Serie A CEO De Siervo elected new chair of the World Leagues Association
ROME, ITALY - MAY 14: Luigi De Siervo attends during the A-Words at Ara Pacis on May 14, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images for Lega Serie A)
Lega Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo has been elected as the new Chair of the World Leagues Association for four years, taking over from Premier League CEO Richard Masters.
The group has been going for 10 years and brought together over 100 representatives of football leagues around the world for the annual meeting in Czechia today.
In a boost for the role of Italian football on the global stage, Serie A chief De Siervo was elected the new Chair of the World Leagues Association.
He will have a four-year mandate, and succeed Premier League figurehead Masters, whose term had come to its natural conclusion.
Masters will remain as Vice-Chair of the WLA alongside Don Garber, the Commissioner of Major League Soccer in the USA.
“I am honoured to have been elected Chair of the World Leagues Association at such an important moment,” said De Siervo.
“Over the past ten years, the WLA has steadily grown, bringing together 51 leagues from across all continents. It reflects the importance of cooperation and of giving national leagues a stronger voice in the governance of world football.”
De Siervo has been the CEO of the Lega Serie A since December 2018, during a particularly difficult period for Italian football.
The World Leagues Association was founded in 2016 and represents 51 professional leagues across the globe, hoping to strengthen the role of nations leagues in football governance.
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