FIFA: "Important steps towards delivering meaningful and lasting reform" (François Carrard)

"The 2016 FIFA Reform Committee has enjoyed intense and fruitful discussions over the last two days. Overall, we have made important steps towards delivering meaningful and lasting reform. During the meeting we also heard from Domenico Scala, the chairman of the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee," said François Carrard, the chairman of the 2016 FIFA Reform Committee, after the first meeting of the committee in Bern (SUI) on 02 and 03/09/2015.

François Carrard (77 years old) was appointed the independent chairman of the 2016 FIFA Reform Committee on 11/08/2016. This committee is responsible for developing a series of reform proposals that will be presented at the forthcoming extraordinary Congress of FIFA in Zurich (SUI) on 26/02/2016, in which the successor to Joseph Blatter for the presidency of the international federation will also be elected. The committee was to be composed of 15 members: 12 from the confederations (two from each of the six : UEFA, AFC, CONCACAF, CAF, CONMEBOL and OFC), two members appointed by the commercial partners of FIFA and the independent chairman…