Yves Le Lostecque has spent his whole career working on sport, mostly at EU level. He studied public, international and European law at the University of Rennes. He started his career in the French national Ministry responsible for Youth and Sport. He joined the European Commission in 1993 where he worked as a lawyer in DG Internal market. He was then responsible for inter-institutional relations in DG Education and Culture and served as the assistant of two directors general, Odile Quintin and Jan Truszczyński. He also spent two years as a member of the cabinet of the Romanian Commissioner, Leonard Orban. He was also from 2013 to 2021 Head of the Sport Unit in the European Commission.From 2021 to 2024, he has been the Head of the Erasmus Mundus and Sport Unit in the EACEA (European Education and Culture Executive Agency) in charge of the implementation of the Erasmus+ budget. Yves Le Lostecque just retired in February 2024, remaining however involved in sport EU activities.