Mr. Diamil Faye, who has a long experience of the Olympic movement which he has served since 1993, is the President of the JAPPO Olympique club of Guédiawaye since 2022. Before this experience, he was President of Guédiawaye FC, a Professional Football club in Senegalese Ligue 1, from 2011 to 2017.
When he took the club in 2011, it was bankrupt and, after five years he made it the second best club in the Country thanks to an innovative approach, good governance and efficient management principles.
From 2012 to 2022, Diamil worked as a FIFA Consultant, supporting several African Football Federations with their development programs.
Beyond football, Diamil is a major player in international sport. He is the owner of the sportwear brand “JSPORTS”, the preferred brand of several African delegations for Africa at the Olympic Games since London 2012.
Diamil also worked for the organizing committees of the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), for the restructuring of ANOCA and played a key role in the organization of the African Games since 2009.
He was instrumental in the Olympic and Paralympic bids of Sochi 2014, Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024.
Currently, he is a senior advisor to the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee since 2018.
