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).

Background and career

Just Spee was born in

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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

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, Rothmans and Alvarez & Marsal. In 2012 Spee became CEO of

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, the biggest independent TV producer in the world. Hereafter, Spee became CEO at

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. Just Spee is a member of the Supervisory Boards of various companies and civil society organizations such as the OLVG hospital (

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) and

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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. In December 2019 he officially took office as the successor of

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

References

Businesspeople from Haarlem Presidents of the Royal Dutch Football Association Members of the UEFA Executive Committee Living people 1965 births Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni Endemol people {{Netherlands-bio-stub