Danny Jordaan is a South African sports administrator as well as a former lecturer, politician and anti-apartheid activist. He also had a leading role in the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, as Chief Executive Officer: 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa, Johannesburg.
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Current Position(s)
Chief Executive Officer - 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa, Johannesburg
(2004 - present)
Member - National Lottery Board
(2001 - present)
Member - International Marketing Council, Pretoria
(2001 - present)
Member - Marketing & TV Board FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland
(1998 - present)
Chair - ANC, Port Elizabeth
(1990 - present)
Founder - Port Elizabeth North Civic Organisation
(1989 - present)
Executive Member - Northern Areas Co-ordinating(affiliated with UDF)
(1988 - present)
Previous Position(s)
Chief Executive Officer - World Cup Soccer Bid 2010, Johannesburg
(2001 - 2004)
Chief Executive Officer - SA Football Association (SAFA)
(2000 - 2001)
Member - FIFA Marketing and Television Board
(1998 - 2003)
Chief Executive Officer - World Cup Soccer Bid 2006
(1998 - 2000)
Chief Executive Officer - SA Football Association (SAFA)
(1997 - 2000)
Director - 2004 Olympic Bid Company, South Africa
(1996 - 1996)
Chair - European Union Development Assistance Programme, South Africa
(1994 - 1997)
Member of Parliament - ANC: National Assembly
(1994 - 1997)
Member - Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Assembly
(1994 - 1997)
Member - Portfolio Committee on Trade & Industry, National Assembly
(1994 - 1997)
Vice-President - South African Football Association, Johannesburg
(1991 - 1997)
Acting President - South African Football Association, Johannesburg
(1990 - 1991)
Senior Lecturer - Dower College, Port Elizabeth
(1981 - 1994)
Teacher - Department of Education & Training, Eastern Cape
(1979 - 1987)
Teacher - Arcadia Senior Secondary Shool, Port Elizabeth
(1979 - 1979)
Deputy Chair - 1996 African Cup of Nations, South Africa
(1996)
Higher Education
Honorary degree - University of South Africa
Honorary Doctor of Administration
Degree - University of Western Cape
Bachelor of Arts
Degree - University of Western Cape
UED
Degree - University of South Africa
Bachelor of Arts
High School Education
Family
Marital Status: Married to Roxanne Sons: 1 Daughters: 1
Father: Alexander Jordaan Mother: Maxie
Noteworthy Events/Interesting Facts
Played Provincial Soccer, Provincial Cricket & briefly professional soccer player 1970-83;
Led a delegation that presented South Africa's case for re-admission to the CAF delegation in Johannesburg as the acting president of SAFA
Travelled to Lusaka as part of a delegation to present a document on the creation of a single unified SA football body to the ANC in exile 1987
Achievements
Special Presidential Awards - President Nelson Mandela
paper -
(1999)
Speaker
Marketing Person of the Year - Associasion of Marketers
paper -
(2001)
Speaker
State Presidential Sport Achievement Award - President Thabo Mbeki
Marketing Man of the Year -
South Africa
Newsmaker Of the Year - Johannesburg Press Club
Johannesburg
Mayoral Achievement Award - City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Citizen of the Year Award - Nelson Mandela Bay
Mayoral Award - Kouga Municipality
Personality of the Year - South African Broadcast
Freedom of the City of Maracaibo -
Venezuela
Businessman of the Year - Men's Health
South Africa
Activities
Vice-President - SACOS
Eastern Cape
President - Eastern Province Soccer Board
Member - South African Student Organisation
Member National Council - South African Black Students Intervarsity Council
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