Horne confirmed as Watmore’s successor at FA 28/05/2010 |
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The Football Association has appointed Alex Horne as the permanent successor to former chief executive Ian Watmore.
Horne, who had been acting as temporary chief executive, has been given the title of FA general secretary.
Watmore resigned earlier this year after less than a year in the role due to disagreements with senior figures on the FA board.
Horne is a former managing director of Wembley Stadium and for the last two years has been the FA's chief operating officer.
He qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers specialising in business improvement and corporate turnarounds, and joined the FA in 2003 as finance director.
The FA has changed the title of the job to general secretary to bring England's governing body into line with Fifa, Uefa and other national associations.
Meanwhile, Roger Burden has been made acting chairman until a new independent chairman is appointed to replace Lord Triesman, who resigned after apparently being caught alleging that
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