Just Spee
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{{short description|Dutch football administrator}}
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| name = Just Spee
| image = Just Spee (2020).jpg
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| caption = KNVB World Coaches 10 years Anniversary
| office = President of the Royal Dutch Football Association
| term_start = December 2019
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| predecessor = Michael van Praag
| successor =
| birthname = Just Spee
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| birth_place = Haarlem, Netherlands
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| nationality = Dutch
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| alma_mater = Vrije Universiteit
| occupation = Football administrator
Businessman
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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).{{Cite web |last=KNVB |title=KNVB President Just Spee {{!}} KNVB |url=https://www.knvb.com/about-the-knvb/knvb-president |access-date=May 17, 2020 |website=www.knvb.com |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926174056/https://www.knvb.com/about-the-knvb/knvb-president |url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite web |last=KNVB |date=May 27, 2019 |title='Just Spee named KNVB President' |url=https://www.knvb.com/news/knvb/knvb-management/921/just-spee-named-knvb-president |access-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925104909/https://www.knvb.com/news/knvb/knvb-management/921/just-spee-named-knvb-president |url-status=live }} In December 2019 he officially took office as the successor of Michael van Praag.{{Cite web |last=KNVB |date=December 17, 2019 |title='New KNVB President Just Spee takes office' |url=https://www.knvb.com/news/knvb/knvb-management/1012/new-knvb-president-just-spee-takes-office |access-date=August 10, 2022 |website=www.knvb.com |archive-date=11 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411212625/https://www.knvb.com/news/knvb/knvb-management/1012/new-knvb-president-just-spee-takes-office |url-status=live }}
Spee was elected as a member of the Executive Committee, the highest executive organ of UEFA, in April 2021.
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Category:Businesspeople from Haarlem
Category:Presidents of the Royal Dutch Football Association
Category:Members of the UEFA Executive Committee
Category:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni
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