Markus Kattner

Markus Kattner
Secretary-General of FIFA (acting)
In office
17 September 2015 – 23 May 2016
Preceded byJérôme Valcke
Succeeded byFatma Samoura
Personal details
Born (1970-09-24) 24 September 1970 (age 54)
Bayreuth, West Germany
NationalityGerman-Swiss
OccupationBusiness consultant
Football administrator

Markus Kattner (born 24 September 1970 in Bayreuth, West Germany) is a German-Swiss business consultant and former association football executive.[1] He served as acting Secretary-General of FIFA from September 2015 to May 2016, but was dismissed without notice after being accused of paying himself bonuses worth millions of US Dollars during a previous stint as FIFA's director of Finance.[2][3][4] Markus Kattner has begun legal proceedings against FIFA before the competent court in Zurich as he believes his dismissal to be unjustified.[5] The Zurich High Court ruled in Markus Kattner's favour and decided in its ruling of 4 October 2022 that his dismissal without notice was unjustified.[6] In his complaint, Kattner claimed that "the reasons for his dismissal were pretextual and inaccurate".[7]

  1. ^ Dunbar, Graham (23 May 2016). "FIFA fires finance director Kattner over bonus payments". Associated Press. Retrieved 24 May 2016. Kattner joined FIFA as director of finance in 2003 from the McKinsey consultancy firm, where he worked with the former FIFA president's nephew, Philippe Blatter, on a project advising the soccer body.
  2. ^ Harding, Luke (3 June 2016). "Blatter, Valcke and Kattner awarded themselves £55m, say Fifa lawyers". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  3. ^ Critchley, Mark (3 June 2016). "Fifa corruption: Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner 'profited by more than £55m' through wrongdoing". The Independent. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  4. ^ Conway, Richard (23 May 2016). "Fifa scandal: Markus Kattner sacked over bonus payments". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Is FIFA's personnel purge backfiring? Kattner to sue FIFA for unfair dismissal - Inside World Football". Inside World Football. 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  6. ^ Felber, Tom (2023-01-17). "Obergericht urteilt über Entlassung Fifa-Generalsekretär Kattner". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  7. ^ "Zürcher Obergericht – Entlassener Finanzchef: Fifa soll zehn Millionen zahlen". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-16.