Andreas Zagklis

As FIBA’s fourth Secretary General, Zagklis has been in charge of developing and implementing an eight-year strategy for the cycle 2019 – 2027 that was approved by the FIBA Congress in 2019. After leading FIBA in the successful delivery of its flagship men’s event, the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China, Zagklis has helped the organization navigate challenging times brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and its ever-changing landscape, which has included the successful debut of 3×3 Basketball at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Zagklis has advanced the agenda of empowering National Federations through the worldwide roll-out of the FIBA PLUS development program and the coordination of the Federation’s education activities under the FIBA Academy umbrella. He has also led FIBA in further shaping the global structure of Club competitions, with the launch of the Basketball Champions League Americas and the West Asia Super League, the innovative private equity deal which gave birth to the FIBA ClubCo, in charge of the Basketball Champions League in Europe and the FIBA Intercontinental Cup; and the first-ever agreement with the NBA for a league outside North America, which resulted in the creation of their joint venture for the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Zagklis has guided the organization through a methodical repositioning of women in basketball, with the expansion of the Women’s World Cup and the development of a competition pathway for a record number of women’s national teams worldwide; the launch of the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series and the subsequent multi-fold increase of the prize money; the amendments of the FIBA General Statutes that guarantee the most-ever female representation within FIBA as of 2023; and the highest-ever number of female officials holding a FIBA license. Innovation initiatives undertaken by FIBA during his tenure include the creation of the FIBA Esports competitions in collaboration with the NBA and 2K and the launch of the new digital platform, Courtside 1891.

He received his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the Law School of the University of Athens, with two semesters spent as a visiting student and researcher at the Universities of Salamanca, Spain and Western Ontario, Canada, respectively. He also completed the postgraduate management program on Olympic Studies at the International Olympic Academy and attended the Leadership in Corporate Counsel program at the Harvard Law School, USA.