Please find below the results of the recent elections held at our last General Assembly which took place in London on 5 September 2015 as well as the different appointments decided during the Congress which will bring new energy and strong personalities to our (already strong!) community of AIJA Officers.
Bureau
- Orsolya Gorgenyi, President (new position)
- Dirk H. Nuyts, Immediate Past President (new position)
- David Frølich, First Vice-President (elected by the General Assembly)
- Justyna Szpara, Treasurer (elected by the General Assembly)
- Nicolas Thieltgen, Secretary General (elected by the General Assembly)
- Emiliano Ganzarolli, Deputy Secretary General (appointed by the Bureau)
Extended Bureau
- Henna Kinnunen, Co-Chair Law Course Committee (newly appointed by the Bureau)
- Justus Jansen, Co-Chair Law Course Committee
- Lara Vivas, Co-Chair Law Course Committee
- Michel Bonne, Co-Chair Membership Forum (newly appointed by the Bureau)
- Maximiliano D'Auro, Co-Chair Membership Forum (newly appointed by the Bureau)
- Paola Fudakowska, Co-Chair Membership Forum (newly appointed by the Bureau)
- Benjamin Borsodi, Co-Chair Forum of the Commissions
- Martine Hoogendoorn, Co-Chair Forum of the Commissions
- Mark-Oliver Kühn, Co-Chair Forum of the Commissions
Human Rights Committee
- Dirk Nuyts, Chair Coordinator (new position)
- Anna Birtwistle, Co-Chair
- Rosa Isabel Peña Sastre, Co-Chair
- Karen Zilliacus, Co-Chair
Newly elected Executive Committee Members (in alphabetical order)
- Joost Achterberg
- Jean-Philippe Arroyo
- Tabata Arteta
- Stefan Bais
- Jan-Ove Becker
- Tom Claeys
- Xavier Costa
- Jérôme Debras
- Tiziana Di Ciommo
- Bruno Guarnieri
- Agnese Hartpenga
- Simone Hofbauer
- Nick Jones
- Laura Koponen
- Christian Leuenberger
- Henrietta Mason
- Jérôme Nicolas
- Lennarl Ostenfeld
- Benedikt Rohrssen
- Ayse Ulku Solak
- Stephanie Tack
They will join the other Executive Committee members elected in the past years who are still in office: José Miguel ALGORTA GARICOITS, Elena ANNEZ DE TABOADA, Ferenc BALLEGEER, Cédric DE POUZILHAC, Stephan DITTL, Nils DOEHLER, Cristian ELBERT, Hilka FRESE, Eva INDRUCHOVA, Jaap KLOPPERS, Mark Oliver KÜHN, Benjamin LEVENTHAL, Esther MARTIN, Jasvinder NAKHWAL, Marco Ferreira ORLANDI, Thilo PACHMANN, Rosa Isabel PENA SASTRE, Joe RÄBER, Jan ROLINSKI, Tomas RYBAR, Rasheka SCOTT, Giuseppe SCOTTI, Babak TABESHIAN, Matias VAGEDES, Pieter VAN DEN BROECK, Pablo VINAGERAS, Birgit WÖHREN, Karen ZILLIACUS.
Newly appointed National Representatives
(for a complete list of National Representatives and local contacts, please click here)
- ARGENTINA, Juan PRINGLES
- CYPRUS, Stavros STROUZAS
- FINLAND, Karen ZILLIACUS
- GERMANY, Pascal BÖHNER
- IRELAND, Jevan NEILAN
- LIECHTENSTEIN, Christian PRESOLY
- LUXEMBOURG, Francois DEPREZ
- NETHERLANDS, Wiebe DE VRIES
- PANAMA, Beatriz del Carmen CABAL CHEN
- PORTUGAL, Nuno OLIVEIRA GARCIA
- SPAIN, Almudena ALVAREZ OTERO
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Matthieu DAGUERRE
Regional Representatives
- GERMANY (South West Germany), Inga-Kristin ZILLMER
- GERMANY (Rhein Main), Stephan DITTL
- GERMANY (Berlin) , Martin VICIANO GOFFERJE
- GERMANY (North Germany), Birgit WÖHREN
- GERMANY (Düsseldorf / Rhein Ruhr), Catrice GAYER
- SPAIN (Barcelona), Cristina HERNANDEZ-MARTI PEREZ
- UNITED STATES (South), Arnoldo LACAYO
Contact persons
- EL SALVADOR, Camila ESCOBAR
- HONG KONG, Robert RHODA
- IRAN, Encyeh SEYED SADR
- ROMANIA, Alexandra Maria OLOGU
- SRI LANKA, Ruwani DANTANARAYANA
Newly appointed Commission Officers
(for the complete list of commission webpages, please click here)
- Antitrust
President: David Mamane Vice President: Eva Bonacker
- Banking, finance and capital markets law
Vice President: StéphanieHodara el Bez
- Commercial fraud
President: Alexander von Saucken Vice Presidents: Thomas Ricard and Jasvinder Nakhwal
- Corporate and M&A
President: Manuela Cavallo Vice President : Michael Lind
- Distribution law
President: David Diris Vice Presidents: Moritz Maurer and Babak Tabeshian
- Labour law
Vice Presidents: Rebecka Thorn, Yoav Noy (Immigration Law)
- Private clients
Vice-President: Joe Räber (Private wealth)
- Real estate law
President: Joseph Caleff
- Tax law
President: José Rubens Scharlack Vice Presidents: Jessica Kemp and Johan Myrén
Download here the official communication by Nicolas Thieltgen, AIJA Secretary General