Carson Yeung adds another key man to his Birmingham City revolution
Sep 30 2009 by Colin Tattum, Birmingham Mail
He served in organized crimes and anti-triad bureaus and series crimes squads.
After 1997, when Hong Kong reverted to China, he left the police and qualified as a barrister and practised law until Yeung persuaded him to take a major role in the forthcoming Blues hierarchy.
Pannu has known Yeung for more than 20 years and was also the legal consultant for his group of companies.
He speaks fluent Cantonese, Mandarin and other languages.
Pannu and Yu, Grandtop’s chief operations officer, met with chairman David Gold in London on Friday to agree, in principle, a new role for him at Blues.
Details on Gold’s exact brief and title are being kept under wraps.
The pair watched Blues’ defeat at home by Bolton Wanderers the next day before Yu returned to Hong Kong for the Grandtop extraordinary general meeting.
Yeung, through Grandtop, now has 86 per cent of Blues stock.
Shareholders have until October 6 to sell their shares, the day when the resignations of Brady, David Sullivan and Ralph Gold take effect.
Roger Bannister, Blues’ finance director, is also stepping down.
Bannister has served the Sullivan-Golds loyally over the years, first in a similar role at Sport Newspapers.
Yeung will head up the Blues board, and Vico Hui, Grandtop’s chief executive officer, will also become a director when the takeover is confirmed.
