Christian Purslow was born on 14 December 1963 and is a British businessman who was most recently the chief executive officer of the Premier League club Aston Villa Football Club.
12 Facts About Christian Purslow
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Christian Purslow was the co-founder of private equity firm MidOcean Partners and was the former managing director of Liverpool Football Club and the former managing director and head of global commercial activities at Chelsea Football Club.
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Christian Purslow later earned an MBA at Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.
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Christian Purslow then joined Schroders Salomon Smith Barney as head of cable, media and entertainment investment, before becoming managing director of DB Capital Partners.
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On 6 October 2010, Christian Purslow voted in favour of the sale of the club from the unpopular then-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett to the NESV group.
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Christian Purslow remained as a non-executive director and special adviser until February 2011.
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On 27 October 2014, it was announced that Christian Purslow had joined Chelsea Football Club as "Head of Global Commercial Activities" with immediate effect.
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The club were promoted via the play offs under manager Dean Smith, who Christian Purslow had appointed in October 2018.
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Christian Purslow issued a direct video message to Aston Villa fans regarding the sale.
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Christian Purslow appointed Steven Gerrard as manager in November 2021, having previously worked with Gerrard at Liverpool.
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Emery guided Villa to a 7th place finish in the Premier League season at the end of which, on 12 June 2023, it was announced that Christian Purslow was stepping down from his position as CEO and director at the club.
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In 2022 Christian Purslow was awarded an honorary doctorate by Aston University.