Craig Mather (born 1971) is a British businessman and was the

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and chief executive of

Rangers Football Club Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership. Although not its official name, it is often referred to as Glasgow Rangers outside Scotland. The fou ...

Career

Mather joined the club in 2012, shortly after it fell into administration, purchasing a 10% stake for £1 million. In April 2013 he was appointed CEO following the departure of Charles Green, on a salary of £500,000. He left the club in October 2013, citing "incessant attempts to destabilise the operations of the club". He was replaced as CEO by Graham Wallace, COO of

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. He also owns sports management firm Simply Sport Management based in the

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