really don't think that our job at this club is finished.

"I'm probably halfway through my usefulness here at Hibs. I've been here three-and-half years. Most chief execs have a time span. I'm probably on the back end of my time span to be perfectly honest but the supporters will tell me, I'm sure."