Jeremy Roland Peace (born 13 August 1956) is a British businessman, and the former chairman and owner of
West Bromwich Albion F.C
West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional Association football, football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English foo ...
, a professional
football
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club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
in the
West Midlands
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Etymology
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, England.
Biography
Jeremy Peace was born 13 August 1956 in
West Bromwich
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and educated at
Shrewsbury School
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Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by Royal Charter, it was originally a boarding school for boys; girls have been admitted into the ...
. He worked in
accountancy
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, as a stockbroker and in
investment banking
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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 of Sangers Photographics PLC (later renamed Quadrant Group PLC).
Since that time, Peace has been a director and/or shareholder in various
public limited companies
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, namely South Country Homes, Thomas Potts, London Town, e-primefinancial, EP&F Capital, Galahad Capital, Camelot Capital and formerly
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...
West Bromwich Albion
Peace joined the board of West Bromwich Albion as a
non-executive director
A non-executive director (abbreviated to non-exec, NED or NXD), independent director or external director is a member of the board of directors of a corporation, such as a company, cooperative or non-government organization, but not a member of the ...
on 8 December 2000, and became chairman in June 2002, following the resignation of Paul Thompson. The Company was taken private in 2005, with him owning a majority shareholding.
On 31 May 2013, Peace transferred his 59.9 per cent shareholding in West Bromwich Albion Group Limited to a new company, West Bromwich Albion Holdings Limited. Peace was the sole director of West Bromwich Albion Holdings Limited and owned 100% of the new company.
[ The Companies House return for West Bromwich Albion Holdings Limited dated 10 June 2015 shows that whilst Peace owned 100% of the Ordinary Share Capital, a new class of "A" Ordinary Shares has been created. Kappa Limited owns 12500 of these shares, and is the sole shareholder in this class.
In 2013, the '']Daily Express
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'' reported that Peace "runs the club with a rod of iron. Any manager has to accept the title of ‘head coach’ and be prepared to slot into the way Peace does things."
In August 2016 Peace finalised a deal with Chinese businessman Guochuan Lai
Lai Guochuan (; born 1974) is a Chinese businessman and investor, and the majority shareholder and chairman of Championship football club West Bromwich Albion.
Lai is the controlling shareholder and director of private investment firm Yunyi Guo ...
to sell West Bromwich Albion F.C
West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional Association football, football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English foo ...
for a figure believed to be in the region of £150m to £200m. Peace's role as chairman was taken up by former Blackburn Rovers F.C
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional association football, football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewo ...
chairman John Williams
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. However Peace agreed to stay at Albion for the 2016/17 Premier League season, in an advisory capacity.[Chapman, Joseph (5 August 2016) http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-brom-takeover-jeremy-peace-11707884]
References
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1956 births
Living people
People from West Bromwich
English football chairmen and investors
West Bromwich Albion F.C.