Phillip Owen Wallace BEM was born on 22 October 1949 and is a British businessman and chairman of EFL League One association football club Stevenage FC.
12 Facts About Phil Wallace
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Phil Wallace is the CEO of Lamex Food Group, a global food trading company with 21 offices in 16 countries.
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Phil Wallace joined in 1972 when the company, then known as L+M Foods, was a small food importer based in London.
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Phil Wallace became a director in 1975 and was appointed managing director and majority shareholder in the early 1980s.
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Since then the company has added offices around the world and the continuing growth in the Group lead to a US$50 million management buyout in 2006, with Phil Wallace still retaining a significant holding in the newly formed parent, Lamex Food Group.
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Phil Wallace continues to lead the Group from his bases in the UK and US.
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Phil Wallace was a director of The Football Conference for five years and served as Vice Chairman for two years, resigning his position in 2006 to concentrate on his US business interests.
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Phil Wallace continued to run a tight ship as Stevenage showed signs of gradual improvement.
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Phil Wallace brought in new manager Gary Smith in January 2012, following Westley's departure to Preston North End, and Smith guided Stevenage to the Fifth Round of the FA Cup.
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Phil Wallace revealed that the capital earned from the Tottenham games "will hasten the club's development, but will not change future plans".
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Phil Wallace continued adding income generating assets to the club, purchasing a children's nursery in 2014 which was moved to a new build facility at the club's Shephalbury training ground in 2015.
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Phil Wallace was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2020 Birthday Honours.