Michele Uva 

Michele Uva is UEFA Director of Social and Environmental Sustainability, appointed in January 2021.

He has dedicated an entire career to professional sport in several contexts, disciplines and environments. He has performed the role of CEO in sports organizations such as the Italian Football Association (FIGC), the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), professional football clubs (Parma and Lazio), basketball club (Lottomatica Roma) and volleyball clubs (Bologna, Treviso and Matera), as well as Deputy Commissioner in Italian Serie A football league.

Between 2017 and 2020 he was UEFA Vice-president.

Author of six books on sport and the football industry, he is currently a lecturer at several international universities.

Mr. Uva sits on the Board of Trustee of UEFA Foundation and on the Executive Board of the Advisory Foundation in Support for Football for the Goals.