Christophe De Kepper

Christophe De Kepper was Chief of Staff to the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013, and has been IOC Director General since 2011, under the authority of three presidents and the IOC Executive Board (EB). 

His role is to manage the IOC administration and its institutional meetings, like the Session and EB meetings.

In this capacity, he has supervised and implemented the IOC’s major strategic decisions and reform programmes, including Olympic Agenda 2020 and Olympic Agenda 2020+5.
He has also contributed to the successful delivery of the Olympic Games from Salt Lake City 2002 to Paris 2024, and has been involved in all the Games allocation processes, most recently for French Alps 2030.

As Director General, he represents the IOC at all high-level meetings, including with public authorities and the United Nations; in commercial negotiations with IOC partners; and at the major meetings with the National Olympic Committees and the International Sports Federations. He also supervised the construction of the new IOC headquarters in Lausanne, which was opened in 2019.

De Kepper is also the chair or a member of the boards of several IOC Group entities that manage the IOC’s commercial revenues (ITMS), digital engagement (OCS), the audiovisual coverage of the Games (OBS), and the IOC’s cultural activities (Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage), together with Olympic Solidarity and support for refugee athletes (Olympic Refuge Foundation).

Earlier in his career, he worked for the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (COIB), the European Commission, and as Director of the European Olympic Committees (EOC)’s EU Office.

Born in Uccle, Belgium, in 1963, De Kepper obtained a law degree from the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and a degree in European law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He is married with three children and a granddaughter.

He has always loved sport, and played football, tennis and lawn hockey at competition level. He also enjoys cycling and ski mountaineering.