Our Board
The Board provides the Think Tank’s broad strategic guidelines. Its functioning and powers are set out in Sport and Citizenship’s articles.
It gathers personalities whose expertise and authority are recognised in their fields and who contribute to the legitimacy of the association.
Members of the executive Board
Président
European Affairs department
Laurent THIEULE
Directeur, Committee of the Regions
Former President, Havas Sport.
European Affairs department
Laurent THIEULE
Directeur, Committee of the Regions
Former President, Havas Sport.



Vice-President
Development Department
Amel BOUZOURA / @AmelBouzoura
Sponsoring and Sport partnership Director
FDJ / La Française des Jeux
Development Department
Amel BOUZOURA / @AmelBouzoura
Sponsoring and Sport partnership Director
FDJ / La Française des Jeux
Vice-President
Reputation Department
Nathalie IANNETTA / @nathiannetta
Communication Consultant
Reputation Department
Nathalie IANNETTA / @nathiannetta
Communication Consultant
Vice-President
Editorial Department
Andrzej ROGULSKI / @rogulan
Cooperation and Cultural action
French Institute of Madagascar Director
Editorial Department
Andrzej ROGULSKI / @rogulan
Cooperation and Cultural action
French Institute of Madagascar Director
Secretary General
Alexandra FOURNIER-BIDOZ / @AleksandraFB
Sport Senior Consultant
Deloitte
Alexandra FOURNIER-BIDOZ / @AleksandraFB
Sport Senior Consultant
Deloitte
Secretary General
Nicolas GYSS / @NGyss
Consultant
Former member of DG CONNECT
European Commission
Nicolas GYSS / @NGyss
Consultant
Former member of DG CONNECT
European Commission
Treasurer
Pierre-Hervé GAUTIER
President-Founder
Robert Abdesselam Foundation
Pierre-Hervé GAUTIER
President-Founder
Robert Abdesselam Foundation
Trustees
European affairs department
Président
European Affairs department
Laurent THIEULE
Directeur, Committee of the Regions
Former President, Havas Sport.
European Affairs department
Laurent THIEULE
Directeur, Committee of the Regions
Former President, Havas Sport.


Trustee
Jonathan HILL / @brusselsrred
Lobbyist
Jonathan HILL / @brusselsrred
Lobbyist
Trustee
Alexandre Miguel MESTRE
Lawyer, Doctor of Law
Former secretary of State for Youth and Sports, Portugal
Alexandre Miguel MESTRE
Lawyer, Doctor of Law
Former secretary of State for Youth and Sports, Portugal


Trustee
Rose-Marie REPOND / @RoseMarieRepond
Special Counsellor
Berne University of Applied Sciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISM
Former EUPEA’s President
(European Physical Education Association)
Rose-Marie REPOND / @RoseMarieRepond
Special Counsellor
Berne University of Applied Sciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISM
Former EUPEA’s President
(European Physical Education Association)
Trustee
Virgine ROZIERE / @VRoziere
MEP
Vice-President of European Parliament’s Sport Intergroup
Virgine ROZIERE / @VRoziere
MEP
Vice-President of European Parliament’s Sport Intergroup


Trustee
António SILVA MENDES
European Commission’s former Director of Youth and Sports
António SILVA MENDES
European Commission’s former Director of Youth and Sports
Trustee
Marc Tarabella / @marctarabella
MEP
Co-president of European Parliament’s Sport Intergroup
Marc Tarabella / @marctarabella
MEP
Co-president of European Parliament’s Sport Intergroup


Trustee
Thierry ZINTZ / @ThierryZintz
Professor at Leuven’s Catholic University
Vice-Président of the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
President of the European Observatory of Sport and Employment (EOSE)
Thierry ZINTZ / @ThierryZintz
Professor at Leuven’s Catholic University
Vice-Président of the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
President of the European Observatory of Sport and Employment (EOSE)
Trustee
Roberto PELLA / @roberto_pella
Italian MP
Member of the Committee of Regions
Roberto PELLA / @roberto_pella
Italian MP
Member of the Committee of Regions


Trustee
Cyrielle Sénéchal-Chevallier / @cyrielle_sc
Consultant
Deloitte France
Cyrielle Sénéchal-Chevallier / @cyrielle_sc
Consultant
Deloitte France
Trustee
Laurent PETRYNKA / @lpetrynka
President
International School Sport Federation
Laurent PETRYNKA / @lpetrynka
President
International School Sport Federation
Development Department

Vice-President
Development Department
Amel BOUZOURA / @AmelBouzoura
Sponsoring and Sport partnership Director
FDJ / La Française des Jeux
Development Department
Amel BOUZOURA / @AmelBouzoura
Sponsoring and Sport partnership Director
FDJ / La Française des Jeux


Trustee
Bruno BARBIER / @ba2bru
Consultant
Bruno BARBIER / @ba2bru
Consultant
Trustee
Laurent DAMIANI / @LaurentDamiani
Entrepreneur et investor Sport and Innovation
SPORSORA’s President of Honour
Laurent DAMIANI / @LaurentDamiani
Entrepreneur et investor Sport and Innovation
SPORSORA’s President of Honour


Trustee
Antoine HAYS / @antoinehays
Olympic and Paralympic Project manager
Lacoste
Antoine HAYS / @antoinehays
Olympic and Paralympic Project manager
Lacoste
Trustee
Victoriano MELERO / @victomelero
General Secretary
Paris Saint Germain
Victoriano MELERO / @victomelero
General Secretary
Paris Saint Germain

Trustee
Emmelyne RAVIER / @EmmelyneRavier
Head of institutionnal and International affairs
French Football Federation
Emmelyne RAVIER / @EmmelyneRavier
Head of institutionnal and International affairs
French Football Federation
Trustee
Bernard Amsalem
Vice-president
French Olympic Committee

Trustee
Emmanuelle ASSMANN / @E_Assmann
Former president
French Paralympic Committee
Emmanuelle ASSMANN / @E_Assmann
Former president
French Paralympic Committee
Trustee
Frédéric EBLING / @FREDERICEBLING
Director of Public Affairs for France and Southern Europe
AccorInvest
Editorial Department

Vice-President
Editorial Department
Andrzej ROGULSKI / @rogulan
Cooperation and Cultural action
French Institute of Madagascar Director
Editorial Department
Andrzej ROGULSKI / @rogulan
Cooperation and Cultural action
French Institute of Madagascar Director


Trustee
Roselyne BIENVENU / @rosanjou
Sport Elected member
France Urbaine
Roselyne BIENVENU / @rosanjou
Sport Elected member
France Urbaine
Trustee
Sophie DION / @SophieDion74
Director of the Master 2 Sports Law programme, Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne
Sophie DION / @SophieDion74
Director of the Master 2 Sports Law programme, Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne


Trustee
Lilia DOUIHECH
Temporary teacher and researcher
Sport Law PhD Student
Paris Dauphine University
Lilia DOUIHECH
Temporary teacher and researcher
Sport Law PhD Student
Paris Dauphine University
Trustee
Tatiana VASSINE / @avocatsport
Lawyer
RMS Avocats
Tatiana VASSINE / @avocatsport
Lawyer
RMS Avocats


Trustee
Cédric ROUSSEL / @CedricRoussel06
French MP of Alpes-Maritimes
Cédric ROUSSEL / @CedricRoussel06
French MP of Alpes-Maritimes
Trustee
Pr Martine DUCLOS
Endocrinologist and physiologist
Chief of the Sport Medicine service at Clermont-Ferrand’s Hospital
Pr Martine DUCLOS
Endocrinologist and physiologist
Chief of the Sport Medicine service at Clermont-Ferrand’s Hospital

Trustee
Anna GERKE / @sportcluster
Associate professor
Audencia Business School
Anna GERKE / @sportcluster
Associate professor
Audencia Business School
Reputation Department

Vice-President
Reputation Department
Nathalie IANNETTA / @nathiannetta
Communication Consultant
Reputation Department
Nathalie IANNETTA / @nathiannetta
Communication Consultant


Trustee
Nathalie DECHY / @natdechy
Steering Committee Member, Rolland Garros (French Open)
Co-director of ENGIE Biarritz Open
Nathalie DECHY / @natdechy
Steering Committee Member, Rolland Garros (French Open)
Co-director of ENGIE Biarritz Open
Trustee
Ayodele IKUESAN / @AyodeleIkuesan
French Sprint Athlete
Ayodele IKUESAN / @AyodeleIkuesan
French Sprint Athlete


Trustee
Marie-Amélie LE FUR / @mariealefur
President of the Paralympic and Sports Committee
Triple Paralympic champion
Marie-Amélie LE FUR / @mariealefur
President of the Paralympic and Sports Committee
Triple Paralympic champion
Sarah HANFFOU
Former Table Tennis Player
Sports Law Lawyer
Former Table Tennis Player
Sports Law Lawyer


Trustee
Jean-Jacques LOZACH / @SenateurLozach
Creuse Senator
Member of the committee on Culture, Education and Communication
Jean-Jacques LOZACH / @SenateurLozach
Creuse Senator
Member of the committee on Culture, Education and Communication
Trustee
Arnaud SIMON / @arnaudsimon
Vice-President Content and Production Sport
Eurosport / Discovery Group
Arnaud SIMON / @arnaudsimon
Vice-President Content and Production Sport
Eurosport / Discovery Group

Trustee
Aurélie BRESSON / @aureliebresson
Founding and President of Les Sportives magazine
Aurélie BRESSON / @aureliebresson
Founding and President of Les Sportives magazine