Andrew Pettit (born March 1968) is an English businessman who is current football chairman and joint majority shareholder of Grimsby Town.
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| Born | Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
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Early life
editPettit attended Hereford School as a boy, and was the first within his family to attend university.[1]
Pettit is a lifelong supporter of his home town football club Grimsby Town; in 1975 he attended his first game against Stockport County.[2]
Business career
editPettit graduated from the University of Sussex with a BA (Hons) in Law and French, becoming a qualified solicitor.[3] He also holds a postgraduate licence in EU law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, as well as speaking French fluently.[4]
Pettit formerly worked several months in France for Airbus.[1] Prior to becoming managing director and head of the European real estate principal transactions business at Lehman Brothers, and a solicitor at Clifford Chance one of the world's largest law firms in the property sector.[3]
Pettit is one of the founding partners of Revcap, a private equity real estate business in 2004.[1]
Football ownership
editPettit was announced as part of a consortium, led by London businessman Tom Shutes, which was interested in buying out John Fenty's majority control of Grimsby Town.[5] Shutes later pulled out for personal reasons, which prompted Pettit and other consortium member Jason Stockwood to form a company called 1878 Partners, which on 5 May successfully completed the takeover of the club with Stockwood named as chairman.[6]
On 14 May 2024, Pettit was named the new chairman of Grimsby Town, replacing Jason Stockwood taking over for a consecutive three-year term.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Laister, David (22 January 2022). "Butcher's lad' turned football club co-owning venture capitalist - Andrew Pettit in his own words". Business Live. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Findlater, James (6 May 2021). "'It's more than just football' - New Grimsby Town owners making community central to their plans". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b Findlater, James (7 April 2021). "Who are Jason Stockwood and Andrew Pettit? Duo still involved in Grimsby Town takeover after Tom Shutes exit". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Bio — Andrew Pettit". PI Labs. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Findlater, James (26 December 2020). "Tom Shutes makes new offer for John Fenty's shares after Grimsby Town takeover called off". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Grimsby Town: 1878 Partners complete takeover of relegated League Two club". BBC Sport. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Pettit Named New Chair". Grimsby Town Football Club. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.