Anne Tiivas OBE is the Chair of Safe Sport International. She is the former Director of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) Child Protection in Sport Unit where she worked for nearly 18 years. Anne is also chair of the International Safeguards for Children in Sport Advisory Group, having been a founder member of the initiative to create the Safeguards in collaboration with UNICEF, Brunel University and other sports bodies since 2012. Anne is a member of FIFA’s Expert group on Child Safeguarding and represents SSI on the Centre for Sport and Human Rights’ Advisory Council’. Anne advises a number of international groups on child and adult protection and safeguarding in sport, including Panathlon International (member of the Scientific and Cultural Committee) and is frequently called on to help with policy development overseas. She has been part of several European Union projects on safeguarding in youth sport and elite youth sport with many Member States.Director of the IOC Certificate: Safeguarding Officer in Sport online course, has contributed to the management of the IOC Mental Health in Elite Athletes programme and is the IOC’s
