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Kattner joined FIFA as director of finance in 2003 from the McKinsey consultancy firm, where he worked with the former FIFA president's nephew, Philippe Blatter, on a project advising the soccer body.
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He graduated with a degree in engineering from Munich's Technical University and later obtained a PHD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. An avid sports fan, Kattner was an active basketball player, especially for the four years he played in the second division in Germany. Naturally he is also a football fan, whose favourite club is Bayern Munich. Dr Kattner has dual Swiss-German nationality and is married with three daughters. His hobbies other than football include running, skiing and playing piano.
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