Welsh academic, former international footballer and senior sports administrator
Laura McAllister
CBE FLSW
McAllister in 2013
UEFA Vice President
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 May 2019
President
Aleksander Čeferin
Vice President
Karl-Erik Nilsson (as first vice-president)
Personal details
Born
Laura McAllister[1]
(1964-12-10) 10 December 1964 (age 59)[2] Bridgend, Wales
Height
5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Occupation
Footballer Football administrator
Association football career
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
Millwall Lionesses
Inter Cardiff; Cardiff City
International career
1994–1998
Wales
24
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Professor Laura McAllisterCBE FLSW (born 10 December 1964) is a Welsh academic, former international footballer and senior sports administrator. As a Wales women's national football team player, McAllister won 24 caps and served as team captain. She is currently Professor of Public Policy and the Governance of Wales at the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University.[3] She was formerly Professor of Governance at Liverpool University. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to sport.[4] She was a board member of Stonewall[5] from 2012 to 2015, and is currently a board member of the Institute of Welsh Affairs.[6] She is Chair of the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and a Non-executive Director of Goodson Thomas boutique executive search agency. She was honoured as one of the BBC 100 Women in December 2022.[7] Since the 5 April 2023 she has also been a vice-president of UEFA.[8]
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^"McAllister, Prof. Laura". Who's Who (UK). doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U255602. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^"Professor Laura McAllister CBE to join Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre". Cardiff University Wales Governance Centre. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^"No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B9.
^"The Pinc List -The 40 most influential LGBT people in Wales". WalesOnline. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^"Institute of Welsh Affairs – Trustees". Institute of Welsh Affairs. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^"BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
^"Ex-Wales captain McAllister secures Uefa role". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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