Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell retains ECA post
Tuesday 8 September 2015 16:24, UK
Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell has been re-elected to the executive board of the European Club Association.
A total of 11 people were elected to join the four existing board members who represent ECA at the UEFA Professional Football Strategy Council (PFSC).
The four PFSC members are Umberto Gandini (AC Milan), Ivan Gazidis (Arsenal), Josep Bartomeu (Barcelona) and Evgeni Giner (CSKA Moscow).
Following the elections, the new executive board met for the first time to appoint the chairman and the three vice-chairmen.
The composition of the new ECA executive board is: chairman: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich), first vice-chairman: Umberto Gandini (AC Milan), second vice-chairman: Pedro López Jiménez (Real Madrid) and third vice-chairman: Evgeni Giner (CSKA Moscow).
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Meanwhile Edward Woodward (Manchester United), Ivan Gazidis (Arsenal), Josep Maria Bartomeu (Barcelona), Andrea Agnelli (Juventus), Jean-Michel Aulas (Olympique Lyonnais), Edwin van der Sar (Ajax), Michael Verschueren (Anderlecht), Theodore Giannikos (Olympiacos), Dariusz Mioduski (Legia Warsaw) and Aki Riihilahti (HJK Helsinki) all join Lawwell as board members.
Lawwell said: "It is a tremendous honour again to be elected to the Executive Board of the ECA.
"I very much look forward to undertaking this responsibility again in order that we continue to play an important role in the development of football in Europe.
"European football is an ever-changing landscape with many challenges and many opportunities and of course it is imperative that the clubs have a strong voice at the centre of the game."
