ExclusiveHong Kong FA chief executive Mark Sutcliffe to leave his role in two months after contract expires
Englishman was appointed in 2012 to help lift Hong Kong soccer but leaves with two years remaining of his five-year strategy plan
Football chief Mark Sutcliffe will leave his office despite having two years left in his strategy plan to revitalise the sport in Hong Kong.
“We will not comment on our staff member’s contract as this is between him and the association,” said Leung. “If there are changes, we will make a proper announcement.”
The association will have a board meeting next week and it is believed an official statement will be made after the meeting.
Sutcliffe, from Liverpool, UK, first came to Hong Kong in 2009 when he conducted a soccer consultancy report for the government. Upon the report’s completion, Sutcliffe’s company, Scott Wilson, was appointed the “change agent” for the HKFA to implement the changes in the report before the introduction of the Phoenix Project, a comprehensive programme initiated by the government to revive all aspects of the game.