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Chairmen & Directors of ITFC 1936 to Present (Main Board)

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Following the Marcus Evans takeover in January 2008 the Club has been run by two boards, the overall football club board and a PLC board controlling the 12.5% owed by the club�s previous shareholders. Details on this page refer to the overall football club board.

Chairmen - listed in order of tenure

SHEEPSHANKS David R

Chairman from January 2008 to May 2009

Chairman of the plc and main board until May 2009 when he stepped down as chairman of the latter continuing as a non-executive director.

EVANS Marcus

Chairman from May 2009 to date

Marcus Evans, a businessman with links to Bury St Edmunds, is believed to be 43-years-old (in 2009), with an estimated personal fortune of �400M. His company marcus evans (founded in 1983) runs global summits, strategic conferences, and professional training. In 2007, Evans took an 87.5 per cent share in the football club, purchasing it�s �32 million debts and making �12 million available in funds for new players. The deal was finalised at an EGM in December, 2007, with Ipswich Town Football Club officially becoming part of his portfolio the following month.

Directors - listed alphabetically

	From	To	Comments
BEESTON Kevin	January 2008	January 2009	One of three pre-takeover directors on the new club board. (Sheepshanks & Bowden the other two)
BOWDEN Derek	January 2008	May 2009	The boards first CEO
CLEGG Simon	April 2009	Present	CEO from April 2009 to the present day
EVANS Marcus	May 2009	Present	Chairman from April 2009 to the present day
MILNE Ian	January 2008	Present	Marcus Evans Group representative
PITCHER Martin	January 2008	Present	Marcus Evans Group representative
SHEEPSHANKS David R	January 2008	Present	Became new club board's first Chairmen. Stepped down in May 2009. Remains on the board as a non-executive director
SYMONDS Jonathan	January 2008	Present	Marcus Evans Group representative

Chief Executive Officers - listed in order of tenure

BOWDEN Derek

January 2008 to May 2009

CEO of the plc board from April 2002 and, following the Marcus Evans takeover, the main board from January 2008 until May 2009.

CLEGG Simon OBE MBE

April 2009 to date

Clegg was the public face of the British Olympic Association for almost 20 years. A former Army Major, his tenure as chief exec of the BOA coincided with a dramatic improvement in the performance of the British team, which culminated in a record-breaking medal haul at the Beijing Games in the summer of 2008.