Elkhan Mammadov has joined FIFA as Director Member Associations Europe on April 20, 2022, while remaining a Vice President of AFFA. Before that, he has been the Executive Vice President and the General Secretary of Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA), Project Leader for UEFA EURO 2020 Baku Bid, vice-president of UEFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee, FIFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee Member. Biography Elkhan Mammadov was born in 1979 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Education Mammadov received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Corporate Management from American InterContinental University (London, UK) in 1999. In 2011 Elkhan Mammadov participated in Football Clubs and Association's Management Executive Training conducted by University of Liverpool. He also completed his postgraduate studies in Planning Management at University of Salford (Manchester, UK) in 2012. In 2016 Elkhan Mammadov graduated from The Executive Master in European Sport Governance (MESGO) programme, organized in cooperation with Sciences Po institute in Paris. He also completed Harvard Business School's online Management Essentials course. Career Worked as logistical operations controller's assistant in Baku Investment Ltd in 1996–1997. Upon graduation from American InterContinental University, worked as deputy director at Natavan Business Centre and then, managing director at Natavan Company and Baku Investment Ltd. In 2000–2008. AFFA Elkhan Mammadov is currently the Executive Vice President (since January, 2020) of AFFA. He became the General Secretary of AFFA in July 2007. Currently, Mammadov also holds the title of Vice President at UEFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee (since 2008) and is a member of FIFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee. He performed as UEFA Delegate during 2009–2012. Mammadov was a member and a chairman of various bidding committees for Azerbaijan to host international sporting events. This includes, bidding for , Baku 2020 Olympics and various large-scale football events. Under his chairmanship, Azerbaijan received the right to host 2012 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, 2016 UEFA Under-17 European Championship and most lately, three group stage and one quarter-final matches of EURO 2020, that was announced by UEFA in September 2014. Upon taking office as AFFA General Secretary, Mammadov initiated reformation of Association structure – which resulted in such new departments as Registration and Statistics, Women's Leagues, Information Technologies, and others – and facilitated adoption of AFFA strategy with three defined priorities: Education, Infrastructure and Grassroots. In 2013 AFFA received Women and Sport Achievement Diploma from International Olympic Committee for its