Pascale Van Damme
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Nationality: Belgian
Date of birth: 27 November 1968
FIFA Council member since: 2025
Pascale Van Damme was elected to the FIFA Council in 2025 as a UEFA representative. With a background in the technology sector, she brings broad leadership experience and private sector expertise.
Her involvement in football began at the national level when she joined the board of directors of the Royal Belgian Football Association in June 2021. She was elected president in May 2023 and re-elected in June 2024.
In the business world, she has served on the board of the Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce and was recognised as ICT Woman of the Year in 2014 by the readers of Data News. In 2017, she received the European Digital Woman Award. Since 2022, Van Damme has also served as an independent director at Elia Group, which oversees Belgium’s electricity grid.