Football Federation Samoa (“FFS”) welcomed their new Chief Executive Officer in a brief ceremony lead by President, Susuga Papalii Samuel L Petaia and Staff on Monday 13 September 2021. Autū Andy Ripley started the role on Monday of the same day and will be at the helm of FFS for 3 years as per his Contract.
“I have a few plans for the next three years and contribute to change and reforms currently underway,” said Autū. Some of these plans include making sure we use the resources given by FIFA and Oceania Football Confederation (“OFC”) effectively to build our team in the office as well as looking at ways to improve the development of football in Samoa. So the plan is to make some transitional change policies and focus on the implementation and delivery of plans so that these changes come into fruition with better and improved results.”
Autū is no stranger to football as he has been involved since 1986 as a national player where he represented Samoa in the Under 16, Under 19 and the Senior Men’s team. As a football administrator, Autu has been the Coach for Samoa’s national team and has played active roles at the local club level.
The CEO role was advertised and received numerous interests. At the end of the recruitment and selection process, Autū was selected and endorsed by the Executive Committee to lead FFS for the next 3 years.
Autū Andy Ripley holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of the South Pacific as well as a Bachelor of Commerce in Management from the National University of Samoa, a Diploma in coaching Fitness Education from UNITEC New Zealand and a Diploma in Business Management from Auckland University of Technology. He takes over the FFS CEO role previously held by Seve Dr Folototo Seve.
Autū leaves behind his role of overseeing a family business and hails from Togafu’afu’a Apia.
Background Information
Autū FFS Representative & Involvement
Football Federation Samoa/ 1988 to 1993
Samoa Under 19 Representative, Oceania Qualifiers, Fiji 1988
Samoa Representative, Samoa Cup, Auckland NZ. 1990
Samoa Representative, Samoa Cup, Pacific Cup, Tonga 1991
Samoa Representative, Pacific Cup, Samoa 1992
Samoa Representative, Oceania Futsal Qualifiers, Samoa 1993
FFS Team Manager, Under 16 Oceania Qualifiers, Auckland NZ 2004
FFS Team Manager, Senior Men’s, Oceania Qualifiers, Fiji 2007
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MBA, University of South Pacific 2012
Post Graduate Diploma General Manager, USP 2012
Post graduate Certificate in Human Resource, USP 2012
B Com, NUS 2006
Diploma Coaching, Fitness and Education, UNITEC, New Zealand, 2006
New Zealand Diploma Business – Management, Auckland University of Technology, NZ 199
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