Richard Gould

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Richard Alan Gould (born 1970) is an English sports administrator who is the current chief executive of Bristol City Football Club.

A son of a retired football manager Bobby Gould, he was educated at Bristol Grammar School (1981–1988) and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (SMC, Strategic and Military Leadership 1989–1990), Cranfield University, Milton Keynes (JDSC, Military and Strategic Leadership 1996) and Harvard Business School (AMP, Business/Commerce, General 2006). After serving six years with the 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1990–2001) as a tank commander, he entered sports administration.

He served Bristol City as Commercial Director (2001–2005) before joining Somerset County Cricket Club as chief executive (2005-2011). He replaced the long serving Paul Sheldon at the Oval in 2011 as Surrey chief executive.

He announced his departure from Surrey Cricket^[1] on 14 May 2021 upon his appointment as Bristol City chief executive.

He and his wife, Rebecca have two daughters, Libby and Jess.

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• LinkedIn [1]
• Richard Gould to leave Surrey Cricket
• The KIA Oval

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