# Lex Gold

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**Lex Gold** [CBE](/source/CBE) (born 14 December 1940) is a Scottish [administrator](/source/Business_administration) and former [footballer](/source/Association_football) who was a director of [Caledonian MacBrayne](/source/Caledonian_MacBrayne) As of 2012.[1][2]

Gold was born in [Lanark](/source/Lanark), and played professional football as a teenager, including an 18-month spell with [Rangers](/source/Rangers_F.C.).[3] He was a [civil servant](/source/Civil_Service_(United_Kingdom)) for over thirty years.[4]

Gold was chairman of [Hibernian](/source/Hibernian_F.C.) until he resigned after the club was relegated in [1998](/source/1997%E2%80%9398_in_Scottish_football).[5] In 1998, he was invited to deliver the Marlow (Scotland) Lecture to the [Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland](/source/Institution_of_Engineers_and_Shipbuilders_in_Scotland). Gold was also on the boards of [NHS Lanarkshire](/source/NHS_Lanarkshire), [Scottish Enterprise](/source/Scottish_Enterprise), the Scottish [Chamber of Commerce](/source/Chamber_of_Commerce) and the [Confederation of British Industry](/source/Confederation_of_British_Industry) in Scotland.[4] Until October 2009 Gold was the [executive chairman](/source/Executive_chairman) of the [SPL](/source/Scottish_Premier_League).[6]

## References

1. ["Leitch to lead Scottish Chambers"](http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12138030.Leitch_to_lead_Scottish_Chambers/). *The Herald*. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

1. ["Written Answers"](http://archive.scottish.parliament.uk/business/pqa/wa-00/wa0621.htm). *archive.scottish.parliament.uk*. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

1. Docherty, John, Gold Boys Network! Lex lapped up glory with Ibrox legends, *Daily Record*, 21 December 1996

1. [New appointments for NHS Lanarkshire](http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2002/03/1260), Scottish Government news release, 13 March 2002

1. [Rangers hand initiative to Celtic](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/87103.stm), [BBC News](/source/BBC_News), 3 May 1998

1. ["SPL name new Chairman as Lex Gold stands down | SPFL"](https://spfl.co.uk/news/spl-name-new-chairman-as-lex-gold-stands-down-2009-10-15). *spfl.co.uk*. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

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