In an exclusive Chad interview chartered accountant Mr Booth (54) also says the club has 'been in limbo . . . and over the past two months has gone nowhere'.
Now he has called on fans, business and the community to help him stabilise the Stags.
Mr Booth was surprisingly unveiled as the new chief executive on Tuesday lunchtime when the underfire Mr Haslam stepped aside.
He has been brought in on an interim basis for three to six months to 'stablise the club, move it forward and find a buyer'.
And he says he is delighted that chairman James Derry, whose consortium saw its bid for the club rejected on Thursday, has agreed to stay at Field Mill.
He told Chad: "It has been a brave decision by Keith to step down and I hope that the fans and everyone see it as a positive step. I ask that people — fans, business people everyone — ignores what has gone on before and gets behind us. I know this might have all been said before, but Mansfield does need a club that is prosperous, that is what it is all about.
"I told Keith that the only way I would become involved in an operations role was if Keith was not at the club any more and that James Derry was firmly on board.
"The club is in limbo and has been for a couple of months. In fact, over the past two months it has gone nowhere
"But I can't do this on my own, I need the help of the fans, the business, the whole community, as well as the staff at the club and James Derry
"I am delighted that James and I will work together. We will try to open doors in the community and engage people.
"I know that we have got to do a lot of work, but we need to move the club forward.
"The key to success is generating more income — through the turnstiles, through commercial activity — which has gone nowhere lately — and through getting a decent run together on the pitch.
"This is an interim role, I have no ambitions to be a long-term chief executive.
"The door is still very much ajar to the consortium, but for the first few weeks I just want to get to know the staff and stabilise the situation and improve things before I look at the sale.
"Yes, I am being paid (Keith Haslam has said he will no longer draw a salary), but 'a great deal less than the rate I would normally charge'.
Talking about himself, Mr Booth added: "I qualified as a chartered accountant, and then worked in the computer industry in the 80s on the financial and then general management side.
"I became a marketing director for a major USA computer company and moved to Edwinstowe in 1988 with my family. I am now self-employed.
"My family still live in and around Mansfield, I live in Nottingham and London — but will obviously be living in Nottingham fully for the foreseeable future while devoting my time to Mansfield Town.
"I met Keith many years ago, then we met up again about a year ago. We are acquaintances, he came to me and we looked at the options.
"I have no previous football club experience, but I have a lot of experience in different businesses and at the end of the day business is business. I know that football is also about emotion, but it all comes down to profit and loss."
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