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Shilen Patel facing forward with his finger on his chin with two Albion shirts hanging up behind him

Scroll through the best images of Shilen Patel's arrival at West Bromwich Albion.

Patel, who has been named Chairman of the football club, is a serial investor with experience in technology, healthcare, sport, real estate, finance, food & beverage, and numerous other sectors across five continents. He has owned a minority shareholding in Serie A club Bologna FC 1909 since 2014. 

Bilkul Football WBA, LLC – a company ultimately owned by the Florida-based entrepreneur and his father Dr Kiran C. Patel – has acquired an 87.8% shareholding in West Bromwich Albion Group Limited, the parent company of West Bromwich Albion Football Club.

The takeover, which received EFL approval earlier this month, completed on Wednesday afternoon.

  • Shilen Patel sat in the home dressing room smiling at the camera with several home shirts hanging up behind him
  • Shilen Patel stood up in the home dressing room with several home shirts hanging up behind him
  • Shilen Patel stood on the balcony in the West Stand at The Hawthorns smiling at the camera
  • Shilen Patel stood on the pitch at The Hawthorns with the West Stand behind him and an Albion scarf wrapped around his neck
  • Shilen Patel stood on the pitch at The Hawthorns smiling at camera with the West Stand in the background and an Albion scarf wrapped round his neck
  • Shilen Patel stood in a suit next to a wall with "Welcome to The Hawthorns" written on it
  • Shilen Patel stood in the home dugout at The Hawthorns in a suit smiling at the camera
  • Shilen Patel stood in a suit in the home dugout at The Hawthorns looking out on to the pitch
  • Shilen Patel walking down a corridor at The Hawthorns with heavy Albion branding on both walls either side of him
  • Shilen Patel sat in the West Stand at The Hawthorns in a suit smiling at the camera
  • Shilen Patel looking out on to the pitch while walking along the blue track in front of the West Stand at The Hawthorns
  • Shilen Patel walking along the blue track in front of the West Stand with West Bromwich Albion's Senior Communications Officer Sean Watts
  • Shilen Patel walking along the blue track in front of the West Stand with West Bromwich Albion's Senior Communications Officer Sean Watts
  • Shilen Patel poses for a photo with West Bromwich Albion's Managing Director Mark Miles while smiling and holding up a home Albion shirt
  • Shilen Patel sat at a table signing a contract with Mark Miles by his side
  • Shilen Patel sat at a table signing a contract with Mark Miles by his side
  • Shilen Patel taking a photo of Albion shirts on his phone in the home dressing room at The Hawthorns
  • Shilen Patel is interviewed by WBA TV in the home dressing room with Albion shirts hanging behind him
  • Shilen Patel is interviewed by WBA TV in the home dressing room with Albion shirts hanging behind him
  • Shilen Patel is interviewed by WBA TV in the home dressing room with Albion shirts hanging behind him
  • Shilen Patel sitting in the home dressing room looking at the camera with home shirt hanging up around him
  • Shilen Patel is interviewed in front of a big Albion badge
  • Shilen Patel
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