DON'T worry everyone, he hasn't got any shares in Paul Stretford's Proactive empire, and he intends to stick around longer than six weeks ...
Keith Wyness, who officially takes up his role as Everton's new chief executive a week today, is a remarkable man in many ways.
While living in Miami in 1992, he survived Hurricane Andrew - only to break his neck back in the UK when he slipped on one of the photographs he'd taken of the storm.
Does this mean his nickname should be 'Lucky' or 'Unlucky' - or,, perhaps, 'Accident-prone'?
"Lucky," says the cheerful 47-year-old. "Because I survived!"
This man (the broken neck, incidentally, meant he was laid up for nine months) is a born optimist. I like him already.
Keith - another claim to fame is his trio of performances on University Challenge in the late '70s (more of which later) - already has more than a fair idea of the enormous challenges which lie ahead.
How come? Because he attended last Thursday's Extraordinary General Meeting, called by a distinctly disgruntled Everton Shareholders Association.
So you're still here, Keith. Were you not tempted to run a mile? Or a million? Or fly back to your Aberdeen birthplace and current home (he recently left his job as chief executive at Aberdeen FC) and stay there?
Forever? "No, what I saw at the meeting didn't take me back at all - I was expecting it," says Keith,, in an accent which is very hard to pin down. His family left Aberdeen for Solihull in the Midlands when he was 10, before moving to Southampton five years later (and he's also spent time in America and Australia).
"It was corporate democracy in action, and it was good to see it. What came across was the passion of the people. So it was a good environment to come into, although I suppose I was thrown into the deep end."
But will you sink or swim? Your predecessor, Trevor Birch, said he was here for the long-haul, but it turned out to be six weeks. Not going to happen twice, is it?
"No. In fact, when I joined Aberdeen three years ago, the two previous chief executives had left in quick succession. And I'm looking forward to moving down here with my wife (Australian-born Danielle) and our baby boy (the wonderfullynamed Buster, who was born just a fortnight ago).
"Yes, it's a great name, isn't it?" the proud new dad adds.
"I can imagine him as a striker, or a golfer ... (adopts commentator's voice) 'Now, on the 16th green, it's Buster Wyness!'"
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