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 Franz NIRSCHL
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 Flight Standards Division
Civil Aviation Authority of the Czech Republic
Denmark
Mr Per VEINGBERG
Director Safety Inspection Civil
Aviation Administration Denmark
Mr Kent HANSEN
Chief of Operations
Civil Aviation Administration Denmark
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
Directeur Aviation générale et Hélicoptères
Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC/MALGH)
Mme Florence ROUSSE
Directrice de la Régulation economique à la DGAC
Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC/DCS)
Germany
Mr Gerold REICHLE
Director General - Aviation and Space Division
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
Ministry of National Development
Department for Aviation and Shipping
Ms Eva KALLAI
Deputy Head of Department
Department for Aviation and Shipping
Ministry of National Development
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 Services & Security Division
Department of Transport
Italy
Dott. Alessio QUARANTA
Director General
Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile (ENAC)
Mr Benedetto MARASA
Vice-Director General
Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile
lv 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 Henrik CADUFF
Office of Economic Affairs
Division Civil Aviation
Mr Daniel KELLER
Office of Economic Affairs
Division of Goods and Transport
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
Ministère des Transports (MoT/CAA)
Direction de l’Aviation Civile
Ms Claude WAGENER
Conseillère de direction
Ministère des Transports (MoT/CAA)
Direction de l’Aviation Civile
Malta
Mr Ian FALZON
Director General for Civil Aviation
Transport Malta
Civil Aviation Directorate
Mr Carl TABONE
Head of Airworthiness Inspectorate
Transport Malta
Civil Aviation Directorate
The Netherlands
Ms Ellen BIEN
Acting Director General of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Infrastructure & the Environment
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 Luís Miguel PEREIRA TRINDADE
Chairman of the Board
INAC
Mr. Paulo Alexandre RAMOS DE FIGUEIREDO SOARES
INAC
Romania
Ms Claudia VIRLAN
Director General
Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority (RCAA)
Mr Tudorel ROMAN
Airworthiness Director
Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority (RCAA)
Slovak Republic
Mr Peter PATOPRSTY
Director
Civil Aviation Authority
Mr Michal HÝSEK
State Counsellor
Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Transport, Posts & Telecommunications
DG of Civil Aviation
Slovenia
Mr Mirko KOMAC M. Sc
Director-General of the Directorate of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning
Mr Jozef SLANA
Secretary
Directorate of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning
Spain
Mr D. Luis RODRÍGUEZ GIL
Director of Aircraft Safety (Flight Safety)
Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aerea (AESA)
Mr José Maria RAMÍREZ CIRIZA
Coordinator for Quality & Surveillance
Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aerea (AESA)
Sweden
Ms Ingrid CHERFILS
Director Civil Aviation Transport Agency
Mr Lars ÖSTERBERG
Director
Transport Policy Division Ministry of Enterprise, Energy & Communications
Switzerland
Mr Marcel ZUCKSCHWERDT
Director - Aviation Policy & Strategy Division
Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
Mr Roland STEINER
Head of Safety Division Flight Operations
Federal Office for Civil Aviation
United Kingdom
Mr Michael SMETHERS
Director, European & International Strategy
Civil Aviation Authority
Ms Susan HAMILTON
Head of European Aviation Safety Branch
Department for Transport
European Commission
Mr Matthias RUETE
Director-General
Directorate General for Mobility and Transport
Mr Matthew BALDWIN
Director Aviation
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
Mr Eckhard SEEBOHM
Head of Unit
Directorate General for Mobility and Transport
EASA Advisory Board
Mr Vincent DE VROEY (chair)
AEA
Mr Gilles GARROUSTE (vice-chair)

Mr Thomas LEOFF (vice-chair)
Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH