| Michael John Dunford | |
| Occupation: | Football Administrator |
| Chairman | |
| Predecessor: | Ian Moorcroft |
Michael John Dunford is a football administrator, who is the ex Chairman at Tiverton Town Football Club
His first role in football came as General Manager of Derby County,[1] a role he was at from July 1992 until 5 November 1994.[2] On 11 November 1994 Dunford was appointed as Everton's club secretary.[3] At Everton he was promoted from within to the role of Chief Executive in 1999.
In 2004 Dunford left Everton[4] and became CEO of Plymouth Argyle, a role he remained at until 2009.
From there he became CEO at then Premier League club Birmingham City in October 2009.[5] He had succeeded Karren Brady to the post, which he resigned from in April 2010, only six months after his appointment.[6]
He served from 2013 til 2016 at Crawley Town. In January 2017 he became CEO of National League 1 rugby union side Plymouth Albion, a role he resigned from after less than 6 weeks in the job, in protest to the club making all non-playing staff redundant.[7]
From November 2017 til May 2018 he served as CEO at Chesterfield as they got relegated from EFL League Two. He left the Spireites to re-join Plymouth Argyle.[8]
In June 2023, Tiverton Town FC announced that they had appointed Michael as their Chairman.