Nicholas Higgs is a former businessman and previous chairman of
Bristol Rovers Football Club, and a former Chief Executive of Cowlin Construction, a company now owned by
Balfour Beatty.
Higgs stepped down as Chief Executive of Cowlin following its sale for £52 million in cash to Balfour Beatty in August 2007, at which point he was vice-chairman of Bristol Rovers. He became chairman of the football club twelve months later, in August 2008, when he replaced
Ron Craig
Ron Craig (died 30 November 2009) was the chairman of Bristol Rovers Football Club for sixteen months between April 2007 and August 2008, and spent 23 years on the board of directors.
Craig first joined the board of the football club in 1986, wh ...
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On 19 February 2016, during a press conference to announce the takeover of
Bristol Rovers by the
Jordanian Al-Qadi family, Higgs announced that he would be stepping down as Chairman of the club with immediate effect with his majority shareholding included in the sale. Former
Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe).
The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...
Chairman
Steve Hamer was appointed in his place.
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Living people
English football chairmen and investors
Bristol Rovers F.C. chairmen and investors
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