Goabaone Taylor
{{Short description|Botswana Sports Administrator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name =
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| nationality = Motswana
| alma_mater = University of Botswana
Stellenbosch University
Botswana Accountancy College
University of Cape Town (UCT)
| occupation = Accountant, sports administrator
| party =
| spouse = Paul Treston Taylor (until death in 2021)
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Goabaone Taylor (sometimes referred to as Goabaone G.Taylor) is a Motswana accountant and sports administrator who served as the chief executive officer of Botswana Football Association between April and December 2021. She occupied this position with effect from 1 April 2021 making her the first female to occupy this position since the inception of the organisation in 1966.{{Cite web |last=Mnkandhla |first=Thando |date=8 April 2021 |title=BFA appoints first female CEO |url=https://southerntimesafrica.com/bfa-appoints-first-female-ceo/ |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=The Southern Times}}
Background and education
In 2002, Taylor graduated from the University of Botswana(UB) with a bachelor's degree of Business administration with a major in marketing. In May 2015, she was a graduate of the Senior Management Development Program from Stellenbosch University.{{Cite web |date=2 April 2021 |title=BFA Appoints Mrs. Taylor as New CEO |url=http://www.bfa.co.bw/2121/bfa-appoints-mrs-taylor-as-new-ceo/ |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=Botswana Football Association |language=en-US}} She also has a number of professional licenses and certifications such as Enterprise Risk Management from the Botswana Accountancy College (BAC) in May 2016 and Digital marketing from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in December of the same year.
Career
Taylor worked as an account manager in the International Business Unit of Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) and held a few jobs in-between prior to being appointed country manager of Econet Media Botswana heading Kwese TV in 2017.
In April 2021, Taylor was appointed as chief executive officer of Botswana Football Association for a three-year tenure.{{Cite web |last=Football |first=CAF-Confedération Africaine du |title=Botswana FA has appointed an experienced woman as CEO/Secretary General |url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/botswana-fa-has-appointed-an-experienced-woman-as-ceo-secretary-general |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=CAFOnline.com |language=en}} She was suspended from the same position in December 2021 following allegations of "irregular utilization of BFA funds".{{Cite web |last=Kolantsho |first=Calistus |date=30 December 2021 |title=BFA hot seat strikes again |url=https://www.mmegi.bw/sports/bfa-hot-seat-strikes-again/news |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=Mmegi Online |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Dube |first=Chakalisa |date=16 February 2022 |title=BFA moves to fire Taylor |url=https://www.mmegi.bw/sports/bfa-moves-to-fire-taylor/news |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=Mmegi Online |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kgangkenna |first=Duncan |date=2022-03-04 |title=Taylor to drag BFA before the courts {{!}} Sunday Standard |url=https://www.sundaystandard.info/taylor-to-drag-bfa-before-the-courts/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |language=en-GB}}
Personal life
Taylor was married to Paul Treston Taylor, a former managing director of the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL), who passed away in December 2021{{Cite web |last=Shaya |date=3 January 2022 |title=Cheers to the dead |url=https://news.thevoicebw.com/cheers-to-the-dead/ |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=TheVoiceBW |language=en-US}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.bfa.co.bw/ Website of Botswana Football Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213054200/http://www.bfa.co.bw/ |date=13 February 2007 }}
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Category:University of Botswana alumni
Category:University of Cape Town alumni
Category:Stellenbosch University alumni