David Baldwin is an English

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executive who served as CEO of the

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between June and December 2020. In October 2022 he became Managing Director of

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

Career

Baldwin played football for the youth team of

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

. He was appointed to the role of CEO of the

in December 2019, replacing Shaun Harvey, and officially began on 17 June 2020. He previously held executive roles at

and

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

. Whilst at Burnley, in December 2018 he was nominated for the Premier League CEO of the Year at the Football Business awards. On 12 October 2020 it was announced that Baldwin would step down from his role with the EFL in six months time. He was replaced by Trevor Birch, who began his job on 1 January 2021. Baldwin is also part owner of the

RIASA The Richmond International Academic and Soccer Academy (RIASA) is an association football academy based in Leeds, England which was founded in 2010. History RIASA was founded in 2010 and is based at Leeds Beckett University's Headingley campus. It ...

football academy in Leeds, alongside founder Mark Ellis. In October 2022 he became Managing Director of

, having worked for the club as a Strategic Advisor since May 2022.

References

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