Aleš Zavrl is the Head of Club Licensing at UEFA since 2017. Before joining UEFA, he was the General Secretary of the Football Association of Slovenia (2010-2017) and held several positions within the administration as Club Licensing Manager and Competitions Director. 

Aleš was involved in the UEFA club licensing system at international level as member of the pilot working group since the beginning of the project in 1999. Following the successful implementation of the system at UEFA and national level, Aleš was appointed a member of the UEFA Club Licensing Committee (2007-2017) and during his professional activity involved in numerous UEFA panels and working groups. At national level, he was also the member of the Council for Sport of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (2013-2017), and as coaching and organisational volunteer involved in grassroots clubs and football schools.

Aleš is a graduate of the Executive Master in Sports Governance by the CDES University of Limoges and a graduate in Science in Economics by the University of Ljubljana.

Madinà joined UEFA in 2019 after graduating with a BBA, starting in Revenue Operations for EURO 2020. 

Following the tournament’s delivery and earning her Master in Football Business, she moved to FIFA, contributing to Professional Football with a focus on financial programmes, and to Global Football Development, delivering educational initiatives worldwide. 

In 2025, she returned to UEFA as a Club Licensing Coordinator. Outside the pitch (and the office), Madinà is a fitness instructor, helping people lift not just their game, but also some pretty heavy weights.

Hailing from Poland, Anna Polatowska is a multilingual law graduate from Gdansk University. She has also completed postgraduate studies in management at Warsaw School of Economics as well as UEFA Football Law Programme.

In 2008 - 2012 she was responsible for the enforcement of legal guarantees in Poland for UEFA EURO 2012. As of 2013 Anna was the Business Development Manager at the National Stadium in Warsaw. She joined UEFA in 2018 managing Host City Relations for UEFA EURO 2020 and as of 2022 is part of the UEFA Club Licensing team.

Gerard Freixa is a sports law and finance professional with over 30 years of experience in the sports and entertainment industry, including work with UEFA, RFEF, ACB among others . A specialist in club and league finances, he has in-depth expertise in financial control systems, regulatory compliance, and governance structures. Currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Lleida, his research focuses on legal instruments to enhance the compatibility of financial control mechanisms in professional sports leagues with European Union competition law.

Emilio Herrero González is Director of Administration and Finance at the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), where he leads financial strategy, UEFA Licensing, economic control, solidarity amateur football and the economic governance across Spanish football.

He brings over 15 years of experience at the Atlético de Madrid, holding senior roles in treasury, economic control and sports management, with direct responsibility for UEFA Club Licensing, LaLiga economic control, FIFA TMS, contract management and international club operations.

Emilio combines deep expertise in sports finance, regulatory compliance and financial sustainability at both club and federation level.

Accenture Principal Director. Growth Strategy practice Lead. Master in Industrial Organization and Business Management and Bachelor in Industrial Engineering by the University of Zaragoza and PDD by IESE. More than 18 years in strategy consulting at Accenture, leading growth, loyalty, go to market and new business model building and scaling projects in different industries.

Project Manager at Novanet Automation Consultants. Project Management Professional (PMP) by Project Management Institute, Sports management by Unisport Management School and Bachelor in Information Systems Engineering by the Peruvian University of Applied Science. 

More than 14 years leading international projects, business analysis, consulting and change management in Peru, Spain and Europe within Telecom, Public Sector & Health, People HR, and Sports industries. Current member of the Board of directors for PMI Madrid chapter.

Informatic Engineer with an Executive MBA and a Master's degree in Sports Law, with over than 23 years of experience in information and communication technologies. For 15 years, he has held management positions in various technological areas within the Public Administration, as a career civil servant in the Senior Information Management Scale. In recent years, working in the private sector, he has served as Director of Digital Transformation and Innovation for the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), a position he combines as CEO of Novanet, a technology company that provides IT and Digital Transformation services to federations affiliated with the RFEF.

Throughout these years, he has led mixed teams of professionals, both in-house and outsourced, taking responsibility for the analysis, definition, fundraising, contracting, development, management, supervision, and control of IT and Digital Transformation projects. This comprehensive management approach has added value to each of the federation's stakeholders.

Thomas has spent the last 13 years in UEFA’s Financial Sustainability division, contributing to compliance, audits, and the implementation of Financial Fair Play regulations across European football. He recently moved to the Club Licensing Unit, where he applies his experience and knowledge to further strengthen and develop the club licensing framework.
Before joining UEFA, Thomas worked in audit at Ernst & Young and later in controlling at Siemens, gaining solid experience in financial analysis, risk management, and corporate governance.

Hailing from Poland, Anna Polatowska is a multilingual law graduate from Gdansk University. She has also completed postgraduate studies in management at Warsaw School of Economics as well as UEFA Football Law Programme.

In 2008 - 2012 she was responsible for the enforcement of legal guarantees in Poland for UEFA EURO 2012. As of 2013 Anna was the Business Development Manager at the National Stadium in Warsaw. She joined UEFA in 2018 managing Host City Relations for UEFA EURO 2020 and as of 2022 is part of the UEFA Club Licensing team.

Daniele Bernardi was raised in Geneva by Italian parents. He studied finance (HEC) at University of Geneva and after working as financial auditor at Deloitte he graduated from Liverpool University and its prestigious MBA in Football Industries in 2010.
 He joined UEFA straight after to work on the UEFA Benchmarking report, then in the compliance team for 6 years and, after graduating from the UEFA Football Law Program, Daniele joined the club licensing unit. 

Current Director of Women’s Football at RFEF (Feb 2025 - ), Reyes is attorney-at-Law, holds a degree in Law with a major in the European Union and a Master's in International Relations from the CEU San Pablo University, a Master in Business Taxation from ICADE and a Master degree in Sports Law from the University of Lleida. She was awarded the best RFEF-FIFA-CIES sports management project in 2015.

Reyes has been working in sports law since 2009, with a focus on international football. Experienced in defending players, coaches, clubs, advising agents, confederations, and international federations such as FIFA, she founded Bellver Sports – Legal boutique (2018-2025), a firm dedicated to football law, and the Leadership Woman Football platform, which promoted leadership, equality and diversity in football. Reyes was also an external advisor to FIFA’s Legal Department (2020-2025) with an advisory role in processes such FIFA’s reforms of maternity protocols for female players and coaches (2021 and 2024) and and she is currently an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS, 2023).

As the legal advisor of the Spanish women's footballers' union - FUTPRO (2022-2025), Reyes’ work focused on advocating for the rights of female footballers to better conditions in Spain.

Aleš Zavrl is the Head of Club Licensing at UEFA since 2017. Before joining UEFA, he was the General Secretary of the Football Association of Slovenia (2010-2017) and held several positions within the administration as Club Licensing Manager and Competitions Director. 

Aleš was involved in the UEFA club licensing system at international level as member of the pilot working group since the beginning of the project in 1999. Following the successful implementation of the system at UEFA and national level, Aleš was appointed a member of the UEFA Club Licensing Committee (2007-2017) and during his professional activity involved in numerous UEFA panels and working groups. At national level, he was also the member of the Council for Sport of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (2013-2017), and as coaching and organisational volunteer involved in grassroots clubs and football schools.

Aleš is a graduate of the Executive Master in Sports Governance by the CDES University of Limoges and a graduate in Science in Economics by the University of Ljubljana.

Sefton Perry is the Head of the Intelligence Center Analytics unit at UEFA, tasked with supporting evidence-based policy taking and decision making. This is done by applying team meber skillsets (including data science and data management solutions) to the most complete and connected strategic databases in football. For the last decade he has been the author and responsible for: "The European Club Footballing Landscape" which documents ‘off-pitch’ trends in club football across the length and breadth of Europe. He is also a regular contributor to various European football benchmarking reports (Netherlands, Italy, France etc) and ad hoc publications. Sefton had a key role for almost a decade in the creation and development of the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play projects supporting UEFA’s 55 National Associations.

He is a UK chartered accountant with a Bachelor of Economics from Loughborough University and an MBA in Football Industries from Liverpool University.

Javier Gómez Molina has been the Corporate General Director of LALIGA since October 2021, following an initial period from 2013 to 2019.

Under his leadership, LALIGA implemented Economic Control in 2013, a self-regulation system that has practically reduced to zero both the debts of clubs with the Public Administration (€650 million) and player complaints over unpaid wages (341 cases).

Prior to his position at LALIGA, he worked for AC Talent Sports & Entertainment from January 2020 until 2021. From 1999 to 2012, he held various positions of responsibility at Valencia CF; he was Chief Financial Officer for the first nine years, then General Manager, and in the last three years, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Gómez holds a degree in Business Studies from the University of Valencia, a Master's degree in Taxation from the Colegio de Economistas de Valencia and the Centro de Estudios Garrigues I Law & Business School. He also has extensive training in preparing for public competitive examinations (tax, commercial, civil law, etc.) and has completed various courses related to economic and financial matters.

Chartered accountant trained at Deloitte, with extensive experience in financial regulation and governance. Responsible for the Premier League’s financial regulatory framework, including the Profitability & Sustainability Rules and the development of the New Financial System. The role also encompasses oversight of UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Sustainability Monitoring, working closely with clubs and key stakeholders, including the Independent Football Regulator, to ensure robust compliance and long-term financial stability across the game.

Alice is a French/English bi-national and qualified lawyer. Prior to joining UEFA, Alice was an associate in Swiss and international law firms focusing on international commercial arbitration and sports arbitration disputes before CAS. As a CFCB lawyer at UEFA, Alice’s work mainly focuses on providing legal advice and support to the UEFA Organs for the Administration of Justice, with particular attention to the CFCB, as well as support to other UEFA divisions in connection with the UEFA CLFS and UEFA disciplinary regulations. In parallel to her work, Alice is a keen sportswoman (although very mediocre at football!).

Daniele Bernardi was raised in Geneva by Italian parents. He studied finance (HEC) at University of Geneva and after working as financial auditor at Deloitte he graduated from Liverpool University and its prestigious MBA in Football Industries in 2010.
 He joined UEFA straight after to work on the UEFA Benchmarking report, then in the compliance team for 6 years and, after graduating from the UEFA Football Law Program, Daniele joined the club licensing unit. 

Aleš Zavrl is the Head of Club Licensing at UEFA since 2017. Before joining UEFA, he was the General Secretary of the Football Association of Slovenia (2010-2017) and held several positions within the administration as Club Licensing Manager and Competitions Director. 

Aleš was involved in the UEFA club licensing system at international level as member of the pilot working group since the beginning of the project in 1999. Following the successful implementation of the system at UEFA and national level, Aleš was appointed a member of the UEFA Club Licensing Committee (2007-2017) and during his professional activity involved in numerous UEFA panels and working groups. At national level, he was also the member of the Council for Sport of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (2013-2017), and as coaching and organisational volunteer involved in grassroots clubs and football schools.

Aleš is a graduate of the Executive Master in Sports Governance by the CDES University of Limoges and a graduate in Science in Economics by the University of Ljubljana.