Michael Wilde
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Michael Wilde, aged 54 is currently the chairman of Southampton Football Club. He gained his position on 30 June 2006 following the resignation of Rupert Lowe, the club's previous chairman of ten years.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Master of Arts in Town & Regional Planning from Sheffield University. He has authored many papers on housing issues and was a Senior Lecturer at the National University of Singapore from 1978 to 1985. He is founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Merlion Group PLC, a specialist provider of affordable housing and a house builder through its subsidiary Infinity Homes Ltd.
He has been a Southampton Football Club supporter since moving to Hampshire over 20 years ago and now resides in Jersey.
On 26 February 2007, after only 8 months as chairman, Michael Wilde resigned as chairman of Southampton FC, after failing to obtain the additional finance required by the club.[1]
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