Management Board Members
MB Members
MB Observers
Chair of the Management Board
Mr Michael SMETHERS
Deputy Chair of the Management Board
Mr Maxime COFFIN
Management Board members
Country
Member
Alternate Member

Austria
Dr Karl PRACHNER
Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie
Mr Manfred BIALONCZYK
Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie

Belgium
Mr Frank DURINCKX
Directeur général
Service public fédéral Mobilité et Transport
Direction générale Transport aérien
Mr Benoît VAN NOTEN
Conseiller général
Service public fédéral Mobilité et Transport
Direction générale Transport aérien

Bulgaria
Mr Tilko PETROV
Director General
Civil Aviation Administration
Ms Eleonora DOBREVA
Chief International Relations Expert
Civil Aviation Administration

Cyprus
Dr Leonidas LEONIDOU
Director
Department of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Communications and Works
Mr Andreas PASPALIDES
Head of Safety Regulatory Unit
Department of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Communications and Works

Czech Republic
Mr Josef RADA
General Director CAA CZ
Civil Aviation Authority of the Czech Republic
Mr Vítezslav HEZKÝ
Director of Standardization and Aviation Regulation Dept.
Civil Aviation Authority of the Czech Republic

Denmark
Mr Per VEINGBERG
Director of Aviation Safety Department
Mr Kent HANSEN
Chief of Operations

Estonia
Mr Koit KASKEL
Director General
Civil Aviation Administration
Ms Marve ALLIK
Adviser of the Legal Department
Civil Aviation Administration

Finland
Mr Pekka HENTTU
Director General
Civil Aviation, Finnish Transport Agency (TraFi)
Mrs Silja RUOKOLA
Director Transport Services Unit
Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland

France
Mr Maxime COFFIN
Chef de la Mission Aviation Légère,
Générale et Hélicoptères (MALGH)
Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC/DAST)
Ms Florence ROUSSE
Directrice de la régulation economique à la DGAC
Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC/DCS)

Germany
Mr Gerold REICHLE
Leiter der Abteilung Luft- und Raumfahrt
Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung
Mr Josef SCHILLER
Director Airworthiness - Aviation and Space Division
Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung

Greece
Ms Fofi PAPADIMITROPOULOU
Governor of the Hellenic CAA
Mr Gregory NANIDIS
Deputy Governor of Hellenic CAA

Hungary
Mr Mate GERGELY
DGCA
Ministry of National Development
Department for Aviation and Shipping
Ms Eva KALLAI
Deputy Head of Department
Ministry of National Development
Department for Aviation and Shipping

Iceland
Mr Pétur K. MAACK
Director General
Civil Aviation Administration
Mr Einar Orn HEDINSSON
Head of Flight Safety
Civil Aviation Administration

Ireland
Ms Ethna BROGAN
Deputy Director General for Civil Aviation
Aviation Regulation and International Relations Division
Department of Transport
Mr Seamus RYAN
Director
Aviation Regulation and International Relations Division
Department of Transport

Italy
Dott. Alessio QUARANTA
Director General
Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile
Mr Benedetto MARASA
Vice-Director General
Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile

Latvia
Mr Maris GORODCOVS
Director General of Civil Aviation
Civil Aviation Agency
Ministry of Transport
Mr Edgars GINDRA
Head of Aircraft Operations Division
Civil Aviation Agency
Ministry of Transport

Liechtenstein
Mr Wilfried HAUSER
Head of Division Civil Aviation
Office of Trade and Transport
Division Civil Aviation
Mr Henrik CADUFF
Officer Division Civil Aviation
Office of Trade and Transport
Division Civil Aviation

Lithuania
Ms Agne KATKUTE
Deputy Director of Roads and Civil Aviation Department
Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania
Mr Kestutis AURYLA
Director of Civil Aviation Administration

Luxembourg
Mr Claude WALTZING
Directeur de l’Aviation Civile
Direction de l’Aviation Civile
Ministère des Transports (MoT/CAA)
Ms Claude WAGENER
Conseillère de direction adjointe
Direction de l’Aviation Civile
Ministère des Transports (MoT/CAA)

Malta
Mr Ian FALZON
Director General for Civil Aviation
Civil Aviation Directorate
Transport Malta
Mr Carl TABONE
Head of Airworthiness Inspectorate
Civil Aviation Directorate
Transport Malta

The Netherlands
Ms Ellen BIEN
Director of Civil Aviation Policy
Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Civil Aviation
Mr Jan-Dirk STEENBERGEN
Inspectie Verkeer en Waterstraat (IVW)
Aviation Inspectorate Board Member

Norway
Mr Heine RICHARDSEN
Director General
Civil Aviation Authority
Mr Øyvind EK
Deputy Director General of the Department of Civil Aviation, Postal Services and Telecommunications
Ministry of Transport and Communications

Poland
Mr Grzegorz KRUSZYNSKI
President
Civil Aviation Office
Mr Tomasz KADZIOLKA
Vice-President Aviation Standards
Civil Aviation Office

Portugal
Mr. João CONFRARIA
Deputy Chairman of the Board of CAA
Mr Alfredo Anacleto SANTOS
as Member of the Board of INAC
Instituto Nacional da Aviação Civil
(Aeroporto de Lisboa)

Romania
Ms Claudia VIRLAN
Director General of the Romanian CAA
Mr Tudorel ROMAN
Airworthiness Director of the Romanian CAA

Slovak Republic
Mr Peter PATOPRSTY
Director
Civil Aviation Authority
Mr Michal HÝSEK
State Counsellor
Directorate General of Civil Aviation

Slovenia
Mr Mirko KOMAC M. Sc
Director-General of the Directorate of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Transport
Mr Jozef SLANA
Secretary
Directorate of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Transport

Spain
Mr D. Luis RODRÍGUEZ GIL
Director of Aircraft Safety
Ministerio de Fomento
Mr José Maria RAMÍREZ CIRIZA
Coordinator for Quality & Surveillance - AESA

Sweden
Ms Ingrid CHERFILS
Director Civil Aviation Transport Agency
Ms Siv GUSTAVSSON
Director Näringsdepartementet Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications

Switzerland
Mr Marcel ZUCKSCHWERDT
Director Aviation Policy and Strategy Division
Federal Office of Civil Aviation
Department of the
Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
Mr Werner BOSCH
Head of the Aircraft Safety Division
Federal Office of Civil Aviation
Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

United Kingdom
Mr Michael SMETHERS
Director, European & International Strategy
Civil Aviation Authority
Ms Susan HAMILTON
Head of Aviation Safety Branch
Department of Transport

European Commission
Mr Matthias RUETE
Director-General
Directorate General for Mobility and Transport
Mr Matthew BALDWIN
Director – Air Transport
Directorate General for Mobility and Transport
Mr Eckhard SEEBOHM
Head of Unit - Air Safety
Directorate General for Mobility and Transport