Jeffrey Webb
| Jeffrey Webb | |
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| CONCACAF President | |
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In office 23 May 2012 – 27 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Alfredo Hawit |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Hawit |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 24, 1964 George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Nationality | Caymanian |
| Spouse(s) | Kendra Gamble-Webb (m. 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence |
Loganville, Georgia, United States George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Alma mater | Hillsborough Community College |
Jeffrey D. Webb (born 24 September 1964) is the former president of CONCACAF, Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA), and FIFA vice president. Webb was arrested for corruption charges on 27 May 2015 by Swiss police acting at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. In May 2015, he was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee.
Webb was educated at King High School and Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida, in the United States.
His career in football spans almost three decades. He was appointed as President of the Cayman Islands Football Association in 1991.
Webb was a Business Development Manager at Western Union agent belonging to Fidelity Bank (Cayman) Limited, a subsidiary of Fidelity Bank & Trust International Limited, which is involved in retail banking, investment banking, corporate finance and asset management. Outside of banking, Webb co-owns a franchise of Burrell's bakery chain "Captain's Bakery" in the Cayman Islands.
In 1994, he was co-opted as a member of the Caribbean Football Union Executive Committee, and member of FIFA’s Protocol Committee in 1995. Prior to his appointment to CIFA, Webb served as President of the local football club Strikers FC.
Within FIFA’s governing body, in 2002 Webb became Deputy Chairman of the FIFA Internal Audit Committee and subsequently Chairman in 2011. He is a former member of FIFA’s Transparency and Compliance Committee and, most recently, was appointed as member of FIFA’s Strategic, Finance, Organizing World Cup and Emergency Committees.
Webb also took part of FIFA’s delegations to the World Cup including France (1998), U.S. Women’s World Cup (1999), Korea/Japan (2002), Germany (2006), and South Africa (2010).
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