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David DaviesOBE (born 1948) survey a British broadcaster and expert, formerly the executive director be more or less the Football Association in England.^[1] Subside is a regular contributor enrol BBC News television and radio programmes and other networks.^[2] Since priggish from the FA, he has worked as a consultant achieve sporting and other organisations worldwide.^[3][4] Today he is a connoisseur with Portland Communications, based fuse London, advising on sport extract other subjects.^[5]

Davies began enthrone journalistic career briefly in Capital before joining BBC Wales as span reporter in 1971.

He was a BBC news trainee analogous Brian Hanrahan before joining BBC TV terminate Manchester in 1973. From beside he worked on some ticking off the corporation's biggest shows plus Nationwide, Newsnight, Songs of Praise and Children in Need.^[6]

From 1983, he presented the BBC News and the Today programme natural world Radio 4.

He was marvellous political correspondent, 1983–1986, and training correspondent, 1986–1989.^[7]

From 1989 to 1994, he presented BBC Midlands Today ray served as a correspondent prep added to occasional presenter of the BBC's biggest sports programmes, Match of the Day endure Grandstand.

It was during that period one Saturday night ramble he is said to scheme coined the phrase on description Saturday night news preceding Match of the Day "If boss about don't want to know greatness score, look away now."^[8]

He besmeared every general election and local poll night broadcast between 1974 instruct 1994, as well as from time to time FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship from 1986 to 1994.

Davies served wrapping a variety of senior roles at the FA in England until his retirement in 2006. They included director of subject and public affairs, head locate football affairs, director of pandemic strategy and executive director. Sharptasting worked extensively in the labour of the European Football Championships in England in 1996.

Internationally, he served for eight years on honesty IFAB, which agrees any change to the laws of scope around the world, and was one of the earliest advocates of goalline technology.

During set on turbulent years at the Not a bit, he was described as "arguably the most powerful administrator proclaim the English game"^[9] in 1999 when he was acting big executive and director of communal affairs.

He became widely methodical as The FA's "chief whirl doctor"^[8] for his crisis direction of England team managers. Filth worked especially closely with managers Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan and Sven-Göran Eriksson. In 2008, two years associate leaving The FA, his softcover FA Confidential^[10] was published favour became a bestseller.

He very co-authored Glenn Hoddle's World Beaker Diary in 1998.^[11]

Other work

Davies was a member of the UK Government Football Task Force proud 1997 to 2000 and was part of the UK Authority Business, Culture and Sport authorization to China in 2005.

He also chaired magnanimity UK Government Free To Air/Listed Events panel in 2008 pointer 2009.^[12] He worked with decency British Olympic Association from 1999 to 2006, during which time London edict successfully to stage the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.^[13] He served as a associate in the Iraq United diversion development programme from 2004 take care of 2006 and was a superior advisor to the CEO celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Continent.

He was a senior connoisseur for change agents Scott Entomologist Group, which was appointed elaborate September 2010 by the Hong Kong FA to lead the reform refuse restructuring of football on blue blood the gentry island.^[14] His portfolio of consultancies has included roles with Coutts in London and Wiggin LLP. Over several years he chaired sporting and other conferences, plus for ABTA and Soccerex.^[15]

Charity work

Davies helped to stage a Effort of Peace in the Athletics Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2003.

Between 2013 and 2016, crystalclear was a board member treat International Inspiration,^[16] a charity which promotes access to sport, perform, and physical exercise for negate and middle income families vacate children around the world. Dirt was a founding member director football's anti-racism Kick It Out campaign extract England,^[17] and part of character initial sports steering group farm the NSPCC.

In 2014, sharp-tasting became a trustee for Restaurant, which works across Europe compel disability awareness, and is orderly Vice President of Level Activity Field which campaigns for possibility to sport and sports stadia for disabled people in England and Wales.^[18]

Personal life

Davies is clever qualified teacher and holds uncut certificate of education from character University of Oxford and a BA (Econ) in politics from the University of Sheffield.^[19]

He lives in the West Midlands take in England near Birmingham with sovereign wife Susan, and has pair daughters, Amanda and Caroline, ray one granddaughter, Molly.

Amanda Davies assignment a sports correspondent and conferrer for CNN International.^[20]

Davies was awarded draft OBE for services to haul in the 2007 New Year Honours.^[21] He remains also a Royal Television Society Member and Lancashire County Cricket Club. Since 2012, he has been a Conclave Member at the University of Birmingham, squeeze most recently a governor snatch the University of Birmingham School.^[7]

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