The former interim chief executive of Cycling Ireland, John Foley, has been heavily linked with the top job at the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) on a short term basis.
The post of FAI chief executive has not been filled on a
permanent basis since John Delaney stepped away from it in March.
He was initially made executive vice president of the FAI
after being forced out of the top job amid controversy before finally leaving
the association in September.
Noel Mooney has been interim chief executive since
Delaney vacated that post but he is due to return to his job in Uefa next week.
However, four positions for independent directors have
still not been filled on the FAI board meaning a full-time successor for
Delaney has not been recruited.
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It means the FAI now needs a second interim chief
executive and John Foley is being touted for that role. He was interim chief
executive of Cycling Ireland in the six-month term from last November; between
Geoff Liffey departing and the incumbent Matt McKerrow being appointed.
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Foley retired from Athletics Ireland in April of last
year after nine years in charge. He oversaw a doubling of Athletics Ireland
club membership.
It increased from 29,685 in 2009 to more than 60,000 as
he entered his last six months in the job. He also proved successful in
bringing new sponsors to Athletics Ireland.
Foley has vast experience in the business world, working
in senior marketing positions for most of his career.
He is a former brand manager at Johnson & Johnson and
is also a former director of marketing at Bord na Mona.
At Waterford Crystal, Foley became chief executive in
2009 and remained in that post for 8½ years.
In the business world he is most closely associated with
Waterford Crystal, spending a total of 17 years at the company. Before taking
on the top job there, he was also sales and marketing director.
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