Kingston, Jamaica – After 18 transformative months on the helm of the Jamaica Soccer Federation’s (JFF) administrative operations, Basic Secretary Dennis Chung will formally demit workplace on Saturday, Could 31, 2025, bringing to an in depth a tenure outlined by rigorous fiscal reform and organizational stabilization.
The announcement, which follows inside discussions and up to date media hypothesis, marks the top of a big chapter for the JFF. Whereas rumors circulated in latest weeks, affirmation was withheld pending the decision of a number of excellent issues.
Chung, who assumed workplace in November 2022, was tasked by President Michael Ricketts with stabilizing the Federation’s perilous monetary situation. At this time, the JFF stands on far firmer floor, thanks largely to what Ricketts described as “reaching the objectives of monetary enchancment.”
From disaster to compliance: A legacy of fiscal resurgence
Beneath Chung’s stewardship, the JFF not solely met however exceeded the targets set to elevate the group out of monetary uncertainty. Among the many most notable achievements:
- Elimination from FIFA’s Restrictive Funding record, restoring the Federation’s eligibility for full worldwide help.
- Receipt of a Tax Compliance Certificates in 2023 and full fee of excellent principal tax liabilities. In 2025, the JFF additionally secured a $66 million write-off in penalties and curiosity underneath Jamaica’s Tax Amnesty.
- A clear audit opinion on the 2024 monetary statements, eliminating the long-standing Going Concern Qualification—a primary in over 20 years.
- Implementation of improved inside controls and governance insurance policies.
- Constructive fairness place posted in March 2025, once more a primary in additional than 20 years.
Chung’s meticulous method helped pull the group again from the brink, repositioning it for sustainable progress and credible soccer improvement.
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President Ricketts: “We are able to at all times name on Dennis”
In reflecting on Chung’s departure, JFF President Michael Ricketts expressed each gratitude and optimism.
“I’m comfortable that Dennis has achieved the objectives of monetary enchancment within the JFF. The target has been to get our monetary home so as after which begin to give attention to the event of soccer in Jamaica, because it was at all times going to be troublesome to have efficient developmental programmes with the monetary challenges we confronted in 2022.”
Ricketts added that the door stays open for future collaboration:
“I’m certain that we’ll at all times be capable of name on Dennis if we’d like his recommendation, and I definitely want him all the very best sooner or later.”
Dennis Chung: “It wasn’t a simple highway”
Chung himself described the journey as each difficult and rewarding.
“It was certainly a pleasure to work with President Ricketts, and I’m happy that we have been capable of obtain the aims we set out on. Quite a lot of credit score goes to the President who had the imaginative and prescient of what he wished to attain, as that’s the place it begins, and the workers on the JFF, who caught to the duty and acquired the job accomplished.”
He continued: “It wasn’t a simple highway, however we have been capable of safeguard the monetary way forward for the JFF and Jamaica’s soccer. I’m assured that we have now the workers and processes in place to proceed on this trajectory.”
Wanting forward: Transition plans underway
Within the days forward, the JFF will announce formal preparations to make sure a clean transition and keep the momentum gained underneath Chung’s management. President Ricketts has signaled that continuity stays a prime precedence because the group enters its subsequent part.
