Craig Mather (born 1971) is a

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businessman and was the

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and

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Career

Mather joined the club in 2012, shortly after it fell into administration, purchasing a 10% stake for £1 million. In April 2013 he was appointed CEO following the departure of Charles Green, on a salary of £500,000. He left the club in October 2013, citing "incessant attempts to destabilise the operations of the club". He was replaced as CEO by Graham Wallace, COO of

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. He also owns sports management firm Simply Sport Management based in the

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