FIFA: Thomas Peyer (SUI) appointed Chief Finance Officer, assumed role on 05/09/2016

"FIFA is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Peyer from Switzerland as FIFA's Chief Finance Officer. He will take up his position on 05/092016," stated the international federation on 02/09/2016.

"Mr Peyer joins us from Kuoni Group, where he most recently held the position of Group CFO. Before that, he held a variety of senior finance positions at Kuoni Group in Zurich and London, managing teams nationally and internationally. In addition, he previously worked as a project manager for AXA Winterthur Insurance in Zurich and London," added FIFA.

Thomas Peyer replaces Markus Kattner (GER-SUI), the FIFA Chief Finance Officer from February 2003 to May 2016 (and acting Secretary General since 18/09/2015) whose contract was "terminated with immediate effect" on 23/05/2016 "for failure to fulfill his fiduciary obligations to FIFA."

• "A graduate in commerce and economics (specilising in finance) at the University of Applied Sciences in Zurich (ZHAW), Thomas Peyer has over 25 years of experience in the field of finance," said FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association …