The candidacy of Barcelona presidential candidate Marc Ingla has yesterday announced at a press conference that they want to appoint club ambassadors around the world in case Ingla wins the elections for president on Sunday 13 June.The ambassador would be the representative of the board of directors in a region where the club has an "embassy", which can be a commercial centre or a youth academy. The cities in which the club would have a seat are Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Sao Paulo and Tokyo.
The ambassadors will be part of a new Global Advisory Council that will advice the board regarding the club's international policy and the policy in their respective regions. It will be an honorary post, that doesn't include a salary.
The candidacy already announced yesterday the name of one person that would be appointed as club ambassador, namely that of Japanese businessman Hiroshi Mikitani [picture], who would become the ambassador in Tokyo.
Hiroshi Mikitani is the chairman and chief executive of online shopping mall operator Rakuten. Mikitani is also the owner of Japanese football club Vissel Kobe and Japanese baseball club Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
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Ingla+Soriano.No-brainer, so far.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea!!! That's the way to go, we should spread around the world, we should grow economically and the idea to have ambassadors who represent the club and its values abroad is great. Hope that, whoever wins, they make this work.
ReplyDeleteFew years ago Mikitani's company Rakuten sold Mastercards that had Barca logo and design. I guess he's been a Barca fan.
ReplyDeleteHe's a good businessman too. Started his company almost from nothing, and now it's one of the biggest in Japan.
I think it's a good idea to have these "ambassadors".
wow world domination..i like that.
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