Nigel Howe (born 7 April 1958) is a British property developer, and former CEO and now property projects manager at

Reading Football Club Reading Football Club ( ) is a professional football club based in Reading, Berkshire, England. The team play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is managed by Paul Ince. Reading are nicknamed ...

, who compete in

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, the third level of the English football league system. The majority of Howe's career was in property management before joining

John Madejski Sir John Robert Madejski, (; born Robert John Hurst; 28 April 1941) is an English businessman, with commercial interests spanning property, broadcast media, hotels, restaurants, publishing and football. He changed his name when his stepfather, ...

in 1995 when he took over as chief executive of Reading F.C. Howe led the redevelopment of both the club's Madejski Stadium and its business management, and is also a non-executive director of a number of other businesses in which

has invested including the BenhamGoodhead Print Group, Sackville Properties and the Ark Group. He is also a non-executive director of the Clearview Traffic Group. In January 2024, Howe, who had been asked by owner Dai Yongge to oversee the club's sale, said eight parties were interested in buying Reading but any sale would take at least two months to complete.

Family

Howe is the nephew of former England and

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Don Howe. His son Teddy Howe made his first appearance for Reading against Birmingham City on 5 May 2019.

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Living people 1958 births People from Reading, Berkshire Chairmen of Reading F.C. English chief executives British sports executives and administrators {{England-business-bio-stub