UD Almería Board of Directors & Departments
PRESIDENT
Turki Alalshikh
Degree in Security. Adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia and President of the General Entertainment Authority, as the head of the expansion of this sector of the nation. He was president of the General Sports Authority, the Union of Arab Football Associations, as well as the Islamic Federation of Solidarity Sports and the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee.
VICE PRESIDENT
Yazeed Altwayjri
Finance Degree. 15 years of experience in this field due to his position as a credit counsellor at the Saudi Fund for Industrial Development, executive director of investment and business development at the Wajhat company and adviser to the General Authority of Sports. In addition, he is part of the board of directors of several companies, as well as the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. He is adviser to His Excellency Turki Alalshikh and Vice President of UD Almería.
MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO
Mohamed El Assy
Degree in Economics and Finance. Expert in football and economics due to his 16 years of experience as accounting director at Global Capital, as CEO of FAMA Trade, president of the football agency MGB and as former CEO of Pyramids CF in Egypt. Mohamed El Assy is the UD Almería CEO, president of the production company and advertising agency MGB and director of the company High Dam Cruises.
GENERAL SECRETARY
Mariano Blanco
Mariano Blanco Lao is a lawyer and member of the board of directors of UD Almería since it was founded in the summer of 2001. He was a key person in the union of Almería CF and Polideportivo Almería. He was the general secretary of the Club Board of directors.
DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Mostafa Yilmaz
Graduate in Law and Police. 10 years of experience as head and director of the special operations forces at Cairo airport (Egypt). Former partner and director of operations of FAMA Trade; vice president of the MGB football agency and former COO of Pyramids CF, in Egypt. He is currently vice president of the production company and advertising agency MGB, as well as Director of Operations and deputy general secretary of UD Almería.
BOARD MEMBERS
Ibrahim Ewis
Degree in Chemical Engineering. He is a co-founder of some sports marketing agencies in Egypt and an expert in this field in the Middle East and North Africa for more than 8 years. Specialities: Sports management, football marketing, sports event management, design and promotion of sports brands and sponsorship.
Feras Khalid Al-Muathin
Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Several years of experience in sales and marketing. Has experience in sports and football thanks to his years working in the secretary's office of the General Sports Authority and as a member of the board of directors at Pyramids CF and other positions at Alwehda CF. Currently director of professionalism at the Club and member of the board of directors at UD Almería.
Mohamed A Alhamdan
Computer scientist. 13 years of experience in multiple industries such as financial services (mainly insurance regulation), human services, administration and telecommunications (managing relations with regulators). He has worked at various environmental facilities. He is also a current adviser in the office of the Saudi Minister.
CLUB DEPARTMENTS
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Mohamed El Assy (Managing Director)
Manal Raydan (assistant director) manal@udalmeriasad.com
ORGANISATION
Mostafa Yilmaz (COO)
Cristina Palet (assistant) cristina@udalmeriasad.com
Rosa Mar Barea Puertas (Director of Finance and Administration): rosam@udalmeriasad.com
ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Antonio Alonso (Head of Administration) aalonso@udalmeriasad.com
Juan Francisco Martínez Carvajal (Administrative and first team coordinator) jfmcarvajal@udalmeriasad.com
Luis Alberto Gómez (Administrative and Academy coordinator)
SPORTS ADMINISTRATION
Pedro Moreno Gómez pmoreno@udalmeriasad.com
LEGAL
Mariano Blanco Lao mblanco@aficos.com
Lorena García lorenagarcía@udalmeriasad.com
HUMAN RESOURCES
Inmaculada Blanco: rrhh@udalmeriasad.com
SPORTS
Mohamed Adel (First Team Coordinator) madel@udalmeriasad.com
Jorge Díaz Martínez (First Team delegate) jorgediaz@udalmeriasad.com
Ibán Andrés (Academy coordinator) academia@udalmeriasad.com
Alberto Lasarte Ruiz (scouting) albertolasarte@udalmeriasad.
INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA
Juanjo Moreno Millán (Director) juanjomoreno@udalmeriasad.com
Javier Fernández-Rufete (Press officer) prensa@udalmeriasad.com
Carlos Felipe López (Content and Official Media Director)
carlosfelipe@udalmeriasad.com
MEDICAL SERVICES
Diego Portugal Maziel (Coordinator) serviciomedico@udalmeriasad.
EVENT SAFETY AND SECURITY
Manuel Martínez (manager) mmartinez@udalmeriasad.com
FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Ignacio Martín-Calpena Miranda (coordinator) ignacio@udalmeriasad.com
COMMERCIAL, ADVERTISING AND MARKETING
César Hernando Navarro (Director) redes.sociales@udalmeriasad.
Ana Barea (Head of Logistics) anabarea@udalmeriasad.com
TICKETING AND SERVICES
Juan Carlos Marín (Head of Box Office and Customer Services)
juancarlosmarin@udalmeriasad.
UD ALMERIA FOUNDATION
Lorena García (President) lorenagarcía@udalmeriasad.com
Luis López (administrator) fundacion@udalmeriasad.com