Appointment of new Elected Officials and Institutional Representatives to the Berne Union's Management Committee

09/11/2021
MC Announcement

In elections and voting at and following the 2021 AGM, the Berne Union has appointed new Officials for the ECA and PC Committees as well as 5 new institutional representatives on the Management Committee

We are delighted to announce the appointment of new Elected Officials (EOs):

ECA Committee
  • Isabel Galdiz, Vice President, International Relations Division, US EXIM as the new Chair of the ECA Committee
  • Yuichiro AkitaGeneral Manager, Planning and Policy Department, NEXI as the new Vice Chair of the ECA Committee
PRAGUE CLUB COMMITTEE
  • Josef Jirkal, Director International Relations Department, EGAP, as the new Chair of the Prague Club Committee
  • Silvia Gavorníková, Head of International Relations, EXIMBANKA SR, as the new Vice Chair of the Prague Club Committee

Elected Officials of the Berne Union

https://www.berneunion.org

Biographies of Elected Officials of the Berne Union

In addition, 5 new institutional representatives have been voted in as rotating members of the Berne Union Management Committee (MC).

We are pleased to welcome:  Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) UAE, EKF Denmark, Liberty Specialty , Exim Hungary, and Finnvera Finland

Both EOs and MC institutional representatives will serve for a term of 2 years until the end of the 2023 AGM. See below for More info

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Berne Union Leadership and Governance

https://www.berneunion.org

In elections and voting following the 2021 AGM, the Berne Union has appointed new Officials for the ECA and PC Committees as well as 5 new institutional representatives on the Management Committee

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