Directors
Keith Rogers - Managing Director (Aged 49) ø
Keith co-founded Anchor International (trading as "Pitz") which opened its first 5-a-side centre in 1987. As Managing Director, he oversaw the growth of that Company to 11 branches before it was sold to 3i. He became the Company's Managing Director in November 2000.
Bill Gow - Finance Director (Aged 42)
Bill is a Chartered Accountant, and also completed an MBA in 1992. He subsequently held management positions at British Aerospace and Clydesdale Bank before joining KPMG in 1997, where he specialised in Corporate Finance. He became the Company's Finance Director in November 2000.
Morris Payton - Operations Director (Aged 47)
Morris held a number of leisure management positions for various local authorities before joining Anchor International in 1989. He held the position of National Operations Manager before Anchor was sold to 3i and was subsequently promoted to Operations Director. Morris joined Goals in March 2002 as Operations Director.
Sir Rodney Walker - Chairman (Aged 66) †, ‡, ø
Sir Rodney has held a number of influential and important posts across a wide range of sports. His most recent appointment is as Chairman of World Snooker. He was Chairman of the UK Sports Council from 1998 to 2003. He served as Chairman of the English Sports Council and was also Chairman of Rugby League for 10 years, Chairman of Leicester City for five years, Chairman of Brands Hatch Leisure for three years and for a time was Chairman of the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games and Wembley National Stadium. Sir Rodney is currently Chairman of Spice Holdings plc and a number of other publicly listed companies. Sir Rodney joined Goals in February 2002. Sir Rodney is Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
Graham Wilson - Non-Executive Director (Aged 56) †, ‡, ø
A Chartered Accountant, Graham has over 25 years experience in the leisure industry. He has twice built up, floated and sold a company under the Parkdean banner. He established the second Parkdean in 1999, floated it on AIM in 2002 and ultimately sold it to Alchemy Partners for £140m in April 2006. In addition to his non executive directorship of Goals Soccer Centres, Graham is non-executive Chairman of AIM listed BNS Telecom Group plc and Premier Direct Group Plc. He is also non-executive Chairman of Amber Travel Group, the holding company for Great Rail Journeys Limited. Graham brings significant financial expertise to the Company, both as a member of the Board and as the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Graham is the senior independent director.
Committee memberships
† - Remuneration committee
‡ - Audit committee
ø - Nominations committee