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I agree with both of you about the CEO/staff. Undoubtedly a crucial position.

However the question is how does someone become a ‘successful’ CEO?

I guess you have to be a CEO who is just staring out at some point.

As far as I am aware there aren’t undergraduate courses in Football Club Management.

There aren’t ‘academies’ for training people up to become CEO’s.

So how does someone make the quantum jump?

As pointed out those clubs are ‘light years away’.

They have big structures in place, where staff could work in the environment, before progressing, but in our own universe, a far smaller operation, how does someone gain the experience?

 

I did a little research.

Henry C. Staelens is the Chief Executive Officer of Forest Green Rovers - a role he began at the age of just 30 years old. Having left school at the age of 16, and going on to build a career in developing and selling businesses, the opportunity to work at FGR presented itself. Taking the opportunity with both hands, Henry started his professional life in the football industry.
‘My route into football wasn’t a traditional one. I left school at 16, and started in the football industry at the age of 30, having built and sold businesses in between. There has been some property investment along the way too’. https://jobsinfootball.com/blog/henry-staelens/

So given his CV, does it suggest that it is miles ahead of our CEO, especially when he took the role?