Former IOC Director General Named As Head Of Fifa Reform Committee

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) director general Francois Carrard has been appointed as chairman of the new FIFA reform task force.

The Swiss lawyer, 77, served in the role at the IOC from 1989 to 2003 and confirmed he had been approached over the Fifa post last week. He brings heavyweight experience of dealing with corruption in world sport, having guided the IOC through its own governance reforms in the wake of the bidding scandal for the Salt Lake City winter Olympics in 2002.

Fifa announced in June that it would form the Reform Task Force, which will comprise 10 members nominated by the body’s regional confederations, officials who were also named today (Tuesday).

Carrard will lead a team of 12 officials picked by Fifa’s six continental confederations, including the new Fifa executive committee member Sheik Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah of Kuwait. World Cup sponsors will also nominate two members to the panel.