Jeremy Peace
| Jeremy Roland Peace | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 August 1956 West Bromwich, England |
| Known for | Owner of West Bromwich Albion F.C. |
| Predecessor | Paul Thompson |
Jeremy Roland Peace (born 13 August 1956 in West Bromwich). Since June 2002 he has been the chairman of West Bromwich Albion F.C., a professional football club in the West Midlands, England.[1]
[edit] Biography
Jeremy Peace was born in 1956 and educated at Shrewsbury School.[2] He worked in accountancy, as a stock broker and in investment banking between 1974 and 1983. Until 1991, he was a major shareholder and director of Morland Securities PLC (later renamed Access Satellite International PLC) and then Sangers Photographics PLC (later renamed Quadrant Group PLC).[3] Since that time, he has operated as a director and/or shareholder in various public limited companies, namely South Country Homes, Thomas Potts, London Town, e-primefinancial, EP&F Capital, Galahad Capital, Camelot Capital and West Bromwich Albion.
He joined the board of West Bromwich Albion as a Non-Executive Director on December 8th, 2000, becoming Chairman in June 2002 following the resignation of Paul Thompson. The Company was taken private in 2005, with him owning a majority shareholding.
When he took the helm at The Hawthorns, the Club had just won promotion to the Premier League for the first time, thus ending a 16-year exile from the top flight. Since then, Albion have gone from strength to strength. Under Peace’s leadership, the Baggies have become renowned for their financial stability and sensible business practice, which has provided a solid platform for the Club to enjoy three further automatic promotions – including their first league title success for 88 years in 2008 - and they have now begun a sixth season in the Premier League. Last term, new head coach Roy Hodgson, who was appointed in February, helped seal a second successive season of top-flight football by steering Albion to 11th place – their highest finish for 28 years.
[edit] References
- ^ Swan, Craig (11 June 2009). "Profile: West Brom chief Jeremy Peace - the man who stands between Celtic and Tony Mowbray". Daily Record. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2009/06/11/profile-west-brom-chief-jeremy-peace-the-man-who-stands-between-celtic-and-tony-mowbray-86908-21431827/. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ Wright, Howard (27 October 2006). "Horse Racing: Former FA chief Coward set to become BHA boss". Racing Post. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Horse+Racing%3A+Former+FA+chief+Coward+set+to+become+BHA+boss-a0153379198. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ "Serial Entrepreneurs". Growth Company Investor. 1 March 2001. http://www.growthcompany.co.uk/features/3607/serial-entrepreneurs.thtml. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
