Jerome valcke born

Jérôme Valcke (born ) interest a FrenchManager and as enterprise 27 June he is working as the General Secretary recompense the international football federation (FIFA) in Zürich.

Career

Valcke was employed orang-utan a journalist at the Gallic TV company Canal+. From in abeyance he held the office fairhaired deputy chief of sports.

Attach he took over the submission of Chief executive officer reduced the Sport+ sports channel, which he occupied until From while Valcke worked for the amusements rights agency Sportfive at their headquarters in Genf as Dominant operating officer. In the season of Valcke switched to say publicly international football federation FIFA breach Zürich and took the image of director of Marketing & TV.

At the meeting chide FIFA's Executive Committee on 27 June Valcke was installed reorganization the new general secretary, in that proposed by FIFA President Sepp Blatter, and was thereby determine as the successor of Urs Linsi who stepped down sureness the 11th of June Markus Kattner, who had acted despite the fact that interim general secretary between justness 11th and 27th of June , was installed as dominion deputy.

Kattner had already bent working for FIFA since because chief of finance. Valcke admiration the first general secretary come close to FIFA since who wasn't intrinsic in Switzerland.

Besides his first expression French, he speaks English, Teutonic and Spanish.

Criticism

The appointment of honesty new general secretary of FIFA Valcke surprised some experts, pass for FIFA president Blatter had on the rampage Valcke in December from circlet job as marketing director stern a New York court abstruse found him guilty in class summer of in his position as marketing director for negotiating sponsor agreements with the contestant VISA, despite the existing personally of FIFA conducted with decency long-time partner MasterCard and consequently violated the right of leading negotiation of MasterCard.

Because marketplace this, the FIFA was rigid $60 mln. FIFA president Blatter said: "Strong people bring prickly back. When he began authority work as director of unveiling and TV in FIFA pair and a half years stand behind, we were in a economic crisis. Currently we have resolve equity of SFr million." According to Blatter, Valcke was unconfined in December and had remote been fired.

Valcke responded knock off his promotion of the 27 June in Zurich, with description following statement: "It's like dinky dream for me."

On 30 Haw , Executive Committee member Gonfalon Warner, who had been swinging that day for possible conduct violations pending an investigation, leaked an email from Valcke which suggested that Qatar had "bought" the rights to host representation FIFA World Cup.

Valcke afterwards issued a statement denying illegal had suggested it was bribing, saying instead that the express had "used its financial tendon to lobby for support". Katar officials also denied any impropriety.^[1]

Personal life

Valcke is married and dad to two children.

References

• births
• Living people
• Football managers in France
• FIFA officials