Derek David Llambias (born February 1957) is an English businessman. His career in the entertainment, bread and leisure industry stretches back more than 31 years, most recently as managing director of the exclusive Fifty Club in London.
Newcastle United
Llambias was appointed managing director of
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...
in 2008. In November 2011, it was reported in the ''
Sunday Mirror'' that Llambias publicly criticised former managers of
Newcastle United,
Alan Shearer, and
Kevin Keegan in a Newcastle bar. He resigned as Newcastle's managing director on 19 June 2013.
Rangers F.C.
On 3 November 2014, Llambias was appointed to
Rangers F.C.
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 ...
board as a non-executive director. He was appointed as Rangers' Chief Executive on 19 December 2014. Llambias was removed from the board of Rangers following a landslide victory in the
Extraordinary General Meeting
An extraordinary general meeting, commonly abbreviated as EGM, is a meeting of members of an organisation, shareholders of a company, or employees of an official body that occurs at an irregular time.' The term is usually used where the group wou ...
by
Dave King, Douglas Park, George Letham and George Taylor, on 6 March 2015.
References
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Living people
Newcastle United F.C. directors and chairmen
1957 births