New Water Europe Board appointed for 2020-2021
- July 9, 2020
- Posted by: Elaine Coles
- Category: Companies, Conferences, Corporate, Europe
Water Europe has announced the composition of its Board of Directors for the period 2020-2021.
The Board of Directors is the Water Europe’s decision-making body with representatives from all five corporate membership colleges. In line with the new governance adopted at the general meeting, five Vice-Presidents will be elected by the board in September 2020 where they will be given different portfolios according to the main priorities of Water Europe.
The new Board Members appointed for 2020-2021 are as follows:
Tomas Michel – Water Europe President
Wim van Vierssen – Water Europe Vice-President
Corporate membership colleges:
Suppliers & SMEs
Aveco de Bondt
Ilari Aho – Uponor
Multinational Corporations
Alexis de Kerchove Xylem
Peter Trillingsgaard Grundfos
Marie-Renée De Roubin Veolia
David Martin – Ecolab/Nalco
Xavier Litrico – Suez
Jorge Juan Malfeito – Acciona
Research & Technological developers
Chrysi Laspidou University of Thessaly
Richard Elelman – Eurecat
Marielle van der Zouwen – KWR Watercycle Research Institute
Utilities
Hans Goossens – De Watergroep
Cláudio de Jesus – Águas de Portugal
Large Water Users
Charlotte Boeckaert – Vlakwa
Josep Molas Pages -Coca Cola
The Annual General Meeting where the new Board appointments were made was held during the digital edition of Water Innovation Europe 2020 conference which concluded on the 26th of June. During an entire innovative water week dedicated to ‘A Water-Smart Society for a post-COVID19 Green Deal’, over 500 participants joined Water Europe online across the whole week for 5 daily plenary sessions, 6 Water Europe Innovation Awards sessions, 2 side events, 16 Working Group meetings, over 200 B2B meetings, 15 digital booths, and the Water Europe Annual General Meeting.