Hadaway (pictured top), widely credited for the success of last summer's Olympic and Paralympic equestrian events, will now be responsible for delivering the sport's international governing body's competitions, including the FEI World Equestrian Games – starting with next year's edition in Normandy, and the Olympics, Paralympics and Youth Olympics.

The former British Equestrian Federation (BEF) consultant director of facilities will also work on creating a best practice handbook for the operational delivery of international equestrian competitions.

"We are delighted that Tim Hadaway has joined the FEI team," FEI secretary general Ingmar De Vos said.

"His depth of knowledge across the full spectrum of organisational and logistical issues will be enormously valuable for the FEI.

"He will be the direct liaison between the FEI and the organising committees and will help the organisers to deliver top quality Games, in particular the FEI World Equestrian Games, but also both Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Youth Olympic Games, as well as other major FEI Championships."


Hadaway has extensive experience of working with major international events, having collaborated with Doha 2006 to advise on the delivery of the Asian Games cross country phase before joining London 2012 in October 2008.

His work with last summer's Games saw him received the British Equestrian Federation Medal of Honour for his outstanding behind-the-scenes contribution to equestrian sport.

"I am delighted to have been given this exciting opportunity by the FEI and look forward to using my experiences, particularly those from London 2012, to assist and support future Organising Committees of Games and major championships," Hadaway said.

"Multi-discipline and multisport events are incredibly complex and our aim is to ensure that experiences and knowledge gained are shared from one to the next.

"Although the end goal is to develop guidance and processes we hope will benefit championships at all levels, the initial focus will of course be to support the team in Normandy and the Rio 2016 organisers."

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