Masters prepared to ruffle feathers

He says the first fish restaurant he went to in Botswana had no fish. Keith Masters likes his fish, in fact he actually loves king klip. But on the day he went to the fish restaurant, it was not available, but it had to be there. When he arrived at the BFA early last month he found money, just like his favourite fish, absent. But money, like the fish, should be made available, this time not by the chefs, but by the imposing Briton himself.

Masters declares he is ready to make unpopular decisions as the association begins what is expected to be a rapid but laborious transformation. "It has to be a rapid turnaround and (the BFA should) start moving towards solvency within six months," he says. The tall Briton, born in Peterborough, Eastern England, is under no illusions as to the mammoth task that lies ahead.He inherits a post that has gained notoriety for its constantly revolving door, with as many as nine CEOs coming and going in the last decade. Four of them were acting appointments.