Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/1600 of 18 September 2015 appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 300(2) and Article 302 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2015/1157 of 14 July 2015 determining the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee,
Having regard to the proposals made by each Member State,
After consulting the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Council Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom, the term of office of the current members of the European Economic and Social Committee expires on 20 September 2015. Members should therefore be appointed for a period of five years as from 21 September 2015.
(2) Each Member State was requested to submit to the Council a list of candidates, consisting of representatives of organisations of employers, of the employed and of other parties representative of civil society, notably in socioeconomic, civic, professional and cultural areas, for appointment as members of the European Economic and Social Committee.
(3) This Decision will be followed at a later date by a decision appointing those members whose nominations were not communicated to the Council before 8 September 2015,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision are hereby appointed members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 18 September 2015. For the Council The President J. Asselborn
ANNEX
Mr Rudi THOMAES Représentant de la Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique (FEB) Administrateur délégué honoraire
Mr Dominique MICHEL Chief Executive Officer, COMEOS, Fédération belge du commerce et des services
Mr Philippe (Baron) de Buck Van Overstraeten Président du Belgian Business for Europe (BBE)
Mr Daniel MAREELS General Manager, Belgische Federatie van de Financiële sector (Febelfin)
Mr Bernard NOËL Représentant de la Centrale Générale des Syndicats Libéraux de Belgique (CGSLB) Ancien-Secrétaire National
Mr Raymond COUMONT Représentant de la Centrale nationale des employés/Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens — (CNE/CSC) Ancien-Secrétaire général
Ms Anne DEMELENNE Représentante de la Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB) Ancienne Secrétaire générale
Mr Rudy DE LEEUW Voorzitter, Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond (ABVV)
Mr Ferre WYCKMANS Algemeen Secretaris, Landelijke Bediendencentrale-Nationaal Verbond voor Kaderleden (LBC-NVK)
Mr Alain COHEUR Directeur des Affaires Européennes & Internationales, Union Nationale des Mutualités Socialistes
Mr Yves SOMVILLE Directeur du Service d'Etudes de la Fédération wallonne de l'Agriculture
Mr Ronny LANNOO Adviseur-generaal, Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers (UNIZO)
Ms Milena ANGELOVA Secretary — General of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association
Mr Bojidar DANEV Executive President of the Bulgarian Industrial Association — Union of the Bulgarian Business
Mr Georgi STOEV President of the Trade and Investment Committee and member of the Budgetary Committee of EUROCHAMBERS and Vice president of Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Evgeniy IVANOV CEO, Member of the Board Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria The Voice of Bulgarian Business — KRIB
Mr Dimitar MANOLOV President of the Confederation of Labour PODKREPA
Mr Veselin MITOV International Secretary, Confederation of Labour PODKREPA
Mr Plamen DIMITROV President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria
Mr Ivan KOKALOV Vice-president of Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria
Mr Lalko DULEVSKI President of the Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria Professor and Head of the Human Resources and Social Protection Department at the University of National and World Economy
Ms Dilyana SLAVOVA National Coordinator of the Mountain Milk NGO, National Coordinator of Bulgarian Association of Farmers
Mr Bogomil NIKOLOV Executive Director, Bulgarian National Association Active Consumers
Ms Diana INDJOVA Chairperson of the Global Disability Movement
Ms Vladimíra DRBALOVÁ EU Affairs Deputy Director and European Affairs Unit Head, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
Mr Vladimír NOVOTNÝ Member of Standing Committees for Energy and Environmental Policy, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
Ms Marie ZVOLSKÁ EU Affairs Advisor, Confederation of Employers' and Entrepreneurs' Associations of the Czech Republic
Mr Petr ZAHRADNÍK Head, ČEZ Group Representation Office in Brussels; Advisor, Czech Chamber of Commerce
Mr Bohumír DUFEK President, Independent Trade Unions Association of the Czech Republic; Vice-President, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
Ms Hana POPELKOVÁ Advisor, Czech-Moravian Confederation of the Trade Unions
Ms Lucie STUDNIČNÁ Secretary for International Affairs, Czech-Moravian Confederation of the Trade Unions
Mr Jaroslav UNGERMAN Expert on Macroeconomics, Czech-Moravian Confederation of the Trade Unions; Advisor, Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic; Vice-Chairman, Supervisory Board, Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP)
Ms Zuzana BRZOBOHATÁ Non-profit institutions: Brontosaurus, Forum 50 %, Oranžový klub; Advisor, Office of Government of the Czech Republic
Mr Lukáš CURYLO Director, Caritas Czech Republic; Member, Executive Board, Caritas Europe
Mr Roman HAKEN Executive Director of the Regional Central Moravian Centre for Community Work
Mr Pavel TRANTINA Freelance Trainer and Project Manager; EU Projects and Relations Manager, Czech Council of Children and Youth
Ms Dorthe ANDERSEN Director EU Policy, Confederation of Danish Employers
Mr Anders LADEFOGED Director of European Affairs at Confederation of Danish Industries
Mr Niels Lindberg MADSEN Head of CAP-policy division, Landbrug & Fødevarer (Danish Agriculture & Food Council)
Ms Marie-Louise KNUPPERT Elected Confederal Secretary, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
Mr Bernt FALLENKAMP Chief advisor, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
Mr Mikkel DALSGAARD EU Advisor, FTF — Confederation of Professionals in Denmark
Ms Benedicte FEDERSPIEL Chief Counsel, the Danish Consumer Council
Ms Mette KINDBERG Vice President, Kvinderådet (Women's Council Denmark)
Mr Ask Løvbjerg ABILDGAARD Project Coordinator, Danish Association of the Blind
Mr Christian BÄUMLER (PhD) Member of the Executive Committee of CDA (European Union of Christian Democratic Workers)
Mr Dirk BERGRATH (PhD) Director, EU-Liaison Office, IG Metall (German Metalworkers' Union)
Mr Egbert BIERMANN Member, Managing Federal Board, IG BCE (industrial union)
Ms Gabriele BISCHOFF Federal Executive of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)
Ms Tanja BUZEK Trade Union Secretary (United Services Trade Union ver.di)
Mr Peter CLEVER Member of the management board of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA)
Mr Bernd DITTMANN Managing Director, BDI/BDA (German Business Representation)
Mr Gerhard HANDKE General Director, Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA)
Ms Renate HEINISCH (PhD) Representative of BAGSO (Federal Association of Senior Citizens' Organisations)
Mr Udo HEMMERLING Deputy general secretary, German Farmers' Association (DBV)
Mr Jürgen KEßLER (Professor, PhD) Professor of Cooperative Law and Auditing of Cooperatives
Mr Stefan KÖRZELL Member of the Federal Management Board, German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
Mr Thomas KROPP Senior Vice President, Head of Group International Relations and Government Affairs, Lufthansa Group
Mr Günter LAMBERTZ (PhD) Managing Director of DIHK-Representation to the EU (Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry)
Mr Arno METZLER General manager of the German Association of Consulting Engineers (VBI)
Mr Christian MOOS Divisional Director (European and International Affairs), German Civil Servants Association (dbb)
Mr Volker PETERSEN (PhD) Head of department, German Raiffeisen Association
Mr Lutz RIBBE Director of the Environmental Policy Section of the European Nature Heritage Fund (EURONATUR)
Mr Ulrich SAMM (Professor, PhD) Director, Institute for Energy and Climate Research — Plasma Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Mr Karl-Peter SCHACKMANN-FALLIS (PhD) Executive Member of the Board, German Savings Bank and Giro Association
Mr Bernd SCHLÜTER (Professor, PhD) Board member, Federal Association of Non-statutory Welfare (BAGFW)
Mr Peter SCHMIDT Trade union agent, food and restaurant workers' union (NGG)
Mr Holger SCHWANNECKE Secretary-General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Business (ZDH)
Mr Hans-Joachim WILMS Secretary for European Affairs in the federal executive of the German Trade Union for Construction, Agriculture and the Environment (IG Bauen — Agrar — Umwelt)
Ms Reet TEDER General Policy Adviser, Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms Eve PÄÄRENDSON Director of international relations of Estonian Employers' Confederation
Ms Liina CARR International Secretary, Estonian Trade Union Confederation
Ms Mare VIIES Consultant, Estonian Employees' Unions Confederation
Mr Roomet SÕRMUS Chairman, Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce
Mr Meelis JOOST Foreign relations and European policy specialist
Mr David Joseph CROUGHAN Co-Chairman, Economists' Group, Institute of International and European Affairs. Former Head of Economics and Taxation, Ibec (Irish Business and Employers Confederation)
Mr Thomas MCDONAGH Chairman of Thomas McDonagh & Sons Limited/Patron of The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (trading as Chambers Ireland)
Mr John Patrick O'CONNOR General President, SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union)
Ms Patricia MCKEOWN Regional Section UNISON NI (Northern Ireland). ICTU Executive Council member & NIC Committee Member
Mr Cillian LOHAN CEO of Green Economy Foundation
Mr Michael MCLOUGHLIN Head of Advocacy and Communications at Youth Work Ireland
Mr John BRYAN Past IFA (Irish Farmers' Association) President
Mr John COMER President of ICMSA (Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association)
Mr Seamus BOLAND CEO Irish Rural Link
Mrs Irini Ivoni PARI Permanent Delegate of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) to Brussels
Mr Panagiotis Leonidas GKOFAS Member of the General Assembly of the General Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (GSEVEE).
Mr Dimitrios DIMITRIADIS Former First Vice President of the Greek Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) and President of the General Assembly.
Mr Aristotelis THOMOPOULOS Member of the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).
Mr Yannis PANAGOPOULOS President of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE)
Mr Georgios DASSIS Special advisor to the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) — Representative of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Mr Spyridon PAPASPYROS President of the General Council of the Confederation of Public Servants (ADEDY)
Mr Georgios PETROPOULOS Member of the Executive Committee (Board) of Confederation of Public Servants (ADEDY)
Mr Ioannis KOLYVAS Director-General of the Panhellenic Organization of Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives (PASEGES)
Ms Evangelia KEKELEKI Secretary-General of the Consumer's Protection Centre (KERKA)
Mr Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS President of the National Confederation of Disabled People (ESAEA)
Ms Aikaterini PEPPA Deputy-General Director of the Union of Greek Shipowners (EEE)
Sr. Andrés, BARCELÓ DELGADO Director-General de la Unión de Empresas Siderúrgicas (UNESID)
Sr. Josep Manuel, BASAÑEZ VILLALUENGA Miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE) Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de Fomento del Trabajo Nacional de Cataluña
Sra. Patricia CIREZ MIQUELEIZ Delegación de la Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE) en Bruselas
Sra. Ma Helena DE FELIPE LEHTONEN Presidenta de la Patronal de la micro, pequeña y mediana empresa de Cataluña (FEPIME) Vicepresidenta de Confederación Española de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (CEPYME)
Sr. Antonio GARCÍA DEL RIEGO Managing Director, Head of European Corporate Affairs Banco Santander
Sr. Ignacio GARCÍA MAGARZO Director-General Asociación Española de Distribuidores, Autoservicios y Supermercados (ASEDAS)
Sr. Josep PUXEU ROCAMORA Director-General Asociación de Fabricantes de Bebidas Refrescantes (ANFABRA)
Sra. Isabel CAÑO AGUILAR Responsable de la Oficina de UGT en Bruselas
Sr. Francisco Javier DOZ ORRIT Adjunto a la Secretaría de CC.OO. y Presidente de la Fundación 1o de Mayo
Sra. Laura GONZALEZ de TXABARRI ETXANIZ Responsable del Departamento Internacional, con dirección en Barrainkua (ELA-STV)
Sr. Juan MENDOZA CASTRO Director del Instituto Sindical de Cooperación al Desarrollo (ISCOD-UGT)
Sr. José Antonio MORENO DÍAZ Asesor jurídico confederal del CC.OO. en materia de inmigración
Sra. Catalina Ana VICENS GUILLÉN Secretaria General de CC.OO.-Illes Balears
Sr. José María ZUFIAUR NARVAIZA Colaborador de la Secretaría de Política Internacional de UGT
Sr. Miguel Ángel CABRA DE LUNA Vocal de la Junta Directiva de la Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social (CEPES). Presidente de la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales (CEPES)
Sr. Andoni GARCÍA ARRIOLA Miembro de la Comisión Ejecutiva de la Coordinadora de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG)
Sr. Bernardo HERNÁNDEZ BATALLER Secretario General de la Asociación de Usuarios de la Comunicación (AUC) Vocal del Consejo de Consumidores y Usuarios (CCU) de España
Sr. José Manuel ROCHE RAMO Secretario General de la Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos de Aragón (UPA-Aragón)
Sr. Gabriel SARRÓ IPARRAGUIRRE Asesor de la Confederación Española de PESCA (CEPESCA)
Sr. Ricardo SERRA ARIAS Presidente de la Asociación Agraria de Jóvenes Agricultores (ASAJA) de Sevilla y Andalucía.
Sr. Carlos TRÍAS PINTÓ Director de la Asociación General de Consumidores (ASGECO) Director de la Unión de Cooperativas de Consumidores y Usuarios de España (UNCCUE)
Mme Emmanuelle BUTAUD-STUBBS Déléguée générale de l'Union des Industries Textiles (UIT)/Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF)
M. Stéphane BUFFETAUT Président du Réseau Batigere (entreprises sociales pour l'habitat)/Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF)
Mme Anne CHASSAGNETTE Directrice de la Responsabilité Environnementale et Sociétale, Groupe Engie
M. Henri MALOSSE CCI France (Chambres de commerce et d'industrie de France)
M. Philippe de BRAUER Vice-président de la commission internationale de la Confédération Générale des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CGPME)
M. Patrick LIEBUS Vice-président de l'Union Professionnelle Artisanale (UPA) et Président de la Confédération de l'Artisanat et des Petites Entreprises du Bâtiment (CAPEB)
M. Arnold PUECH d'ALISSAC Président de l'Union Syndicale Agricole de Seine-Maritime (FNSEA 76)
Mme Marie-Françoise GONDARD-ARGENTI Secrétaire générale de l'Union Nationale des Professions Libérales (UNAPL)
M. Christophe LEFEVRE Secrétaire national de la Confédération Française de l'Encadrement/Confédération Générale des Cadres (CFE-CGC) en charge de l'Europe et de l'International
M. Jacques LEMERCIER Ancien Secrétaire général de Force Ouvrière (FO) Communication
Mme Laure BATUT Membre du secteur Europe-International de la Confédération Force Ouvrière (FO)
M. Pierre-Jean COULON Secrétaire confédéral Europe-international de la Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (CFTC)
Mme Franca SALIS MADINIER Secrétaire nationale de la Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT) Cadres
M. Christophe QUAREZ Secrétaire fédéral de la Fédération de la Chimie et de l'Energie (FCE) de la Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT)
Mme Ozlem YILDIRIM Conseillère confédérale de la Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
M. Denis MEYNENT Conseiller confédéral de la Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
Mme Reine-Claude MADER-SAUSSAYE Présidente de la Confédération de la Consommation, du Logement et du Cadre de Vie (CLCV)
Mme Geneviève SAVIGNY Ancienne Secrétaire nationale de la Confédération paysanne
M. Christophe HILLAIRET Membre du Bureau et du Conseil d'administration de l'Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d'Agriculture (APCA)
M. Jean-Marc ROIRANT Secrétaire général de la Ligue de l'Enseignement
Mme Christiane BASSET Vice-présidente de l'Union Nationale des Associations Familiales (UNAF)
Mme Jocelyne LE ROUX Secrétaire générale adjointe de la Fédération des Mutuelles de France (FMF)
M. Thierry LIBAERT Fondation pour la Nature et l'Homme (FNH)
M. Michel DUBROMEL Vice-président de France Nature Environnement (FNE)
Mr Davor MAJETIĆ Director-General, Croatian Employers' Association (HUP)
Ms Dragica MARTINOVIĆ DŽAMONJA Director, Representative Office of the Croatian Chamber of Economy in Brussels
Ms Violeta JELIĆ General Secretary of the Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts
Ms Marija HANŽEVAČKI General Secretary of the Independent Trade Unions of Croatia (NHS)
Ms Anica MILIĆEVIĆ- PEZELJ Executive Secretary, Union of Autonomous Trade Unions (UATUC)
Mr Vilim RIBIĆ President of MATICA — Association of Croatian Trade Unions; President of the Great Council of Independent Union of Research and Higher Education Employees of Croatia
Ms Lidija PAVIĆ-ROGOŠIĆ Director of ODRAZ — Sustainable Community Development, Croatian civil society organisation
Ms Marina ŠKRABALO Senior Advisor, GONG
Mr Toni VIDAN Energy campaigner of environmental CSO Zelena akcija — Friends of the Earth Croatia
Sig. Pietro Vittorio BARBIERI Portavoce del Forum Terzo Settore — Presidente FISH (Federazione Italiana per il Superamento dell'Handicap)
Sig. ra Giulia BARBUCCI Area politiche europee e internazionali della CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro)
Sig.ra Claudia BUSCHI Segretariato Generale della CISL (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori)
Sig.ra Marina Elvira CALDERONE Presidente del Consiglio Nazionale dell'Ordine dei Consulenti del Lavoro — Presidente del Comitato Unitario degli Ordini e Collegi Professionali
Sig. Carmelo CEDRONE Professore Emerito di Politica Economica Europea Università la Sapienza di Roma — Consulente del Dipartimento Europeo ed Internazionale della UIL (Unione Italiana del Lavoro)
Sig. Stefano CETICA Presidente di IPER (Istituto per le Ricerche Economiche e Sociali) della UGL (Unione Generale del Lavoro)
Sig. Pietro Francesco DE LOTTO Direttore Generale di Confartigianato Vicenza
Sig.ra Cinzia DEL RIO Direttore del Dipartimento Internazionale della UIL (Unione Italiana del Lavoro)
Sig. Gianfranco DELL'ALBA Direttore della Delegazione di Confindustria presso l'Unione Europea a Bruxelles
Sig. Tommaso DI FAZIO Presidente nazionale della CIU (Confederazione Italiana di Unione delle professioni intellettuali)
Sig. Giancarlo DURANTE Direttore degli Affari sociali dell'Associazione Bancaria Italiana — Professore di Sicurezza sociale e libera circolazione dei lavoratori nell'UE all'Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma
Sig. Diego DUTTO Direttore Nazionale LEGACOOPSOCIALI (Associazione Nazionale Cooperative Sociali)
Sig. Emilio FATOVIC Vice Segretario Nazionale CONFSAL (Confederazione Generale dei Sindacati Autonomi dei Lavoratori)
Sig. Giuseppe GUERINI Presidente di Federsolidarietà-Confcooperative — Presidente della cooperativa sociale Ecosviluppo
Sig. Giuseppe Antonio Maria IULIANO Responsabile per le Politiche Internazionali, Segretariato Internazionale della CISL (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori)
Sig. Luca JAHIER Giornalista, politologo, esperto di associazionismo di promozione sociale e del terzo settore — ACLI
Sig. Antonio LONGO Presidente del Movimento Difesa del Cittadino — Membro del CNCU (Consiglio Nazionale Consumatori e Utenti)
Sig. Sandro MASCIA Direttore dell'Ufficio di Confagricoltura a Bruxelles
Sig. Alberto MAZZOLA Responsabile degli Affari Internazionali delle Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane — Vice Presidente Gruppo Trasporti Business Europe
Sig. Stefano PALMIERI Area Politiche Europee ed Internazionali della CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro)
Sig. Antonello PEZZINI Professore di Economia e gestione delle imprese nell'Unione europea all'Università degli Studi di Bergamo — Imprenditore nel settore tecnico-tessile
Sig. Maurizio REALE Direttore dell'Ufficio di Rappresentanza per le Relazioni con le Istituzioni dell'Unione Europea di Coldiretti
Sig. Claudio ROTTI Presidente di AICE (Associazione Italiana Commercio Estero)
Sig. Marco VEZZANI Vice Presidente Nazionale CIDA
Mr Michalis ANTONIOU Assistant Director-General, Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation
Mr Manthos MAVROMMATIS Former President, Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Nicolaos (Nicos) EPISTITHIOU Former Secretary-General of the Cyprus Hotel Employees Federation OYXEKA-SEK
Mr Andreas PAVLIKKAS Head of Research and Studies Department, Pancyprian Federation of Labour — PEO
Mr Anastasis YIAPANIS General Secretary of Panagrotikos Farmers Union
Mr Vitālijs GAVRILOVS President of Employers' Confederation of Latvia
Mr Gundars STRAUTMANIS Vice-president of Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms Ariadna ĀBELTIŅA Coordinator for External Relations, Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia
Mr Pēteris KRĪGERS President of Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia
Ms Gunta ANČA Chairperson of the Latvian Umbrella Body for Disability Organisations SUSTENTO
Ms Baiba MILTOVIČA International and EU Affairs Adviser of Latvian National Association for Consumer Protection
Mr Gustavs NORKĀRKLIS Chairman of the Board of Association of Latvian Organic Agriculture
Monsieur Henri WAGENER Conseiller auprès de Fedil, Business Federation Luxembourg
Monsieur Raymond HENCKS Conseiller auprès de la Chambre des fonctionnaires et employés publics
Monsieur Jean-Claude REDING Président de la Chambre des Salariés
Monsieur Norbert GEISEN Président honoraire de la Fédération des Artisans
Madame Josiane WILLEMS Directrice de la Centrale paysanne
Dr András EDELÉNYI Expert, Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Dr István KOMORÓCZKI Economic Advisor to the President of COOP Federation
Ms Katalin Elza SÜLE President, Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture of Zala County President, National Association of Hungarian Farmers' Societies of Zala County
Ms Júlia Borbála VADÁSZ Permanent Delegate in Brussels of the Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists
Dr Piroska KÁLLAY Coordinator for Committees (Equality, Youth, International, Pensioners) of the LIGA-Democratic League of Independent Trade Unions
Ms Erika NEMESKÉRINÉ KOLLER International secretary at the Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions
Dr Miklós PÁSZTOR Expert, National Federation of Workers' Council
Dr János WELTNER Senior consultant, Semmelweis University in Budapest
Dr Etele BARÁTH Hon. university professor, Hungarian Society for Urban Planning
Dr Ágnes CSER Representative of the Hungarian Alliance for Children and Youth
Ms Kinga JOÓ Vice-president, National Association of Large Families
Mr Ákos TOPOLÁNSZKY President, Federation of the Hungarian Drug Therapeutic Institutes
Mr Stefano MALLIA Former President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce and Industry and an ex-officio Council Member and Member of the Chamber Statute Revision Committee
Mr Tony ZAHRA President, Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association
Mr Charles VELLA Research & Information Executive; Secretary to the GWU National Council
Dr Philip VON BROCKDORFF Consultant, Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin
Mr Ben RIZZO President, Civil Society Committee within the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD)
Mr Winand Leo Emile QUAEDVLIEG Head, Brussels office, VNO-NCW and MKB Nederland
Mr Klaas Johan OSINGA Senior Adviser, International Affairs at LTO NEDERLAND
Mrs Marjolijn BULK Adviser, European Affairs at FNV
Mr Martinus Cornelis SIECKER Former Trade Union Official, Netherlands Trade Union Federation (FNV)
Mrs Annie VAN WEZEL Policy Adviser, European and International Affairs at FNV
Mrs Melanie I. BOUWKNEGT Advisor, CNV Nederland
Mrs Cathelijne C.J. MULLER Advisor, VCP
Mr Dick WESTENDORP Former President, consumentenbond
Mr Jan Willem Hendrik DIRX Advisor and directorate secretariat to the management of Natuur and Milieu. Responsible for the groene11 (partnership between the main Dutch nature and environmental organisations)
Ms Christa SCHWENG Senior Advisor of the Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (Austrian Economic Chamber); department for social policy and health
Mr Michael IKRATH Secretary-General of the Österreichischer Sparkassenverband (Austrian Association of savings banks)
Mr Gerhard RIEMER Consultant of the Vereinigung der Österreichischen Industrie (Federation of the Austrian Industry)
Mr Ferdinand MAIER Former Secretary-General of the Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband (Austrian Raiffeisen-Association)
Mr Thomas DELAPINA Senior advisor of the Arbeiterkammer Wien (Chamber of Labour of the Federal Land Vienna)
Mr Thomas WAGNSONNER Deputy Director of the Arbeiterkammer Niederösterreich (Chamber of Labour of the Federal Land of Lower Austria)
Mr Oliver RÖPKE Head of the ÖGB-Europabüro an der Ständigen Vertretung Österreichs bei der EU in Brüssel (Bureau for European Affairs of the Austrian Trade Union at the Permanent Representative of Austria at the EU in Brussels)
Mr Wolfgang GREIF Head of the department of the ÖGB (Austrian Trade Union Association) betreffend Europa, Konzerne und Internationale Beziehungen (Europe, multinational companies and international relations)
Mr Thomas KATTNIG Head of the Bereich für Internationales, EU und Daseinsvorsorge in der Gewerkschaft der Gemeindebediensteten sowie der Gewerkschaft für Kunst, Medien, Sport und freie Berufe (in the field of international affairs, EU and services of general interest of the trade union for employees of municipalities as well as for the trade union of media, sports and independent professions)
Mr Rudolf KOLBE President of the Kammer der Architekten und Ingenieurkonsulenten für Oberösterreich und Salzburg (Chamber of architects and consultants for engineering for the Federal Land of Upper Austria and the Federal Land of Salzburg)
Mr Andreas THURNER Officer of the Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich–Büro Brüssel (Chamber of agriculture in Austria — Office in Brussels)
Mr Alfred GAJDOSIK Employee of Hotel Marriott/PCC-Erhaltungs- und ErrichtungsgesmbH (Marriott Hotel Vienna/(PCC-preservation and accommodation-limited partnership company)
Mr Jacek Piotr KRAWCZYK Vice-president, Confederation Lewiatan
Mr Lech Józef PILAWSKI Director-General, Confederation Lewiatan
Mr Andrzej MALINOWSKI President, Employers of Poland
Mr Janusz PIETKIEWICZ Vice-president, Employers of Poland
Mr Jarosław Maciej MULEWICZ Consultant, Association of Employers Business Centre Club
Mr Krzysztof OSTROWSKI Director of the Interventions Bureau, Association of Employers Business Centre Club
Mr Jan KLIMEK Vice-president, Polish Craft Association
Mrs Dorota GARDIAS Expert, Trade Union Forum
Mrs Wioletta JANOSZKA Member of the Board, Trade Union Forum
Mr Andrzej ADAMCZYK Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Office, Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union Solidarność
Mr Marian KRZAKLEWSKI Expert, Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union Solidarność
Mr Franciszek Bogdan BOBROWSKI Vice-president, All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
Mr Wincenty Sławomir BRONIARZ President of the Polish Teachers' Union/All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
Mr Adam ROGALEWSKI Expert, All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
Mr Krzysztof Stanisław BALON Secretary of the Programming Committee, Working Community of Associations of Social Organisations WRZOS
Mrs Karolina Lidia DRESZER-SMALEC Expert, All-Poland Federation of Non-Governmental Organisations
Mr Krzysztof KAMIENIECKI Expert, Polish Ecological Club
Mr Michał Grzegorz MODRZEJEWSKI Honorary President of the Union of the Rural Youth
Mr Krzysztof Jerzy PATER Member, Polish Scouting Association
Mrs Elżbieta Maria SZADZIŃSKA Expert, Consumers Federation
Mrs Teresa TISZBIEREK Expert, Association of the Voluntary Fire Brigades of the Republic of Poland
Mr Gonçalo Cristóvão Aranha da Gama LOBO XAVIER Adviser to the Management Board of AIMMAP — the Association of Portuguese Metallurgical, Mechanical Engineering and Similar Industrial Companies; Member appointed by CIP — Confederation of Enterprises of Portugal, since January 2013 (CIP)
Mr Luís Miguel CORREIA MIRA Secretary-general, Portuguese Farmers' Confederation (CAP)
Mr Pedro D'ALMEIDA FREIRE Vice-president, Confederation of Portuguese Commerce and Services (CCP)
Mr Paulo BARROS VALE Businessman, Director of the Portuguese Business Association (AEP)
Mr Mário David FERREIRINHA SOARES Professor, Member of the National Council of the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers — Inter-union (CGTP-IN)
Mr Carlos Manuel ALVES TRINDADE Member of the Executive Committee, National Council of the Portuguese General Workers' Confederation (CGTP-IN)
Mr Carlos Manuel SIMÕES DA SILVA Secretary-General of UGT (União Geral de Trabalhadores/Portuguese General Workers Trade-Union)
Mr João DIAS DA SILVA Vice-President of the Board of the Teachers' Trade Union for the North Region
Mr Jorge PEGADO LIZ Lawyer, Consumer Protection Association (DECO)
Mr Carlos Matias RAMOS President of the Portuguese Association of Engineers
Mr Francisco Bernardino da SILVA Secretary-general of CONFAGRI, President of the Portuguese National Federation of Mutual Agricultural Credit Banks (Portuguese Cooperative Banks) (FENACAM)
Mr Lino da SILVA MAIA President of the National Confederation of Solidarity Institutions (CNIS)
Petru Sorin DANDEA Vice-president at The National Trade Union Confederation Cartel ALFA
Dumitru FORNEA Confederal Secretary responsible for the International Relations of the National Trade Union Confederation — MERIDIAN
Minel IVAȘCU Secretary-General at The National Trade Union Block (BNS)
Liviu LUCA Prim-vice-president at The National Trade Union Confederation CNSLR-FRATIA
Sabin RUSU Secretary-General — Confederation of Democratic Trade Unions in Romania
Ana BONTEA Director of the Department for Legal Affairs and Social Dialogue, National Council of Small and Medium Sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR)
Mihai MANOLIU President, The Confederation of Romanian Employers (CNPR)
Aurel Laurențiu PLOSCEANU President, General Union of Industrialists in Romania (UGIR)
Octavian Cătălin ALBU Secretary-General of Romanian National Employers Organisation (PNR)
Irinel Eduard FLORIA Employers Confederation Concordia (Concordia)
Cristian PÎRVULESCU President, Asociația Pro Democrația (ApD), non-governmental, non-profit association
Ionuț SIBIAN Executive Director, Civil Society Development Foundation (CSDF)
Mihai IVAȘCU Camera de Comerț și Industrie a României
Marius Eugen OPRAN Institutul Național de C& D pentru Fizică și Inginerie Nucleară; Institutul Național de C&D Fizica Laserelor Plasmei și Radiației;
Victor ALISTAR Transparency International România
Mr Jože SMOLE Secretary-General, ZDS — Association of Employers of Slovenia
Mr Dare STOJAN Director, Businessman, AVITEL d.o.o.
Ms Nadja GÖTZ Legal Adviser of Public Services Trade Unions Confederation of Slovenia
Mr Jakob Krištof POČIVAVŠEK Secretary-General of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovenia PERGAM
Mr Andrej ZORKO Executive Secretary, Governing Board of the Slovenian Association of Free Trade Unions
Mr Primož ŠPORAR Chief Executive Officer of SKUP, Association of Private Institutes
Mr Branko RAVNIK Director of Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia (CAFS)
Mr Peter MIHÓK President of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Vice President of the Economic and Social Council of the Slovak Republic
Ms Martina ŠIRHALOVÁ Project manager, Federation of employers' associations (AZZZ)
Ms Jarmila DÚBRAVSKÁ Director of the Department of Agriculture and Services, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber (SPPK)
Mr Emil MACHYNA President of the Slovak Metalworkers Federation (KOVO)
Mr Anton SZALAY President of the Slovak Trade Union of Health and Social Services
Ms Mária MAYEROVÁ President of the Slovak Trade Union of Public Administration and Culture (SLOVES)
Mr Vladimír BÁLEŠ Professor, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Mr Juraj SIPKO Director of the Institute of Economic Research, Slovak Academy of Science
Mr Rudolf KROPIL President of the Slovak Rectors' Conference
Ms Tellervo KYLÄ-HARAKKA-RUONALA Director, Infrastructure and Environment, Confederation of Finnish Industries
Mr Jukka AHTELA LL.M., Chairman of the Board, Senior Advisor, Ahtela Consulting Oy
Mr Timo VUORI Executive Vice President, Finland Chamber of Commerce
Mr Markus PENTTINEN Head of International Affairs, Confederation of Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland Akava
Mr Pekka RISTELÄ Director, FinUnions — Finnish Trade Union Representation to the EU
Ms Marianne MUONA Senior Advisor on International Affairs, Finnish Confederation of Professionals STTK
Ms Pirkko RAUNEMAA M.Sc. (Agriculture and Forestry), Council of Home Economics and Consumer Associations
Mr Simo TIAINEN Director, Office of Finnish Agriculture and Cooperatives, Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners MTK
Mr Pasi MOISIO Director, Permanent Representative to the EU of the Finnish transport and logistics organisations
Ms Karin Ebba Sofia EKENGER Director/Senior Advisor, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Mr Nils-Olof Krister ANDERSSON Head of the Tax Policy Department, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Mr Thord Stefan BACK Director Sustainable Logistics, Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises
Mr Erik Rolf Lennart SVENSSON Board Member, Almega AB
Ms Ellen Paula NYGREN Ombudsman, Swedish Trade Union Confederation
Mr Frank Thomas ABRAHAMSSON Swedish Trade Union for Service and Communications Employees
Ms Berivan Muhriban ÖNGÖRUR International Secretary, Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
Mr Bo Gunnar Alexander JANSSON President, National Union of Teachers in Sweden
Ms Ariane Elisabeth RODERT EU Policy Advisor, National Forum for Voluntary Organizations
Mr Oskar Kristersson WALLNER Expert, National Council of Swedish Youth Organisations (LSU)
Ms Sofia Karin Anna BJÖRNSSON Acting director, Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), Brussels Office
Ms Ulrika WESTERLUND President, Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL)
Mr George Traill LYON Independent Lawyer — formerly BAE Systems
Mr Roger Martin BARKER Director, Corporate Governance and Professional Standards, Institute of Directors
Ms Brenda KING Director, African and Caribbean Diversity
Dr David John SEARS Consultant and former Deputy Director-General British Chamber of Commerce
Ms Madi SHARMA Entrepreneur and consultant and Founder of Women's Economic and Social Think Tank and Make a Difference Ideas Centre supporting female empowerment
Mr John WALKER Director of European Alliance of Small Business, Business Consultant and former National Chairman of Federation of Small Business
Mr Jonathan PEEL Business and Trade Consultant
Mr Brendan James BURNS Management Consultant and Financial Investor
Mr Brian CURTIS Former Chair/President in National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and WTUC
Ms Diane KELLY UNISON Assistant Branch Secretary
Ms Kathleen WALKER SHAW Head of European Office for GMB Trade Union
Ms Agnes TOLMIE Senior Union Representative, UNITE Union, and Manager, Royal Bank of Scotland
Ms Judy MCKNIGHT Former General Secretary, National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO)
Mr Nicholas CROOK Head of International Relations, UNISON, and member of the Executive of the European Federation of Public Service Unions
Mr Amarjite SINGH CWU Branch Secretary, Royal Mail. Chair of CWU National Race Advisory Board
Mr Martin MAYER First Yorkshire Bus PLC, UNITE Branch Secretary
Dr Rose D'SA Consultant in EU, Commonwealth and International Law including legal education and Distance Learning
Ms Jane MORRICE Communications Consultant, Deputy Chief Equality Commissioner — Northern Ireland
Sir Stuart ETHERINGTON Chief Executive for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
Mr Michael SMYTH Economist, Academic, University of Ulster
Mr Tom JONES Farmer; Vice-President of the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)
Ms Irene OLDFATHER Director, Health and Social Care Alliance
Ms Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS Consultant on Women's Rights
Sir Graham WATSON Managing Director, Consultant, Honorary President and co-founder of Climate Parliament (London) and Chairman of Europe Active, the European Health and Fitness Association