Giuseppe Deleonardis

Giuseppe Deleonardis has served as the IOC Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer since July 2025. In this capacity, he leads the ongoing process to update the IOC Code of Ethics and its implementing provisions, guides improvements to sports integrity frameworks, and oversees the IOC’s ethics agenda through multi-stakeholder engagement in an evolving international environment.  

Giuseppe Deleonardis joined the IOC in 2017 in its Finance Department, where he built the internal control and risk management system. In 2020 he moved to the Ethics and Compliance Office, serving as Deputy Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer since 2023 and coordinating integrity education, due diligence processes, and stakeholder engagement across the Olympic Movement.  

Before joining the IOC, he spent more than a decade in management consulting, advising global financial and telecommunications groups on governance, risk and compliance.   

An Italian national, he holds an MSc in Business Administration from Bocconi University (Milano) and completed a Leadership Development Programme at IMD. Giuseppe Deleonardis frequently represents the IOC at international forums and is a regular speaker at ethics and compliance conferences, promoting collaborative solutions to protect sports integrity.