Damien Hughes is a former General Secretary of the
Caribbean Football Union
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. He held the position between January 2012 and August 2015, he was replaced by Antiguan
Neil Cochrane
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.
In October 2011, he was charged by
FIFA Ethics Committee
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of violating the FIFA Code of Ethics but was cleared of any wrongdoing, making him one of only two persons ruled not to have committed any violations.
Hughes, on a tennis scholarship was captain of the Morehouse College tennis team and had been selected for the Eastern Caribbean
Davis Cup
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team on several occasions.
He earned a degree in Political Science whilst at Morehouse College. He was the secretary and public relations officer of the OECS Tennis Players Union.
He earned master's degree in Environmental Studies with a focus on the "Development of Sustainable Tourism Policies in Caribbean Small Island Developing States"
from
York University
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in Canada. He served as Director of Franchise Operations at Caribbean Cable Communications in Anguilla until 2010.
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Morehouse College alumni
York University alumni
Association football executives