Jeremy Derek "Jez" Moxey (born 19 April 1963) is an English who is the

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Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

. He has previously occupied significant posts with

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

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and

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...

Career

Moxey, a basketball player in his youth, ran a sports marketing business, a basketball franchise, spent five years as general manager of

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

, and worked with Rangers, before his appointment as chief executive of

in 1995. He was responsible for the construction of and move to the

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in 1997, and led the negotiations which saw an Icelandic consortium purchase a controlling interest in the club. Moxey joined

as chief executive and, by extension, a director of the club in June 2000, roles he held until 2016. During his time at the club they were twice promoted to the

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but never sustained that position for more than three seasons. Moxey was very unpopular with Wolves fans, with a vocal majority citing his reluctance to open the purse strings as a factor in Wolves' lack of impact in the Premier League. Moxey acknowledged that the club had under-invested in the 2003–04 season, yet went on to make the same mistakes on their next promotion in 2009-10 and the subsequent two seasons. He was also widely derided for trying to placate displaced season ticket holders in a crunch match against arch rivals West Bromwich Albion with his risible "Pie & Pint" offer. This also earned him the nickname - alongside his large frame - "The Pie Man" amongst the fans of the club. From 2010 to 2012 Moxey was a member of the FA Council as one of the division's representatives. Moxey formally left his post with Wolves on 5 August 2016, shortly after Wolves was acquired by new owners

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, having spent 16 years and two months with the club. In November 2015, Jez Moxey was voted FC Business CEO of the Year for the Championship at the 4th annual Football Business Awards. On 27 July 2016 Moxey was announced as the new chief executive of

On 2 February 2017, Moxey left his role with

, after a reported breakdown in relations between Moxey and Norwich City major shareholder

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. Moxey was announced as the new

on 3 July 2017. Burton Albion was relegated from the EFL Championship at the end of the 2017–18 EFL Championship, Moxey's first season as Burton's CEO, meaning that Moxey lost his position as Championship representative on the EFL board, a post he had held since 2015 when still CEO at Wolves. Moxey and his American-born wife Babette have four children.

References

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