Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, Makes New Appointment

<h4>&NewLine;Fédération Internationale de Football Association&comma; FIFA&comma; Makes New Appointment<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Fédération Internationale de Football Association&comma; FIFA&comma; on Wednesday&comma; announced the appointment of Mr Romy Gai as Chief Business Officer&comma; taking over from Mr Kay Madati who&comma; for personal reasons&comma; will depart the organisation as Chief Commercial Officer in the coming months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Romy joins FIFA from AWE International Group&comma; where he had been Chairman since 2015&comma; and prior to that his career includes 14 years as Chief Revenue Officer &amp&semi; Marketing Director and CEO Assistant at Juventus FC in Italy&comma; and a period as CEO of the UAE Football League &lpar;UFL&rpar; in the United Arab Emirates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As Chief Business Officer&comma; Romy’s appointment will further strengthen FIFA’s commitment to our commercial and marketing partners&comma;” said FIFA <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;">Secretary General Fatma Samoura&period;<&sol;a> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He has had a lifetime involvement in football&comma; and we are delighted to have his expertise to help shape our future business ventures across the world&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Romy Gai added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;FIFA has many opportunities to grow football in our fast-changing world&comma; and I look forward to ensuring that our commercial team plays a substantial part in ensuring that world football’s governing body will be at the centre of all these important business developments in order to benefit our sport globally&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Gai’s appointment coincides with the announcement of Mr Madati’s departure&comma; with the current Chief Commercial Officer remaining on-board until the end of June 2022 to support the commercial division in managing the transition period&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I would also like to thank Kay for his commitment during his time with us&comma;” added Fatma Samoura&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;One of Kay’s mandates on arrival was to cultivate and develop the countless opportunities today&&num;8217&semi;s virtual multimedia landscape offers football to fulfil our FIFA Vision 2020-2023 goal of making the game truly global&period; The launch of FIFA&plus; is testament to his work and to that of the team that Romy inherits as part of FIFA’s Commercial division&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kay Madati said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It has been an honour and privilege to lead this dynamic commercial team&comma; and work hand in hand with our partners and the FIFA management team to grow this beautiful game&period; This personal decision to focus on my family has not come lightly&comma; and I remain committed to collaborating closely with Romy to set him&comma; our partners&comma; and the entire FIFA team up for success as we collectively head towards a very special FIFA World Cup in Qatar&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; FIFA<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;