Who is Paul Faulkner?

[Villa'Zawg]

Could someone please tell me something, Who is Paul Faulkner?

Considering he is the person running Aston Villa, shouldn't he at least have a wiki page ?

What I think I know is...

Appointed CEO in May

Has responsibility for transfer dealing

Has lost his football manager 5 days before the start of the season

Anything to add?

[BannedUserIAT]

Got this off villabanter (or something like that):

Faulkner has played a significant part in this culture switch, although the young Englishman won't shout about it, preferring a British modesty compared to the brash bravado of Lerner's other lieutenant General Krulak.

However, even amidst the hype and hysteria surrounding the Gareth grudge match against Liverpool this afternoon, O'Neill found time to name-check Faulkner for his help in landing his transfer targets.

Since Lerner and O'Neill arrived in that balmy summer two years ago Faulkner has always been on hand.
But the fact he now enjoys such a close relationship with the manager as well as the chairman can only bode well for Villa's Champions League ambitions.

For too long the enigmatic Irishman, a self-confessed control freak who hates to delegate, has been bogged down doing the dual role of head coach and chief executive.

Now he has a trusted ally to share the off-the-field burden, O'Neill can get on with the serious business of attempting to shape Aston Villa's most successful squad.

[TimTheVillain]

Without any Googling at all, I'd say he's ex MBNA.

[TimTheVillain]

His Linkedin profile:

Paul Faulkner’s Experience
Chief Executive
Aston Villa Football Club
(Privately Held; Sports industry)

May 2010 — Present (4 months)


Chief Operating Officer
Aston Villa Football Club
(Privately Held; Sports industry)

May 2008 — April 2010 (2 years )


Relationship Manager
MBNA
(Public Company; KRB; Banking industry)

1999 — 2004 (5 years )



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Paul Faulkner’s Education
University of Cambridge
MA , History

[ADVILLAFAN]

Have met him, he had a drink in the Bartons and was accosted by Mr Woodhall.

[Villa'Zawg]

Have met him, he had a drink in the Bartons and was accosted by Mr Woodhall.

I've heard that happens a lot, probably cost him 30 bob as well.

[darren woolley]

I would like to know a bit more about him.

[Risso]

Could someone please tell me something, Who is Paul Faulkner?

Considering he is the person running Aston Villa, shouldn't he at least have a wiki page ?

What I think I know is...

Appointed CEO in May

Has responsibility for transfer dealing

Has lost his football manager 5 days before the start of the season

Anything to add?

I know lots of people who run companies with turnover bigger than Villa's who don't have a wiki page. My boss for example.

[SoccerHQ]

He's known Randy for years...I think he may have worked for MBNA.

He's been at the club since Randy took over working in smaller roles before his promotion this summer.

And in a few of the pictures in the papers today of MON and Randy together, Faulkner is also in shot.

That's about it!

[Chico Hamilton III]

This can't be right, surely? I just looked up Faulkner's profile on our posh Bloomberg terminal at work and it gives his date of birth as August 8th....... 1978

he's a kid

[London Villan]

Indeed, he's not very old at all.

Must have had some very good relationships at MBMA...

[Chico Hamilton III]

or some very good negatives of Randy in a compromising situation

[sfx412]

He's Randy's UK right hand man, his number 2, the man in charge of the club who is in constant contact with the owner
A job he's done before I believe with some success.
What more is there to know.
In power struggles, the man left standing is always the top dog, the man left running off with his tail between his legs is always the loser.

[robbigee]

He is young, I didn't think he was 32 young but I was surprised by his age when I met him.

Can't say anything bad about the guy. He was the one who put 5 of us in 2 chauffeur driven cars when our delayed plane landed in Sofia before the Litex Lovech european away game.

Before this we had decided to sack off the game to watch it in a bar in Sofia however the car journey turned out to be the most memorable (and scariest!!) bit of the trip.

Gave us his mobile number in case we hit trouble later on and even sent a text to check we were OK when they (the team) landed back in Brum. (we were fine, dancing merrily in a Sofian night club!).

Definitely had that thing about him of getting stuff done and not taking any messing around so not surprised to hear he's in charge of the wheeling and dealing.

Nor am I surprised to hear the final straw for Paul may have been MON asking for "whatever it took" to get McGeady which is something I was told this morning.

[prmort]

He's not the mild mannered janitor then...