The text of the speech made by Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary general of Qatar’s Supreme Committee overseeing FIFA World Cup 2022, at the Leaders in Football 2011 conference at Chelsea FC, London: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,Leaders in Football 2009 was one of the events which brought our bid to the attention of the international football community, and we were present again last year in a critical stage of the bidding process.
So I have some fond memories of this event.
I’d like to thank James Worrall and his team for giving us the opportunity to address you all again this year.It’s hard to believe that a full year has passed since I stood here at the same venue with my counterparts from the US, Korean and Japanese bids for 2022. And it fills me with immense pride to return as Secretary-General for the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee.
