Brian Jokat confirmed to be new COO (p4), Sacked (p5) 🙄

Henry Irving

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/brian-jokat-9a34884

The Icelandic 62 year old was rumoured to be our new COO on twitter by @churchyruns and by @RedRobin here on the Tony Keohane thread.

Jokat was CEO of the London Knights Ice Hockey side and worked for AEG for five years as well as being an ice hockey coach.

He's had various sports consultancy roles too and has been based in Europe for over  20 years.

He has a degree in Sports Administration.

Rumours say COO not CEO although that might, IMHO, be a title to allow TS to remain CEO while Joket is the on the ground, de facto CEO. My speculation only.

Nothing official so WIOTOS but @RedRobin said Joket has said it himself.

Leuth

Unfortunate name, if everything goes pear-shaped 

ForeverAddickted

Leuth said:

Unfortunate name, if everything goes pear-shaped 

Least its not as bad as Mike Krack @ Aston Martin

Callumcafc

An interesting CV to say the least…

Is it Joket or Jokat?

Chris_from_Sidcup

The one time head coach of the Bosnian ice hockey team is an interesting one.

Henry Irving

Callumcafc said:

An interesting CV to say the least…

Is it Joket or Jokat?

Jokat.

Working class boys didn't  have their dyslexia recognised in the 60s and 70s

Dave Rudd

Leuth said:

Unfortunate name, if everything goes pear-shaped 

"It was a very close-run thing, Mr Joket.  You fitted the criteria beautifully and interviewed very well.  But sadly, you have an unfortunate name if everything goes pear-shaped, so we've decided to give the job to Mr Catastrophe."

"We hope you'll understand."

Dave Rudd

Profile: Brian Jokat (bmmagazine.co.uk)

An article from 2008 where he seems to have 'previous' with our Community Trust.

Brian Jokat - Partnerships Specialist - Self Employed | LinkedIn

Scoham

Active at two busineases on Companies House and one resignation (from Greenwich Steiner School Initiative). Shows he’s Icelandic rather than Canadian.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/nrm-GIYOqIloGdPyIpYcEsRVQXE/appointments

Henry Irving

Dave Rudd said:

Profile: Brian Jokat (bmmagazine.co.uk)

An article from 2008 where he seems to have 'previous' with our Community Trust.

Brian Jokat - Partnerships Specialist - Self Employed | LinkedIn

"He also sits on the board of the Docklands Business Club – part of the London Chamber of Commerce, the Community Trust Board of Charlton Athletic Football Club as well as serving on the Board of Hammarby Football Club in Stockholm."

RedRobin

Dave Rudd said:

Profile: Brian Jokat (bmmagazine.co.uk)

An article from 2008 where he seems to have 'previous' with our Community Trust.

Brian Jokat - Partnerships Specialist - Self Employed | LinkedIn

This is something that was mentioned yesterday. He is apparently already on the community trusts board, can anyone confirm that? 

Lincsaddick

be nice if any new executives had experience in English FOOTBALL and not (e.g.) Canadian Ice Hockey or German owned venues, or was he involved in the electrical goods manufacturing side of the business ?

Henry Irving

Scoham said:

Active at two busineases on Companies House and one resignation (from Greenwich Steiner School Initiative). Shows he’s Icelandic rather than Canadian.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/nrm-GIYOqIloGdPyIpYcEsRVQXE/appointments

Corrected

Got his degree in Canada.

Scandi connection to Sweden too and perhaps so to Thomas.

Dave Rudd

Lincsaddick said:

be nice if any new executives had experience in English FOOTBALL and not (e.g.) Canadian Ice Hockey or German owned venues, or was he involved in the electrical goods manufacturing side of the business ?

And a powerful shot.

Scoham

Henry Irving said:

Scoham said:

Active at two busineases on Companies House and one resignation (from Greenwich Steiner School Initiative). Shows he’s Icelandic rather than Canadian.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/nrm-GIYOqIloGdPyIpYcEsRVQXE/appointments

Corrected

Got his degree in Canada.

Scandi connection to Sweden too and perhaps so to Thomas.

Via hockey? TS owns a Danish hockey team.

Henry Irving

RedRobin said:

Dave Rudd said:

Profile: Brian Jokat (bmmagazine.co.uk)

An article from 2008 where he seems to have 'previous' with our Community Trust.

Brian Jokat - Partnerships Specialist - Self Employed | LinkedIn

This is something that was mentioned yesterday. He is apparently already on the community trusts board, can anyone confirm that? 

Not currently from looking at the CACT website although Wayne Mumford is. 

Callumcafc

Hammarby a very forward thinking club on and off the pitch so excited to see what elements of that he could bring with him.

Henry Irving

Callumcafc said:

Hammarby a very forward thinking club on and off the pitch so excited to see what elements of that he could bring with him.

Again I think he was on the board but not now.  Not sure though.

Did AEG own them?

Shame AEG never bought CAFC

Callumcafc

Henry Irving said:

Callumcafc said:

Hammarby a very forward thinking club on and off the pitch so excited to see what elements of that he could bring with him.

Again I think he was on the board but not now.  Not sure though.

Did AEG own them?

Shame AEG never bought CAFC

51% fan ownership, 23.5% AEG and 23.5% Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

AEG did own 47% until recently but sold half their stake to Zlatan in 2019.

Lincsaddick

from wiki .. ' During the Second World War, AEG worked with the Nazi Party and benefited from forced labour from concentration camps.'

Dave Rudd

Senad Zaimović i Brian Jokat: TVSA_Sarajevsko_jutro - YouTube

Great work from our boy on Sarajevo breakfast TV.

He sounds very Canadian.  It looks like he played ice hockey previously in Bosnia/Herzegovina in the 1980s.

You have to totally surrender to Sarajevo - Destination Sarajevo

shine166

He sounds like a coat, he sounds coaaaat 

Our new coo, he sounds like a coat 

Chris_from_Sidcup

Scoham said:

Active at two busineases on Companies House and one resignation (from Greenwich Steiner School Initiative). Shows he’s Icelandic rather than Canadian.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/nrm-GIYOqIloGdPyIpYcEsRVQXE/appointments

Very popular Icelandic name is Brian.

Lincsaddick

shine166 said:

He sounds like a coat, he sounds coaaaat 

Our new coo, he sounds like a coat 

you reckon he's a cousin of Kenny Jackett ?

Dave Rudd

shine166 said:

He sounds like a coat, he sounds coaaaat 

Our new coo, he sounds like a coat 

No relation to Kenny Jokat though?

Chris_from_Sidcup

Lincsaddick said:

shine166 said:

He sounds like a coat, he sounds coaaaat 

Our new coo, he sounds like a coat 

you reckon he's a cousin of Kenny Jackett ?

Good mates with Chuck Blazer apparently, the old FIFA guy who got done for corruption (that doesn't narrow it down i know).

Lincsaddick

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Lincsaddick said:

shine166 said:

He sounds like a coat, he sounds coaaaat 

Our new coo, he sounds like a coat 

you reckon he's a cousin of Kenny Jackett ?

Good mates with Chuck Blazer apparently, the old FIFA guy who got done for corruption (that doesn't narrow it down i know).

Tom and Dean Crombie could be in the family as well ((:>)

Rothko

Lincsaddick said:

from wiki .. ' During the Second World War, AEG worked with the Nazi Party and benefited from forced labour from concentration camps.'

Different companies 

Lincsaddick

Rothko said:

Lincsaddick said:

from wiki .. ' During the Second World War, AEG worked with the Nazi Party and benefited from forced labour from concentration camps.'

Different companies 

more like the old one cleaned up .. there is a book out next week, 'Nazi Billionaires' .. or have a look here .. Category:Companies involved in the Holocaust - Wikipedia .. OK it's history but still bear in mind what went on in Germany and is now pretty much airbrushed over and forgotten .. anyway .. digression OVER

Rothko

Lincsaddick said:

Rothko said:

Lincsaddick said:

from wiki .. ' During the Second World War, AEG worked with the Nazi Party and benefited from forced labour from concentration camps.'

Different companies 

more like the old one cleaned up .. there is a book out next week, 'Nazi Billionaires' .. or have a look here .. Category:Companies involved in the Holocaust - Wikipedia .. OK it's history but still bear in mind what went on in Germany and is now pretty much airbrushed over and forgotten .. anyway .. digression OVER

They are completely different companies, ones an American owner owned Sports Entertainment company launched in 1994 and ones a Germany electrics companies started in 1912. 

Callumcafc

Who is airbrushing over or forgetting what happened in Nazi Germany??? And what does that have to do with a Canadian-Icelandic man in the sports industry who is rumoured to be a new exec at our club?

Big wtf moment…