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Alistair Mackintosh, Non-Executive Director
Alistair Mackintosh is the 36 year old Chief Executive of Manchester City Football Club.
A proud Mancunian, Alistair began his working life qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in their
London and Stockholm offices. After four years with Price Waterhouse, Alistair moved to work with Sony, based in the
City of London.
In 1998 Alistair had the opportunity to return to Manchester when he became the Financial Controller at Manchester City.
In 1999 he became the Club’s youngest Director and he retained the position of Finance Director until 2002 when he was
promoted to Managing Director. Alistair remains the sole Executive Director at the Club and became Chief Executive from
1st August 2004.
Recent projects include the delivery and operation of the new City of Manchester Stadium, the kit, naming rights and
securitisation deals and the record breaking sponsorship with Thomas Cook.
The Club’s strategy is to participate in every aspect of Manchester life, ranging from work with Halle Orchestra through to
involvement with the Manchester Pride event. The Club recently hosted concerts by Oasis, U2, Bon Jovi, Red Hot Chili
Peppers and Take That.
Alistair appointed football’s first Corporate Social Responsibility Manager and the Club proudly realised a “Blue:Print” for
development within the Manchester community over five years with the following seven themes: Football, Health, Education
and Life-long learning, Social Inclusion, Sustained Environments, Crime, Drugs and Prejudice, Quality Management.
Alistair is also a trustee of Manchester Kids charity and a Director of the organisation responsible for running Leisure
Centres throughout Manchester.
He has been a Director of Piccadilly Radio for four years.
Mike Dyble, Non-Executive Director
Mike Dyble has spent all his business career in advertising and marketing, first of all working for a major advertising agency
in Liverpool before moving to Manchester to join the mail order division of Great Universal Stores. From there he joined
Manchester’s leading advertising agency where he became Director of Marketing and the youngest main board member.
He left in 1964, along with three colleagues, to form their own Agency, Bowden Dyble and Hayes Ltd.
Over the years BDH became one of the most successful and largest agencies in the UK with a turnover in excess of £75
million and a staff of over 150, winning many national and international creative and marketing awards in the process.
The Agency was sold to publicly quoted GGT in 1988. In 1991 Mike resigned as Chairman and joined Manchester’s 1996
and 2000 Olympic Bid team as head of international marketing, and continued in the role until 1995 with the successful
nomination of Manchester as the Host City for the 2002 XV111 Commonwealth Games. During the Games themselves Mike
was the Attaché for both New Zealand and Mauritius.
For over 12 years Mike has been a Trustee of the award winning Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester and he is
Chairman of the Museum’s Trading Company, responsible for all commercial activity.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Mike is President of the Manchester Branch.
Mike became a director of Key 103 in 1996 and the Chairman for three and a half years. He is Chairman of the Station’s
successful Charity, Manchester Kids.
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