Just Spee | |
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.jpg) KNVB World Coaches 10 years Anniversary | |
| President of the Royal Dutch Football Association | |
| Assumed office December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Michael van Praag |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Just Spee 12 January 1965 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).[1]
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.
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.[2] In December 2019 he officially took office as the successor of Michael van Praag.[3]
Spee was elected as a member of the Executive Committee, the highest executive organ of UEFA, in April 2021.