Marie-Laure Lemineur has more than two decades of experience in the field of human rights education, the protection of children from abuse and exploitation, as well as in ICT for development. She has authored and co-authored several publications. She also served on a number of international advisory entities.

A law graduate from the University of Jean Moulin, Lyon, France, Marie-Laure earned a Master’s in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex, UK. She has worked as a consultant and in management positions for the Council of Europe Youth Centre Budapest, UNICEF Costa Rica, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and several NGOs. From 2014 until the end of 2020 before joining FIFA, Marie-laure worked for the Bangkok-based ECPAT International Secretariat, serving as its Deputy Executive Director for Programmes for the last two years. She recently joined the Safeguarding and Child Protection Department within FIFA’s Education and Social Responsibility Division as its new Training and Capacity Building Safeguarding Manager. In that capacity, she is responsible for leading the training strategy to help and support the 211 FIFA member associations around the world in strengthening child and vulnerable adult safeguarding measures across football.