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BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - FEBRUARY 28: UEFA Executive Committee member and former Manchester United Chief Executive David Gill (C) at the International Football Association Board AGM at the Culloden Hotel on February 28, 2015 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - FEBRUARY 28: UEFA Executive Committee member and former Manchester United Chief Executive David Gill (C) at the International Football Association Board AGM at the Culloden Hotel on February 28, 2015 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

David Gill Named Great Britain's FIFA Vice-President

Rory Marsden
Mar 24, 2015

Former Manchester United chief executive David Gill is set to become Britain's next FIFA vice-president after winning a UEFA vote inย Vienna on Tuesday. ย 

Gill, currentlyย vice-chairman of The Football Association, beat out competition fromย Welsh FA president Trefor Lloyd Hughes, winning the voteย 43 to 10, per the Press Association (viaย The Guardian).

He will take up the post in May and serve a four-year term on FIFAโ€™s executive committeeย as successor toย Northern Ireland's Jim Boyce.

Theย 57-year-old received the backing ofย UEFA president Michel Platini, per The Associated Press' Rob Harris, while FA chairman Greg Dyke has stated his hope that Gill will make up part of the "awkward squad" keeping FIFA in check, per the PA report:

Gill left his post as chief executive at Old Trafford in the summer of 2013 and was replaced by Ed Woodward.

He is a strong advocate for reform within FIFA, specifically noting the requirement for a change in the presidency, per The FA, a post held by Sepp Blatter since 1998.ย 

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