Paul Barber

Paul Barber is an English football administrator, who is also currently the chief executive and deputy chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion. Management career The Football Association As Commercial Director, and Director of Marketing and Communications, for The Football Association (The FA), Paul Barber created "FA Partners", The FA's sponsorship programme for 2002–2006 which secured multi million-pound agreements with a range of blue chip sponsors including McDonald’s, Pepsi, Carlsberg, Nationwide Building Society, British Airways, and Umbro. The FA Partners concept linked the sponsors to both the top levels of The FA's rights - the England team and The FA Cup - and also to the women's game through the national team and Women's FA Cup and to grassroots football through The FA Trophy and FA Vase competitions.