The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Tuesday elected Nzema Kotoko CEO Mark Addo as the new GFA Vice President.
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The Founding Member of Nzema Kotoko pulled a shocking six votes to beat off competitions from Randy Abbey and Dr. Toni Aubynn who accumulated four and a single vote respectively.
Check Mark Addo’s profile below
Mark Addo has quietly spent the past 20 years in football administration by owning Accra-based Mandela Stars since the 1990s before switching to take Nzema Kotoko.
He has 18 years of progressive experience as a global business executive in the Mining, Information Technology, and Manufacturing Industries globally having been educated at the highly regarded Ivy League school Columbia University in New York where he had his MBA.
Mr. Addo was the recent Vice President at the Endeavour Mining Corporation, a mid-tier West Africa focus gold mining entity where he was responsible for Business Sustainability that included management of HSE, Business Development, Corporate Affairs, and Government Relations.
His contacts and knowledge in the business world would definitely be needed to bring the needed traction to draw corporate sponsorship for football in Ghana.
He is the CEO of West Blue Consulting, following the acquisition by Customs World, a subsidiary of Ports Customs and Free Zones Corporation (PCFC) Dubai.
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West Blue is engaged for the provision of the National Single Window and Risk Management System in Ghana.
Before his appointment, he has had an 18-year progressive experience as a global business executive in the Mining, Information Technology and Manufacturing Industries Globally.
Before the Merger with Endeavour, Mark was the country manager for Adamus Resources where he played a pivotal role in the start-up, development and merger with Endeavour Mining.
His efforts were instrumental in the development of Adamus Resources growing from an exploration entity to $60 million valuation on the ASX to a combined post meagre value of $597 million in 2011.
The new Ghana FA Vice President holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from City College of New York and an MBA (Finance / International Business) from Columbia University in New York.
