Alan John Bowkett (born 6 January 1951 in London) is a British businessman, former Chairman of British company Redrow.[1] He was Chairman of Norwich City football club, from 2009,[2] until he resigned in 2015.[3] Bowkett is also a Non-Executive Chairman of IDH, Europe's largest dental care provider.[4]
He was previously Chief Executive of Boulton & Paul Ltd.[2]
On appointment to his role at Norwich City, he said:
Our task at Norwich City is a simple one - we must start winning football matches. It will be the board's responsibility to ensure that we have the appropriate resources to do that, both human and financial.[2]
Alan Bowkett has been a businessman in England for over 35 years. In 1987, Bowkett undertook his first private equity deal and bought RHP, the ball-bearing company. for £72.5 million.[5]
Between January 2010 – April 2017, Bowkett was the chairman Avio SpA, an Italy-based leader in space propulsion.[6] Since 2008 he has been a chairman of Strix Ltd., a British electronic controls company with manufacturing in China and Avio SpA is an Italian Aerospace company.