Nigel Howe (born 7 April 1958) is a British property developer, and former CEO and now property projects manager at Reading Football Club, who compete in

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, the third level of the English football league system. The majority of Howe's career was in

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before joining

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in 1995 when he took over as chief executive of Reading F.C. Howe led the redevelopment of both the club's

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and its business management, and is also a non-executive director of a number of other businesses in which

has invested including the BenhamGoodhead Print Group, Sackville Properties and the Ark Group. He is also a non-executive director of the Clearview Traffic Group. In January 2024, Howe, who had been asked by owner Dai Yongge to oversee the club's sale, said eight parties were interested in buying Reading but any sale would take at least two months to complete.

Family

Howe is the nephew of former

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and

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. His son Teddy Howe made his first appearance for

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against

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on 5 May 2019.

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Living people 1958 births Businesspeople from Reading, Berkshire Chairmen of Reading F.C. English chief executives British sports executives and administrators {{England-business-bio-stub