David Koch wants to shun the limelight as Power president

DAVID Koch says he does not want to be a "high-profile" president at the Port Adelaide Football Club.

DAVID Koch says he does not want to be a "high-profile" president at the Port Adelaide Football Club.

It is an extraordinary wish for the high-profile financial commentator whose contacts among corporate Australia are supposed to open doors to find sponsorship to end the club's $5 million-a-year lifeline from AFL House.

"I won't be doing post-match press conferences ... and I don't want a high profile," said Koch, admitting his ability to attend Power games will be conflicted to be in Sydney before dawn every Monday for the Channel 7 Sunrise breakfast program.

Koch certainly will not cast a big shadow over Alberton where many AFL analysts say Port needed to appoint a paid executive chairman working with chief executive Keith Thomas.

Koch has vowed to be at Alberton for every board meeting and to use technology - as former assistant coach Dean Laidley did with Skype when he was based in Melbourne - to manage the Power's demanding agenda with Thomas.

Koch described criticism of his daily absence from the club as "insulting" and the model of a hands-on president as "archiac".

"To be there all the time is just an excuse for a fan wanting to hang out at the club," said Koch.

Koch became deputy chairman Kevin Osborn's hand-picked successor after state treasurer Kevin Foley's AFL-approved campaign to be president was blocked by the board, half of which has now been sacked.

Koch's conditions for accepting the presidency were a commitment from Thomas he would remain chief executive "for the long haul" and Osborn would be deputy chairman.

"As a trio, we have really strong complementary skills in the organisation and that was a really important thing for me going forward," he said.