Jeremy Philip Charles Keith (born 1964)[1] became chief executive of Derby County after a corporation he controlled with two others bought the club out of receivership for £3 in 2003.
He had previously been a director at Portsmouth and had a financial role at Leeds United.
Keith was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica and moved to England when he was ten years old.
[2] Keith was charged on 12 November 2007 with conspiracy to defraud and conceal criminal property after police investigations at Derby County.
[3] In July 2009, Keith was convicted of false accounting and sentenced to 18 months in prison after being paid £125,000, as this payment was never approved by the club's board of directors.