Huw Jenkins

Background

Jenkins was born and grew up in Jersey Marine, Wales. He"s a lifelong Swansea fan, recalling being taken by his father, Gordon Jenkins, to watch Swansea play Cardiff at Ninian Park as a boy.

Career

He was a youth goalkeeper for Afan Nedd Schools, Llandarcy and Afan Lido at the Welsh League level He played in the youth systems of Bristol Rovers and Swansea and earned one Boys Club of Wales cap playing against Scotland, at 14. "We’d park away from the ground, and sneak in to see the game," he said in an interview, because "it was quite hostile if you were supporting Swansea."

Jenkins is chairman, shareholder and chief executive of A.F.C.

Being part of a consortium that "ousted" then-owner Tony Petty and with the backing of the "s Supporters Trust, he was appointed chairman in January 2002, a position that he took, as he states, because, "I was the dullest one."

During his chairmanship, the club"s finances turned to profitable and the club progressed on through to the Premier League.

Subsequently, the club and Laudrup, reached an out-of-court settlement whose details were not disclosed.

Achievements

• In 2012, Jenkins was awarded a Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (Doctor of Laws) by Swansea University, "in recognition of his lifelong contribution to football and for his role in taking the Swans through to the Premier League." On the 13th of June 2015 it was announced that Huw Jenkins had been awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to Welsh football.

Views

Quotations: "We’d park away from the ground, and sneak in to see the game,".