Former Crystal Palace CEO lands Bristol City role

Former Crystal Palace CEO Phil Alexander will take over as Chief Executive Officer Bristol City from February 1st, 2023.

Sixty-year-old Alexander has a wealth of experience in the English Football League and Premier League, where in 26 years at Crystal Palace he became the longest-serving CEO. In May this year, he was named Premier League CEO of the Year at the Football Business Awards. 

Alexander left Selhurst Park in the summer, retaining a position as a part-time consultant while also becoming a Senior Advisor at Wycombe Wanderers. 

He was at the helm when Crystal Palace won promotion to the top flight in 1997, 2004 and 2013, as well as being a member of the FA Council, where he represented the Premier League, and sitting on the FA’s Professional Game Board. 

Alexander said: “I’m really looking forward to the challenge of being CEO of such a great club. I’ve been hugely impressed by the ambition of the owner and chairman and I’m very much aware of the passion of the fans and their appetite for success.

“The infrastructure at Bristol City is ready for the Premier League and I will be working hard with everybody at the club to achieve the goal of promotion.”

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish commented: “Phil has been an integral part of CPFC for the last 26 years, and it’s fair to say his contribution to the club is immeasurable. Quite apart from his unswerving loyalty, day-to-day hard work, Phil has been the most loyal of servants steering the club through not one, but two, periods when the very existence of the club was threatened.

“During those two administrations, Phil was instrumental in holding the club together. He brought in the management team that kept the club in the championship in 2010 on that famous day in Sheffield and set the club on course for where it is today.

“We wish him every possible success in his new job. On a personal note, I would like to publicly thank Phil, you’ve been brilliant to work with we’ve had an enormous amount of pressure at times but also a huge amount of fun.”