Pedro Correia is graduated in Management and Business Administration and holds a Master of Science in Marketing and Strategic Management. He has been working in the sport and event industry for over 20 years. He is now a sport and events consultant for organizations like UEFA, FIFA, AFC, the Portuguese and Peruvian Federations and the Portuguese League amongst other entities.

He has taken wide top managerial responsibilities on planning and implementation of Mega Sport Events namely in the European Football Championships and other UEFA competitions. In addition, he has worked in a range of other sport events, namely on a Rugby World Cup, 4 FIFA World cups and the IOC Summer Olympics. He was appointed Tournament Director for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar with a large focus on early stages planning and budgeting in order to prepare and deliver an integrated Tournament Operational Master Plan. He went back to Portugal to become the Secretary General of the Football League.

Pedro has spent 23 years working internationally, managing and motivating large multi-cultural teams towards successful deliveries. The consultancies projects are varied, they range from governance, to licensing, project and risk management competition management, and operational readiness programmes. He combines a strong set of planning and implementation skills. Pedro has introduced an Operational Readiness and Event Training Programme in UEFA back in 2006. Since then these exercises have also been implemented in FIFA events, the FIFA/CIES Master, and also introduced it in events of the Portuguese League.