P a u l F l e t c h e r

After Dinner Speaker

Founder Member of the Professional Speakers Association

Over the past decade, Paul Fletcher has become one of the most sought after Speakers in the country. Whether it be After Dinner, Corporate or Keynote, his special brand of sporting anecdotes, tasteful humour and corporate message, delivers every time.

Profile

His rise to fame started in 1993 when he was the main Guest Speaker at the prestigious PFA Awards Dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. Along with other speaker Sir Bobby Charlton, Comedian/Impressionist Rory Bremner and guest-of-honour Eusabio, the event, attended by 1,250 Guests, was filmed live on Sky TV and seen all over the UK.

A Talent to Entertain

When Paul joined Burnley Football Club in 1970 he became on of the country’s most expensive players. During the next ten years he made over 400 appearances, mostly in the old First Division – now named The Premier League. After gaining four England u23 International caps he was selected in Don Revie’s England squad, but a serious knee injury put paid to a full England call up. A second serious leg injury forced early retirement at the age of 32. Following a sixteen-year career as a professional footballer he has now become one of Europe’s leading Stadium experts. And joined a rare breed of ex professional players to successfully make the transition from ‘teamsheet to balancesheet’. His commercial career in Football began at the infamous, Colne Dynamoes FC in the late 1980’s. Since then he has had a meteoric rise starting as Chief Executive at Huddersfield Town where, over a six year period, he masterminded the award winning Alfred McAlpine Stadium voted ‘Building of the Year ‘ in 1995.. In 1996 he then returned to his old Club Bolton Wanderers as Chief Executive at the new £40 million Reebok Stadium. In 1999, after two years at the Reebok, he was invited by the FA to become Commercial Director of the new £500 million Wembley National Stadium. Wembley had been a lifetime ambition – even though he’d arrived via an alternative route. After eighteen months, he controversially walked away from the project commenting that he ‘needed to spend more time with his wife and family in the Lancashire sunshine’. He is now involved in numerous Stadium projects around the UK, Europe and Australia and helping his local Club, Rossendale United FC. who play in the Unibond league.

Past Venues

The P.F.A. Annual Awards Dinner · Charleston Institute of Purchasing ·
The Belfry Golf Club · Manchester United FC - Norweb
Chartered Institute of Bankers · British Lions Annual Dinner ·
Hoogovens Building Systems · Peugeot Sporting Club · Hoyer (UK) Ltd ·
Barrowford Ladies Dinner Club · Chartered Institute of Transport ·
Gardner Merchant Leisure · Harrogate Round Table ·
That reminds me TV Video · Institute of Directors · Chester Racecourse ·
The Sporting Club – Isle of Man · Adare Manor – County Limerick ·
Bradford & Bingley Building Society · KPMG Teambuilding ·
Mars Golf Classic· The Football Writers Association · Lincolnshire TEC ·
The Institute of Economic Affairs London

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Back		P a u l F l e t c h e r After Dinner Speaker
		P a u l F l e t c h e r After Dinner Speaker
		Founder Member of the Professional Speakers Association
		Over the past decade, Paul Fletcher has become one of the most sought after Speakers in the country. Whether it be After Dinner, Corporate or Keynote, his special brand of sporting anecdotes, tasteful humour and corporate message, delivers every time.
Profile		His rise to fame started in 1993 when he was the main Guest Speaker at the prestigious PFA Awards Dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. Along with other speaker Sir Bobby Charlton, Comedian/Impressionist Rory Bremner and guest-of-honour Eusabio, the event, attended by 1,250 Guests, was filmed live on Sky TV and seen all over the UK.
A Talent to Entertain		When Paul joined Burnley Football Club in 1970 he became on of the country’s most expensive players. During the next ten years he made over 400 appearances, mostly in the old First Division – now named The Premier League. After gaining four England u23 International caps he was selected in Don Revie’s England squad, but a serious knee injury put paid to a full England call up. A second serious leg injury forced early retirement at the age of 32. Following a sixteen-year career as a professional footballer he has now become one of Europe’s leading Stadium experts. And joined a rare breed of ex professional players to successfully make the transition from ‘teamsheet to balancesheet’. His commercial career in Football began at the infamous, Colne Dynamoes FC in the late 1980’s. Since then he has had a meteoric rise starting as Chief Executive at Huddersfield Town where, over a six year period, he masterminded the award winning Alfred McAlpine Stadium voted ‘Building of the Year ‘ in 1995.. In 1996 he then returned to his old Club Bolton Wanderers as Chief Executive at the new £40 million Reebok Stadium. In 1999, after two years at the Reebok, he was invited by the FA to become Commercial Director of the new £500 million Wembley National Stadium. Wembley had been a lifetime ambition – even though he’d arrived via an alternative route. After eighteen months, he controversially walked away from the project commenting that he ‘needed to spend more time with his wife and family in the Lancashire sunshine’. He is now involved in numerous Stadium projects around the UK, Europe and Australia and helping his local Club, Rossendale United FC. who play in the Unibond league.
Past Venues		The P.F.A. Annual Awards Dinner · Charleston Institute of Purchasing · The Belfry Golf Club · Manchester United FC - Norweb Chartered Institute of Bankers · British Lions Annual Dinner · Hoogovens Building Systems · Peugeot Sporting Club · Hoyer (UK) Ltd · Barrowford Ladies Dinner Club · Chartered Institute of Transport · Gardner Merchant Leisure · Harrogate Round Table · That reminds me TV Video · Institute of Directors · Chester Racecourse · The Sporting Club – Isle of Man · Adare Manor – County Limerick · Bradford & Bingley Building Society · KPMG Teambuilding · Mars Golf Classic· The Football Writers Association · Lincolnshire TEC · The Institute of Economic Affairs London
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