Leeds United A.F.C. Chairmen
The record of people past and present who have been chairman or on the board of Leeds United A.F.C..
Chairmen
From |
To |
Name |
1919 |
1924 |
J. HILTON Crowther |
1924 |
1931 |
Sir Albert Braithwaite |
1931 |
1933 |
Eric Clarke |
1933 |
1937 |
Alf Masser |
1937 |
1948 |
Ernest Pullan |
1948 |
1961 |
Sam Bolton |
1961 |
1967 |
Harry Reynolds |
1967 |
1968 |
Albert Morris |
1968 |
1972 |
Percy Woodward |
1972 |
1983 |
Manny Cussins |
1983 |
1996 |
Leslie Silver |
1996 |
1997 |
Bill Fotherby |
1997 |
2003 |
Peter Ridsdale |
2003 |
2003 |
Professor John McKenzie |
2003 |
2004 |
Trevor Birch |
2004 |
2005 |
Gerald Krasner |
2005 |
present |
Ken Bates |
Board Members
- J. Hilton Crowther Chairman: from 1919
- Sam Bolton Chairman: until 1961
- Harry Reynolds Chairman: 1961-1968
- Albert Morris Director: 1961-1968, Chairman: 1968
- Alderman Percy Woodward Vice Chairman: until 1968, Chairman: 1968-1974
- John Bromley Director: from 1961
- Sidney Simon Director: from 1961
- Manny Cussins Director: from 1961, Chairman: 1973-1983
- Leslie Silver Chairman: December 1983-April 1996
- Bill Fotherby Director: 1981-1997, Commercial Director: 1987-1988, Managing Director: 1988-1996, Chairman: 1996-19th April 1997
- Peter Ridsdale Director: 1987-17 April 2003, Chairman: 19th April 1997-31 March 2003
- David Spencer Catering Director:July 1994-????, Operations Director: ????-7 March 2003
- Robin Launders Chief Executive Director: 1996-19th April 1997
- Jeremy Fenn Managing Director: 2 August 1996-25 May 1999
- Adam Pearson Commercial Director: 2 August 1996-12 March 2001
- Stephen Harrison Finance Director: February 2000-13 June 2002, Chief Operations Officer: 13 June 2002-29 April 2003
- Richard North Non Executive Director: until 30 December 2002
- Allan Leighton Deputy Chairman: early 2001-4th December 2003
- Neil Holloway Non Executive Director: from 6 January 2003
- Neil Robson Finance Director: 27 June 2003-19 March 2004''
- Professor John McKenzie Non-Executive Director: 5 February 2003-23 December 2003, Chairman: 29 April 2003-23 December 2003
- Trevor Birch Chief Executive: 1 November 2003-19 March 2004
- Gerald Krasner Chairman: 19th March 2004 -25 January 2005
- Melvyn Levi Director: 19th March 2004-21 January 2005
- David Richmond Managing Director: 19th March 2004-12th July 2004
- Melvin Helme Corporate Finance Director: 19th March 2004-21 January 2005
- Simon Morris Director: 19th March 2004-21 January 2005
- Chris Middleton Chief Executive Officer: dates unknown, believed to be 2004
- Peter Lorimer Director: 19th March 2004-04 May 2007
- Shaun Harvey Chief Executive Officer: 6th July 2004-04 May 2007, Director: 04 May 2007-06 July 2007
- Ken Bates Chairman: 21 January 2005-present
- Jayne McGuinness Deputy Chairman: 21 January 2005-04 May 2007
- Yvonne Todd Finance Director: 21 January 2005-04 May 2007
- Mark Taylor Director: 21 January 2005-04 May 2007, Director: 04 May 2007-06 July 2007