Mark Lawwell will reunite with Ange Postecoglou in the summer as head of first team scouting and recruitment at Celtic.
Peter Lawwell 's son is currently operating at City Football Group’s head of scouting, which previously saw him link up with the Australian.
Postecoglou's former side Yokohama F. Marinos are part of the Abu Dhabi-based organisation that has Manchester City at the centre of their portfolio of clubs.
The Celtic boss was delighted to welcome his long-term friend to the club as Lawwell takes on the role at the end of the season.
He said: “I was very keen for Mark to join the club and clearly I am delighted that he has accepted this important role and that we have been able to bring him to Celtic.
“Mark is someone who I worked closely with throughout my four years at Marinos, through which time we developed great trust and an excellent working relationship.
"He knows the way I like to work, the way my teams play and the particular player profile which this requires.
"I know he will be a great addition to our team, leading our first-team scouting and recruitment function and delivering on our key objective of identifying and bringing exciting, talented players to the club.
"We have a great team of people at the club and since joining Celtic I have been hugely impressed by the staff around me who have all worked so hard to deliver success.
"I have said before that I didn’t want to make changes just for the sake of it, but we always aim to build and develop everything we do and in bringing Mark in I know we have made an appointment which will be hugely beneficial for us moving forward."
