De Medeiros unopposed for a third term as SIGA’s global CEO

Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros is set to for another term as Global Chief Executive Officer of the Sports Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA). De Medeiros is running unopposed for the 2026–2030 term.

De Medeiros formally submitted his candidacy early March with an electoral manifesto titled ‘Making Integrity Irreversible’.

The principal architect behind the evolution of SIGA as a leader on sports integrity issues, he will have a third and final mandate as Global CEO of SIGA, according to the organisation’s statutory three-term limit.

He has led SIGA since its formal establishment as a non-profit in 2017, and has served as Global CEO since 2018, having been re-elected by SIGA’s governing bodies in 2022.

De Medeiros’ manifesto outlines SIGA’s key strategic priorities and initiatives for the 2026–2030 mandate. Priorities are to strengthen institutional capacity, embed integrity as an irreversible principle in global Sport, and accelerate the implementation of SIGA’s Sport Integrity Reform Agenda worldwide.

At the core of the organisation’s work has been the expansion of the SIGA Universal Standards on Sport Integrity and the SIGA Independent Rating and Verification System (SIRVS).

The SIGA Council meet on March 16 and are expected to formally propose the appointment of de Medeiros to be ratified by the SIGA General Assembly on April 14.

In his candidacy statement de Medeiros said: “Sport is changing fast, and so must we. The way it’s played, consumed, and financed is evolving at supersonic speed — and with that transformation comes both opportunity and risk to its integrity.  

“The question is simple: are we going to act now, or are we going to risk losing everything that makes Sport great?…

“The time for pledges and promises is over. We’re in the era of delivery. This is about action, impact, results — nothing less. Integrity isn’t a dream; it’s a reality we’re building now to be embedded.”