Bloomberg Law
Sept. 16, 2016, 7:37 PM UTC

FIFA Appoints Chief Compliance Officer, Hires PwC

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

For the first time in its history, the global soccer organization FIFA announced on Friday it has created a chief compliance officer position and hired a U.S.-educated lawyer to fill the newly minted role.

Edward Hanover, who obtained his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2000, has been based in Singpapore for the past year, working as the head of compliance in emerging markets for Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

In joining FIFA, he enters an organization that has been plagued by scandal and an ongoing criminal investigation in the U.S. into whether top officials accepted bribes in exchange for the organizations media and marketing ...

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