Just Spee

Just Spee
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President of the Royal Dutch Football Association
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2019
Preceded by	Michael van Praag
Personal details
Born	Just Spee (1965-01-12) 12 January 1965 (age 60)[1] Haarlem, Netherlands
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit
Occupation	Football administrator Businessman

Just Spee (born 12 January 1965) is a Dutch football administrator. Since 17 December 2019 he serves as President of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB).[2]

Background and career

Just Spee was born in Haarlem on 12 January 1965. After his Master Business/Managerial Econometrics at the Vrije Universiteit (Free University of Amsterdam), he started working in business. Spee has worked as a manager at companies such as Procter & Gamble, Philips, Rothmans and Alvarez & Marsal. In 2012 Spee became CEO of Endemol, the biggest independent TV producer in the world. Hereafter, Spee became CEO at Stage Entertainment. Just Spee is a member of the Supervisory Boards of various companies and civil society organizations such as the OLVG hospital (Amsterdam) and UNICEF Netherlands. Furthermore, he was a mentor for Future Female Leaders.

Career in football

Just Spee played football at the Royal Haarlem Football Club (Koninklijke HFC). Later he became a member of the board of this football club. Spee had already come into contact with football during his career in business as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV. At the end of May 2019, Spee was elected as President of the KNVB.[3] In December 2019 he officially took office as the successor of Michael van Praag.[4]

Spee was elected as a member of the Executive Committee, the highest executive organ of UEFA, in April 2021.

References

1. UEFA.com. "The official website for European football". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
2. KNVB. "KNVB President Just Spee | KNVB". www.knvb.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
3. KNVB (27 May 2019). "'Just Spee named KNVB President'". Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
4. KNVB (17 December 2019). "'New KNVB President Just Spee takes office'". www.knvb.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2022.