FIFA Foundation: Mauricio Macri, former President of Argentina appointed executive chairman

"The FIFA Foundation board has appointed the former President of Argentina (from 10/12/2015 to 10/12/2019) Mauricio Macri as its executive chairman," announced the International Federation on 28/01/2020.

"Macri (born 08/02/1959) has an extensive track record as a leader at the highest echelon in both politics and football. He served as as president of Boca Juniors from 1995 to 2007 and overseen the most glittering period in the club's history, which yielded 17 trophies, 11 of them international. He also spearheaded Buenos Aires's successful bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in his capacity as the erstwhile head of the city council (2007-2015)," said FIFA.

"The FIFA Foundation was established in 2018 as an independent organisation whose mission revolves around helping to promote positive social change. It has a FIFA World Cup winning CEO in Youri Djorkaeff and its primary focus area is education, as exemplified by the Football for Schools Programme, launched in 2019, to which FIFA has already allocated a budget of $100m (€90.7m). Pursuant to this, FIFA intends to team…