Paul Afkos is an Australian businessman of Greek background, former football (soccer) administrator and political aspirant.
[1] In 2006 a bid was made by Afkos and a number of associates to buy out the 75% share of Perth Glory owned by Nick Tana.
Other backers included prominent Perth businessmen David Schrandt – then-president of Soccer West Coast – and Len Buckeridge.
He was praised by then-Prime Minister John Howard as he launched his campaign: "He has been in every sense a wonderful citizen of this country and I'm proud to have him as the Liberal Party candidate."
Afkos has been actively involved with making the Northbridge area safer including support for a plan to introduce metal detectors in licensed venues.