Laura McAllister
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| UEFA Vice President | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 29 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Aleksander Čeferin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Karl-Erik Nilsson (as first vice-president) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Laura McAllister 10 December 1964 Bridgend, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Footballer Football administrator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laura McAllister CBE FLSW (born 10 December 1964) is a Welsh academic, sports administrator and former international footballer. 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.
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. She was a board member of Stonewall from 2012 to 2015, and is currently a board member of the Institute of Welsh Affairs. 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. Since April 2023, she has also been a vice-president of UEFA.