John Liljelund serves as one of WFDF’s two Safe Sport Integrity Officers. He has served as the Secretary-General of the International Floorball Federation (IFF) since 2005 and was a member of the IFF Central Board from 1994-2004. John has also served as a Council Member of the Association of IOC Recognised International Sport Federations (ARISF) since 2017 and was its Auditor from 2014-2017. Prior to specializing in sport, he was the Modelling & Analytics Nordic Director at the marketing research company AC Nielsen from 1996 to 2005. John moved from ice hockey to Floorball in 1986 and played at the elite level in Finland and Sweden as a goalie from 1987 to 2004, although he still competes in the masters’ divisions. He has also been a coach of both men’s and women’s as well as juniors’ teams since 1991, including the Finnish National Team (1995-1999) and Men U19 (2002-2003), and has a professional coach degree from the Finnish Sports Institute. John received his Masters and Licentiate degrees in political science and government from the University of Helsinki in 1990. He currently lives in Helsinki with his wife and two children, all of whom play Floorball.