- Jeremy Peace
Infobox Person
name = Jeremy Roland Peace
birth_date = birth date and age|1956|8|13
birth_place =West Bromwich ,England
resting_place_coordinates =
title = Chairman,West Bromwich Albion F.C.
predecessor = Paul Thompson
successor =Jeremy Roland Peace (born
13 August ,1956 inWest Bromwich ) is an English company director. SinceJune 2002 he has been thechairman ofWest Bromwich Albion F.C. , a professional footballclub in the West Midlands,England .Biography
Jeremy Peace is a chartered accountant by training. Having established himself as a stockbroker he became a specialist in the
Alternative Investment Market , working with companies such as Singer & Friedlander, Morland Securities (later re-named Access Satellite International), and the US-based internet bank e-primefinancial. In2001 he was named as "One to Watch" by market observer Growth Company Investor. [http://www.growthcompany.co.uk/company/articles/CNE/3607/serial-entrepreneurs.thtml]Peace joined the board of West Bromwich Albion in December 2000.cite web |url=http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/staticFiles/32/87/0,,10366~100146,00.pdf
title=Press Release
date=2007-09-17
publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C.
format=pdf
accessdate=2007-10-28] He was elected to the position of chairman in June2002 following the resignation ofPaul Thompson . When Peace took charge of the Albion boardroom, the club had just won promotion to the Premiership after 16 years outside the top flight. He was unable to provide managerGary Megson with the funds to stay up in 2002-03 and quickly fell out with him over transfer policies. Albion were relegated at the end of their first season in the Premier League, but made an immediate return by winning promotion again the following year (2004 ). After a poor start to the 2004-05 season, Megson left in acrimonious circumstances and the board appointed former Albion playerBryan Robson to replace him. The gamble paid off initially, as Albion avoided relegation from the Premiership - although their record was the worst of any team to avoid relegation from the top division: six wins, 16 draws, 16 defeats and 34 points. But Albion failed to build on this success and were relegated again at the end of the following season (2005-06). Many fans blamed Peace for lack of investment in new players during theJanuary transfer window [http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s192/st124863.htm] ; others however have maintained that by erring on the side of caution the board, under Peace's leadership, has ensured that the club remains in sound financial shape. [http://www.birminghampost.net/midlands-birmingham-sport/west-midlands-sports/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2008/06/11/shock-as-jeremy-peace-puts-west-brom-up-for-sale-65233-21057726/]On
18 September 2006 , Bryan Robson left the club "by mutual agreement" after a disappointing start to the season. [cite news
title=Robson and West Brom part company
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/5355924.stm
publisher=BBC Sport
date=2006-09-18
accessdate=2007-10-28] Peace then took some time to consider potential replacements before deciding to approach Hibernian for permission to talk to their manager,Tony Mowbray . Mowbray was confirmed at the new manager on13 October 2006. [cite news
title=Mowbray leaves Hibs for West Brom
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6043410.stm
publisher=BBC Sport
date=2006-10-13
accessdate=2007-10-28]More recently Peace has been under investigation by
FIFA andLord Stevens ' Quest team over a number of issues surrounding transfers back in the summer transfer window 2004 and the use of certain agents that he chose to employ on behalf on the club.In September 2007 Peace acquired additional shares in West Bromwich Albion Holdings Limited, taking his total stake in the company to 50.56%. This triggered a requirement, under the
Takeover Code, for him to make a mandatory cash offer for the remaining shares in both WBA Holdings Ltd and WBA Ltd. [cite news
date=2007-09-17
url=http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1113928,00.html
title=Jeremy Peace statement
publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C.
accessdate=2007-10-28] Peace stressed that he was not actively looking to sell the club. [cite news
date=2007-10-18
url=http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1145238,00.html
title=Peace NOT looking to sell club
publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C.
accessdate=2007-10-28] Peace announced in June 2008 that he was willing to sell his shares in West Bromwich Albion to make way for new investment, but that any proposals must be received by the end of July. [cite news
date=2008-06-13
url=http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1327630,00.html
title=Albion put deadline on investors search
publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C.
accessdate=2008-06-14] When this deadline arrived however, Peace announced that no firm offer had been received and the club would not be sold. [http://www.sundaymercury.net/midlands-sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/west-brom-news/2008/08/05/jeremy-peace-rules-out-west-bromwich-albion-deal-66331-21464038/]References
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