Daly commented: “I’m delighted to have been elected and I’m looking forward to the challenges that this role will bring. The ICA has become a professional, modern, flexible and highly specialised dispute resolution forum. Continuing along this path is essential if the changing demands of international motor sport are to be met.”

Daly takes over from previous incumbent David Ward, who has left to take up a new role as special advisor to FIA President Max Mosley. In his six years as Secretary General, Ward has led a process of reform at the ICA bringing in a number of new measures to further strengthen its efficiency and independence.

Ward said: “I’m delighted that Ken Daly has been elected to be the new Secretary General as he is particularly well qualified to fulfill this role. It is good to know that I am leaving the ICA in his capable hands.”

Daly is a Counsel in the Brussels office of Sidley Austin LLP, where he focuses on EU competition, regulatory and sports law. He specialises in merger control proceedings, cartel investigations and abuse of dominance cases as well as the law relating to the regulation of international sports.

He has worked across a variety of industries and business sectors such as motor sport, air transport, automotive and financial services. He has also written extensively on distribution, cartel and sports law and is a regular contributor to conferences on competition law.

Daly adds to a wealth of knowledge and experience at the ICA, which includes amongst its titular judges senior lawyers such as Anthony Scrivener QC, one of the top barristers in Britain, and John J. Cassidy, a senior partner at Baker Botts LLP, the law firm of James Baker II, the former US Secretary of State.