07 Jun 2019

DIGITALEUROPE elects its 2019-2021 Executive Board members

DIGITALEUROPE is delighted to announce the appointment of its new Executive Board members, who were officially elected at the General Assembly held in Brussels on the 5^th of June 2019.

DIGITALEUROPE would like to sincerely thank the departing board members for their excellent contribution to the board over the last years: Francesco Giuffrè, Lotte De Bruijn, Ville Peltola, Klaus Mittelbach, and Maxence Demerlé.

The newly elected Board members are:

Elected NTA Board Members

Jussi Mäkinen, Head of Digital Regulation, TIF, Finland
Jean Diederich, President, APSI, Luxembourg
Cristiano Radaelli, President, Anitec-Assinform, Italy
Yannis Sirros, Director General, SEPE, Greece
Bart Steukers, Director Industries & Markets, Agoria, Belgium [Re-elected]
Philippe Tavernier, General Delegate, Syntec Numérique, France (for the 2019-2020 term) & Stella Morabito, General Delegate, AFNUM, France (2020-2021 term).

The term will be split equally between the two French trade associations.

Elected Corporate Board Members

Irena Bednarich, Director Corporate Affairs, EMEA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise [Re-elected]
Ulf Pehrsson, Vice-President of Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson [Re-elected]
Sandra Alverà, Head of Government Affairs for Europe, Panasonic [Re-elected]

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