January 16,
2012 – Kingston, Jamaica: The Caribbean
Football Union’s (CFU) Normalisation Committee demonstrates its commitment to
reuniting, restructuring, reforming and rebranding the CFU by actioning three
committees. “The committees are charged with advising the Normalisation
Committee with regards to certain specific matters,” said Jeffrey Webb,
President of the Cayman Islands Football Association and Chairman of the Normalisation
Committee. “These are working groups that will oversee financial, legal and
football matters in the interim until the CFU Ordinary Congress in May 2012.”
said Mr. Webb.
Mr. Luis
Hernandez, President of the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba will serve as the
Chairman of the CFU Football Committee. This committee will focus on the
footballing aspect of the CFU to ensure the smooth operation of CFU tournaments
which include qualification to the CONCACAF Champions’ League and the Digicel
Caribbean Cup. The Football Committee will also be responsible for drafting a
development plan for the CFU for the period 2012 - 2015 and conducting a review
of the CFU competitions format. The members include: Gordon Derrick
(Antigua-Barbuda) Rufo Kelly (Aruba), David Sabir (Bermuda), Alain Soreze
(Guadeloupe), Franklin Wilson (Guyana), Carlo Marcelin (Haiti), and Maurice
Victoire (Martinique).
Mr. Larry
Mussenden, President of the Bermuda Football Association will serve as the
Chairman of the CFU Legal Committee. The main focus of the Legal Committee will
be to conduct a review of the CFU statutes and the incorporation of the CFU in
a jurisdiction within the Caribbean. The members of the Legal Task Force are
Hally Haynes (Barbados), Bruce Blake (Cayman Islands), Osiris Guzman (Dominican
Republic), Emmanuel Cantave (Haiti), Horace Reid (Jamaica) and Anthony Johnson
(St. Kitts-Nevis)
Mr. Cheney
Joseph, President of the Grenada Football Association will serve as Chairman of
the CFU Finance Committee and will be assisted by Mr. Canover Watson, who is a
Chartered Professional Accountant. The Finance Committee will conduct a review
of the CFU’s financial status, provide clarity as to the revenues and
obligations of the CFU, and make recommendations with regard to sponsorship internal
controls and the proper administration of the CFU among other things. “I’m very
pleased with this initiative and looking forward to my charge of ensuring
transparency, governance and compliance to the CFU on behalf of regional
football.” said Mr. Joseph. Assisting Mr. Joseph on this Task Force are Anton
Sealy (Bahamas), Eric Labrador (Puerto Rico), Lyndon Cooper (St. Lucia), Louis
Giskus (Suriname), Richard Groden (Trinidad & Tobago) and Sonia Bien-Aime
(Turks & Caicos Islands)
The CFU is
the region’s governing football body with 30 countries comprising its
membership and was founded in January 1978.
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