Mike Jouanny has been appointed chief executive officer of the Jersey Football Association.
The 52-year-old former Star Trophy defender takes office on Monday 29 March and he will liaise between JFA president Charlie Tostevin and executive officer Gill Morgan.Tostevin said: ‘Mike is a football person and the JFA are delighted he is joining the football family.
Like all officials he will put a great deal of time into the position for the love of the game.’We’ve been talking for some time to get the finances in place for the job and we’ve made it fit by a reorganisation of our honorariums.’Mike will help us formulate our business plan.
We are behind in some areas and he will help bring it up to date and give us a clearer and more structured path for the future of the game in Jersey.’Jouanny, who will step down as Jersey Under-16 team manager and assistant director of the JFA’s Centre of Excellence at the end of this season, said: ‘I’m looking forward to my new job and I can’t wait to get started.
I love football and to have a job through it is exciting.’The Football Association furnish the JFA with a lot of directives and to continue to receive financial assistance we must attempt to see them all through.
My position is 20 hours a week and my responsibility will be to run the JFA like a day-to-day business.’Jouanny, who owns his own business, will be responsible for the running of legal, business planning, football administration, public relations, personnel and managerial matters on behalf of the JFA reporting directly to the president.One FA requirement is for county associations to have a Website and Jouanny is looking forward to putting that in place together with installing an FA accounting system for the JFA.
Article posted on 23rd March, 2004 - 12.00am
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