The Football Association of Ireland is to have a new chief executive for the first time since 2005 as former English FA commercial director Jonathan Hill completes final negotiations over filling the vacancy. He more than doubled commercial income to €900 million during a five-year cycle at the FA. One of the rivals he beat off for the post was his former colleague at the English FA, Adrian Bevington. As per the State’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the FAI, the salary has to be equivalent to a public department secretary general. Odgers Berndtson, the global recruitment firm deployed by the English FA to source their leading executives, were also retained by the FAI for this selection process.

Source: The Irish Times September 17, 2020 22:12 UTC