Thomas Grimm

Thomas Grimm
President of Ukrainian Premier League
Assumed office
6 April 2018
Preceded by Volodymyr Heninson
Personal details
Born (1959-04-03) April 3, 1959
Lüscherz, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Thomas Grimm (Ukrainian: Томас Ґрімм; born April 3, 1959, Lüscherz) is a Swiss jurist and football functionary, since 2018 serves as the President of the Ukrainian Premier League.[1]

Biography

Grimm was born on 3 April 1959 in a Swiss village Lüscherz. In 1987 he graduated jurisprudence faculty of University of Bern. In 1992-1995 he headed a law department of UEFA. During that time Grimm also participated in various working committees of UEFA. In 1996-2001 he worked as a lawyer for CWL Telesport and Marketing AG (later known as Infront Sports & Media).

In 2002-2005 Grimm cooperated with FIFA by working as a secretary on a commission that was reevaluating the FIFA statute.

In 2007-2009 he was the president of the Swiss football club BSC Young Boys and 2009-2011 the president of the Swiss Football League (competitions in Super and Challenge leagues).

Concurrently in 2009-2013 Grimm also worked in various positions for FIFA, UEFA, and EFPL as well as on board of directors for small Swiss FC Biel-Bienne.

Later he also worked as a legal adviser for the Ukraine national football team during the Euro 2016 and for the Football Federation of Ukraine on questions regarding the final match of the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League at Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex.

In 2018 Grimm was elected as the UPL president by majority of votes.[2]

See also


References

  1. ↑ During voting for the UPL president, Dynamo and Zorya abstained (Динамо и Заря воздержались при голосовании за президента УПЛ). Sport Arena. 6 April 2018
  2. ↑ Thomas Grimm is the new president of UPL (Томас Грімм — новий президент УПЛ). Ukrainian Premier League. 6 April 2018
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Peter Mast		 President of BSC Young Boys
2007–2009		 Succeeded by
Werner Müller
Preceded by
Volodymyr Heninson		 President of Ukrainian Premier League
2018–present		 Succeeded by
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