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Nicholas R. is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in business affairs and strategy within the sports industry, currently serving as the Director of Business Affairs & Strategy and Head of Bidding at FIFA since March 2015. Nicholas has progressed through various roles at FIFA, managing bidding processes and major strategic projects for all FIFA tournaments. Prior to FIFA, Nicholas practiced as a lawyer at Addisons, specializing in media law and gambling/sports law, while also engaging in academia as a lecturer at Macquarie University. Nicholas began legal career as an Associate to the Hon. Justice R A Hulme at the Supreme Court of New South Wales and has a solid foundation in commercial litigation from time spent at Maddocks. Nicholas holds a Master's degree in Management, Law, and Humanities of Sport from the FIFA Master and a dual degree in Finance and Law from Macquarie University.
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Founded in 1904, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the umbrella organisation of its members, currently 211 national football associations. Its main objectives, enshrined in its statutes, are to develop football around the world, to stage international competitions and to protect the integrity of football (against match manipulation, doping etc.). FIFA is composed of a number of political bodies (such as the FIFA Congress and the FIFA Council) and the administration. The highest political position is the FIFA President, elected every four years by FIFA’s member associations. The FIFA administration, with some 720 people from over 50 nations, is based in Zurich. It is run by the Secretary General (CEO). FIFA stages FIFA World Cups™ in various forms such as youth, men’s and women’s, futsal, beach soccer or club competitions. The men’s FIFA World Cup™ is not only the most popular single sporting event in the world but also the financial backbone for FIFA and its efforts to develop football worldwide. The financial success of the FIFA World Cup™ allows FIFA to run a wide range of football development programmes and to provide funds, infrastructure and know-how to its member associations through the FIFA Forward Development Programme.