FIA's transformation continues: two legal chiefs leave

Two FIA legal chiefs have decided to leave the organisation. They are Governance and Regulatory Director Pierre Ketterer and Head of Commercial Legal Affairs Edward Floydd. Both were involved in negotiating Formula 1's Concorde Agreement.

Members of the legal team leave the FIA

Ketterer, who will take up a new position at the International Olympic Committee in April, started at the FIA in 2010. He was long considered one of the key legal players in the governing body and represented the FIA in disciplinary cases, both in F1 and in the wider spectrum of sport and external affairs. He was also closely involved in compliance issues.

Under former FIA president Jean Todt, Ketterer led the FIA negotiations for the current Concorde Agreement, created the FIA's judicial and disciplinary rules in 2011, and was a key player in developing the code of conduct during the coronavirus pandemic that allowed F1 to resume in 2020.

Floydd was the FIA's chief civil and commercial legal adviser and was the chief legal negotiator and adviser on agreements with championship promoters, and as such was also involved in the Concorde talks.

The legal chief's departure is yet another in a string of top executives who have left the organisation in recent times. "The FIA has been undergoing a large-scale transformation over the past 12 months. We have created 10 new departments restructuring the Federation to be more fit for purpose for the future," a spokesperson told Motorsport.com.