Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in EFL League One. Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in Catford during the 1923–24 season, and spent seven years at Selhurst Park and the Boleyn Ground between 1985 and 1992, due to financial issues, and then safety concerns raised by the local council. The club's traditional kit consists of red shirts, white shorts and red socks, and their most commonly used nickname is The Addicks. Charlton share local rivalries with fellow South London clubs Crystal Palace and Millwall.
Power Corporation of Canada is a management and holding company that focuses on financial services in North America, Europe and Asia. Its core holdings are insurance, retirement, wealth management and investment management, including a portfolio of alternative investment platforms.
Michael Steven Ovitz is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was a talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995. Ovitz later served as president of The Walt Disney Company for only 16 months, from October 1995 to January 1997.
Robin Michael Lawrence is an English former football manager, player and football consultant who is non-executive director at EFL League Two side Hartlepool United.
Milan Mandarić is a Serbian-American businessman who has owned a string of businesses and association football clubs, including Portsmouth, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday. He was born near Gospić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and grew up in Novi Sad, Serbia.
The Valley is a 27,111 capacity sports stadium in Charlton, London, England and has been the home of Charlton Athletic Football Club since the 1920s, with a period of exile between 1985 and 1992. It is served by Charlton railway station, which is less than a five-minute walk away from the stadium. An alternative route is the Jubilee line; exiting at North Greenwich, and changing for route 161, 472 and 486 buses, which stop outside the stadium.
Kenneth William Bates is a British businessman, football executive and hotelier. He was involved in the development of Wembley Stadium and is the former owner and chairman of football clubs Chelsea and Leeds United.
Michael Wilde, born on the Wirral, Cheshire in 1952, is a businessman who became Chairman of Southampton Football Club for two periods after the club's relegation from the Premiership, resigning on 2 April 2009, the day after the club's holding company, Southampton Leisure Holdings Plc, went into administration.
Jim Rodwell is the former chairman of Boston United and also a former footballer who played centre-half for the club.
Leslie Arnold Reed is an English football coach and was the manager of Charlton Athletic between 14 November and 24 December 2006. He was technical director of the Football Association between 2002 and 2004. Between April 2010 and November 2018, Reed was Head of Football Development and the Vice-Chairman of Football at Southampton.
Michael James Wallace Ashley is a British retail entrepreneur and chief executive of Frasers Group Plc. He owned the Newcastle United football club between 2007 and 2021. According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2021, Ashley is the 61st richest person in the UK with an estimated net worth of £2.718 billion. In August 2021, Ashley announced that he intended to step down as CEO of Frasers Group Plc in May 2022, but would remain a director of the main Board.
John Ferguson McClelland, CBE, FRSE, FRSA is a Scottish businessman and a former chairman of Rangers F.C.
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Patrick J. Spain is a serial entrepreneur. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of First Stop Health, LLC., a Chicago-based provider of telemedicine services. He is also the Executive Chairman and co-founder of the news curation site Newser. Spain is the former Chairman and CEO Hoover's, which he co-founded; and the founder and former CEO of HighBeam Research. Hoover's was sold to Dun & Bradstreet in 2003, and HighBeam Research was purchased by Cengage Learning in 2008.
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Katrien Meire is a Belgian lawyer. She was formerly the chief executive of Sheffield Wednesday from 2018–2019, and the chief executive of Charlton Athletic from 2014–2017. Her time at Charlton coincided with widespread supporter protests and dissatisfaction and relegation to EFL League One.
Christopher William Farnell is an English solicitor. Farnell owns the Manchester-based legal practice IPS Law. He is a sports lawyer, also working in media and entertainment-related law. Farnell has worked for boxers, international footballers and managers, Premier League and English Football League clubs and European football agents.
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Alan Robert JacksonAASAFCAFCPAFAIMCBIM was an Australian businessman who was the Director of BTR Nylex between 1977 and 1996 and CEO of BTR plc between 1991 and 1996 as well as Chairman of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) between 1995 and 2001. He was also a board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia between 1991 and 2001.
