Nasser Al-Khelaifi
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
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Nationality: Qatari
Date of birth: 12 November 1973
Executive Committee member since: 2019
Nasser Al-Khelaifi is a member of the UEFA Executive Committee after being elected by the European Club Association (ECA) as one of its representatives. Al-Khelaifi is currently serving his second term on the UEFA Executive Committee, and is also chairman of the ECA.
Since 2011, Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been the chairman and CEO of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (PSG), following his appointment as chairman of Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and their acquisition of the French football club. Additionally, Al-Khelaifi sits on the board of the French Professional League (LFP).
Nasser Al-Khelaifi is also the president of the Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) and the Qatar Squash Federation (QSF), and oversees the country’s two biggest tournaments, having competed as a professional tennis player earlier in his career. On top of his leading roles within sport, Al-Khelaifi is the group chairman of beIN MEDIA GROUP, the international sports, entertainment and media group operating in more than 40 countries worldwide. It was under Al-Khelaifi’s management that beIN acquired Miramax, the global film and television studio, and Digiturk, Turkey’s largest sports and entertainment platform.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi is also a board member of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).