Jeremy Peace
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Jeremy Roland Peace. Since June 2002 he has been the chairman of West Bromwich Albion F.C.
, a professional football
club
in the West Midlands
, England
.
. 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). 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.
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
, a professional football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club
Club
A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.- History...
in the West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Biography
Jeremy Peace was born in 1956 and educated at Shrewsbury SchoolShrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged 13 to 18, founded by Royal Charter in 1552. The present campus to which the school moved in 1882 is located on the banks of the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England...
. He worked in accountancy
Accountancy
Accountancy is the process of communicating financial information about a business entity to users such as shareholders and managers. The communication is generally in the form of financial statements that show in money terms the economic resources under the control of management; the art lies in...
, as a stock broker
Stock broker
A stock broker or stockbroker is a regulated professional broker who buys and sells shares and other securities through market makers or Agency Only Firms on behalf of investors...
and in investment banking
Investment banking
An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities...
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). 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 Hawthorns
The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, Sandwell, England, with a capacity of 26,484. It has been the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club. The ground was the last Football League ground to be built in the...
, 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.