Wael al-Qadi
Wael Al-Qadi (born 24 November 1969)[1] is the President of Bristol Rovers Football Club.[2]
A member of the Al-Qadi family, who founded the Arab Jordan Investment Bank in Amman, Jordan,[1] Wael was educated at Westminster School in London. While at school in the UK capital in the early 80's, he began regularly attending Chelsea matches. He earned a degree in Computer Science with Business Administration at Boston University, graduating in 1991.[3]
Al-Qadi became vice-chairman of the Asian Football Development Project in 2011,[4] an executive board member of the Jordan Football Association in 2014, an executive board member of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016, and was a member of the campaign team behind Prince Ali bin Hussein's campaign for the presidency of FIFA at the FIFA Extraordinary Congress in February 2016.[5]
He and his family purchased Bristol Rovers in February 2016, and immediately installed Steve Hamer as the club's chairman.
References
- ^ a b Laith Abu-Ragheb (31 August 2016). "Buying into the Beautiful Game". Venture. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Company Overview of Bristol Rovers Football Club Ltd". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ James McNamara (19 February 2016). "Bristol Rovers Takeover: Who are the Al-Qadi family?". Bristol Post. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Prince Ali Chairs Fourth Board Meeting of the AFDP". Jordan Football Association. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ Ali Khaled (11 March 2016). "The sporting read: Wael Al Qadi – mapping out his plans to make Bristol Rovers a force". The National. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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