Amanda Louise Staveley was born on 11 April 1973 and is a British business executive.
12 Facts About Amanda Staveley
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Amanda Staveley is notable chiefly for her connections with Middle Eastern investors.
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Amanda Staveley helped a Saudi consortium take over Newcastle United in a deal completed in October 2021 and has joined the board of directors.
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Amanda Staveley was involved in Mansour's high-profile purchase of Manchester City FC in September 2008.
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Amanda Staveley has attempted on two occasions to buy a stake in Newcastle United, first in 2018 and again in 2020 as part of a group led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund.
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At the age of 16, Amanda Staveley left school and enrolled at a crammer, winning a place to read modern languages at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
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Amanda Staveley abandoned her degree after suffering from stress following the death of her grandfather.
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Amanda Staveley denied having agreed to any payments and hired Kroll Inc to investigate the members of the EuroTelecom board.
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Amanda Staveley agreed an Individual Voluntary Arrangement and in 2008 was paying back her creditors, including Barclays.
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The Barclays legal team claimed that Amanda Staveley inserted herself into the capital raising while Amanda Staveley countered that the PCP was not a "facilitator" as Barclays claimed, but rather led the investment syndicate.
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Later that year Amanda Staveley was involved in an attempt to help finance the $13.5 billion sale of Barclays Global Investors to the US firm BlackRock, offering $2.8 billion of funding in return for a shareholding of 10 per cent, an amount that reportedly included a commitment of Amanda Staveley's own money.
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Amanda Staveley initially hit the tabloid headlines after dating Prince Andrew, Duke of York, in 2003.