José Manuel Araújo was elected Member of the European Olympic Committees’ Executive Committee and appointed Chair of EOC European Union and International Relations Commission.  

Previously he was Chair of EOC European Youth Olympic Festival Commission (2017-2021). In Portugal he is Secretary General of the Olympic Committee of Portugal (since 2013) and Member of the Council of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (2014-2023). 

He is graduated in Law and Post-graduated in European Studies - Law School, University of Lisbon – and he speaks 4 languages. 

He was Chief of Staff of the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports (2002-2004), responsible by all legislative work and the organisation of Euro 2004 Football Tournament. 

A lawyer by training, Marie Barsacq worked for ten years for the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF), devoting her energies to employment, training and qualification in the sporting movement. She then joined the French Football Federation (FFF), where she set up the Institute of Football Coaching (IFF) before becoming the FFF’s assistant general manager for amateur football. Marie Barsacq is also a member since 2018 of the Executive Committee of the French Football Federation.  

Marie Barsacq then took up position as the Director of Impact and Legacy for the Paris 2024 Bid Committee, and then Executive Director within the Organising Committee.  

Mindaugas Bilius is the President of the Lithuanian Paralympic Committee, a member of the Executive Board of the European Paralympic Committee, and a Paralympic champion.

M. Bilius was born in 1982 in Šiauliai, Lithuania. After finishing school, he enrolled in Šiauliai University, where he studied Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy.

In 2001, M. Bilius moved to the United States, where he spent 10 years. There, he was involved in a car accident, barely surviving and becoming disabled.

M. Bilius returned to Lithuania and turned to Paralympic sports. He became European and world champion, in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, he won gold and silver medals.

In 2017, M. Bilius was elected President of the Lithuanian Paralympic Committee and ended his career as a professional athlete.

M. Bilius has completed master's studies in the field of political science, as well as sports management and tourism.