Lakapi Samoa Announces Changes At A.G.M
Hon. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has been re-elected as Chairman of Lakapi Samoa
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The governing body of rugby here in the country, Lakapi Samoa has officially announced changes to its Board of Directors following the recent Annual General Meeting (A.G.M.) held on the 24th November this year.
Following from the Annual General Meeting, some of the changes include the selection of former Manu Samoa 7s coach Faleomavaega Titimaea Tafua, (Apia Union) and Leaana Ronnie Posini, (Safata Union), who were both elected as Upolu Sub-Union representatives and also as Directors in the Board.
The Vetting Committee as endorsed at the A.G.M convened to select two vacant positions of Independent Appointed Directors, thus they selected Faumuina Margaret Godinet-Crichton as the Finance Appointed Director, Matafeo George Latu was selected as the Commercial Appointed Director.
The two Appointed Directors will serve a four year term while the Hon. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has been re-elected as Chairman of Lakapi Samoa, extending his tenure for another four years.
The long serving Chairman of Lakapi Samoa has been re-elected by the new Board at its Special meeting held on the 1st December(yesterday), 2022.
The Chairman and the Board of Lakapi Samoa acknowledged all the past work carried out by their outgoing Directors, Afamasaga Rico Tupa’i (Commercial), Tuiloma Sina Retzlaff (Finance), the two Upolu Sub-Union representatives, Fata Pito Malifa (Apia Union) and Fa’alogo Kapeli Fa’alogo (Siumu) for all their commitment and contribution in serving Lakapi Samoa on the Board particularly over the last several years.
The re-elected Chairman, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi conveyed that, “I am delighted and hugely challenged by the confidence entrusted by the Board to continue on the role of Chairman, working closely with the new Directors and the Management team to guide our Union through the next phase of its journey”.
He also added that 2023 is a massive year ahead with the upcoming Rugby World Cup seen as an immediate focus, but nevertheless he also remains firm on continuing the Board’s strategic plans in growing and strengthening the teams, growing the commercial portfolio to assist and ease any financial tension moving forward.