New MD

[rondeco]

LFC APPOINTS MANAGING DIRECTOR

Paul Eaton 22 June 2009

Liverpool FC Co-Chairmen, George Gillett and Tom Hicks, today announced the appointment of Christian Purslow as Managing Director of the Club.

Christian Purslow will assume overall management of the Club until the appointment of a new Chief Executive, and will then continue as a Board Director. As Managing Director, Purslow will represent the owners and oversee all financial and operational aspects of the Club, working with Rafa Benitez on player transfers and with the Club's Group Chief Financial Officer, Philip Nash and Commercial Director, Ian Ayre on Club and commercial management.

 

George Gillett said: "Tom and I felt that it was important to put a highly experienced and respected executive in place to run the Club and support the senior team and the Manager. There's a lot to get done over the summer to build on the great season we just had and Christian will be a valuable addition to the team."

 

Tom Hicks added: "Christian has been a great supporter of the Club for many years and he's already built up good relationships at Anfield. His strategic and commercial acumen will be a real asset and we're delighted that he has made a long term commitment to the Club."

 

Christian Purslow, 45, a long time Liverpool season ticket holder, is an Executive Board member of MidOcean Partners, a private equity firm which he co-founded. He was previously a director of Morgan Grenfell Private Equity. Prior to his private equity career Purslow was Head of Media, Cable and Entertainment for Schroder Salomon Smith Barney in Europe and head of UK Mergers and Acquisitions for Credit Suisse First Boston. Purslow is a fluent Spanish speaker, has a modern Languages degree from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

 

Executive search firm Odgers Berndtson is conducting the CEO recruitment process and an appointment will be made in due course.

 

 

From the offal

[hamstrung]

What a disgrace/brilliant appointment.

[danielo]

What a disgrace/brilliant appointment.

 

Should be a poll!

[jackofdk]

What a disgrace/brilliant appointment.

 

Haha, my thoughts exactly! I have absolutely no idea if this is good, bad or something in between.

[ATXRED]

I've never heard of any of his previous employers.

[Ian Sea]

That's a brilliant job for a season ticket holder. I bet he thinks it's Christmas.

[Bourbon]

I've never heard of any of his previous employers.

 

I gave up reading that mini CV halfway through.

 

Football truly is dead, deep down; ever thought it would be us to think we now NEED to be bought out by some mad arab sheik, never mind shudder at just the thought.

 

To think we used to have principles.

[Bourbon]

I've never heard of any of his previous employers.

 

I gave up reading that mini CV halfway through.

 

Football truly is dead, deep down; never thought it would be us to think we now NEED to be bought out by some mad arab sheik, never mind shudder at just the thought.

 

To think we used to have principles.

[The Bugged Out]

private equity firms = asset strippers

[Hermes]

Should be a poll!

 

Yeah, they've taken every other job in this country.

[Anubis]

I've heard of Morgan Grenfell, but my initial reaction was - who? As for not hearing about asset strippers - they don't want you to know who they are.

[dennis tooth]

A Jew? Well you know how they like to watch the pennies. That's not racist as the Jews are not a race but a religion so being an Atheist I am afforded a little bigotry towards a religion. Good how things are twisted in this world, I can criticise Muslims and Christians and it is somehow not racist but criticising Jews is racist? Any how, good appointment for the purpose it serves and better than that easy going typical Christian walkover that was Parry. Perhaps to prove our commitment to religious equality we should appoint a fanatical Muslim next who will refuse to negotiate with anyone. God bless stereotypes, there must be more to life.

[silverlining]

What a disgrace/brilliant appointment.

 

Ahahahahahaha!

[silverlining]

I gave up reading that mini CV halfway through.

 

Football truly is dead, deep down; never thought it would be us to think we now NEED to be bought out by some mad arab sheik, never mind shudder at just the thought.

 

To think we used to have principles.

 

Who would you have appointed MD?

 

Badge Man?

[Red-Ed]

Apparently he had a role in Torres signing his latest contract, is mates with Daglish and gets on with both yanks.

 

He's also on good terms with RBS.

 

On that basis its a sound appointment.

[Lucky Pierre]

Who would you have appointed MD?

 

Badge Man?

Owen Brown's the man for the job.

[Lucky Pierre]

Apparently he had a role in Torres signing his latest contract, is mates with Daglish and gets on with both yanks.

 

He's also on good terms with RBS.

 

On that basis its a sound appointment.

He's a Yes man then?

[AndMjaa]

 

I can sense the Hugh Grant-factor!

[Red-Ed]

He's a Yes man then?

 

On that basis yes, lets just hope he can get Johnson, Silva and a few others to say 'Yes' as well.

[ToxtethTerror]

He could turn out brilliant, an equities man who loves the club - seems sensible enough. The fact that it is interim leads me to believe a new CEO will be appointed by new investors/owners.

[Anubis]

He looks fucking evil in that photograph, like he's considering ripping your liver out.

[torahboy]

He looks fucking evil in that photograph, like he's considering ripping your liver out.

 

.......and eating it with a nice chianti.......buy only after he has compared the prices of other chianti in all licenced outlets throughout the wine retail field.

[OmarVizquel]

A Jew? Well you know how they like to watch the pennies. That's not racist as the Jews are not a race but a religion so being an Atheist I am afforded a little bigotry towards a religion. Good how things are twisted in this world, I can criticise Muslims and Christians and it is somehow not racist but criticising Jews is racist? Any how, good appointment for the purpose it serves and better than that easy going typical Christian walkover that was Parry. Perhaps to prove our commitment to religious equality we should appoint a fanatical Muslim next who will refuse to negotiate with anyone. God bless stereotypes, there must be more to life.

 

What the hell is this.

[Lucky Pierre]

What the hell is this.

Random preaching.

[torahboy]

A Jew?

 

A Jew and a Christian?