David Kogan to chair independent English soccer regulator

TV rights expert and media executive to chair new body.

Media executive David Kogan is the UK government’s preferred choice to chair the new Independent Football Regulator. He will now appear before MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee for pre-appointment scrutiny.

Kogan began his career as a journalist, before setting up media consultancy Reel Enterprises, which

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