UVS International Has New Board of Directors

At the association’s General Assembly, which took place in Paris, France on 18 January 2012, a new Board of Directors was unanimously voted into office. The mandate of a member of the Board of Directors has a duration of 2 years.

The Board of Directors Executive Committee consists of:

  • Peter van Blyenburgh - Blyenburgh & Co - France                                                         President  1st year – 8th mandate
  • Jean Caron - EADS Cassidian - France                                                                             Treasurer  1st year – 6th mandate
  • Robert Guitton-Rop - AeroContact - Switzerland                                                          Secretary  1st year – 1st mandate
  • Gilles Fartek - Integra - Denmark                                                                                   Director – Associate Member Relations  2nd year – 1st mandate
  • Horst Schmidt-Bischoffshausen - STIC Consulting - Germany                                   Director – Industry Relations  1st year – 1st mandate

The Non-Executive Members of the Board of Directors are:

  • Eduardo Carrillo - Boeing R&T Europe - Spain - 1st year – 2nd mandate
  • Ole Vidar Homleid - Robot Aviation - Norway - 1st year – 2nd mandate
  • Alexander Koldaev - Irkut Corporation - Russian Fed. - 1st year – 3rd mandate
  • Simo Makipaja - Patria - Finland - 1st year – 2nd mandate
  • Gérard Mardiné - Sagem - France - 1st year – 2nd mandate
  • Steve May - General Atomics AS - USA - 1st year – 3rd mandate
  • Nick Miller - Thales Aerospace - UK - 1st year – 5th mandate
  • Itai Toren - Elbit Systems - Israel - 1st year - 3rd mandate
  • Robert van Nieuwland - In2Nova - Netherlands - 1st year – 1st mandate
  • Robert van Veenhuizen - CybAero - Sweden - 1st year – 3rd mandate

The following persons are Observers on the Board of Directors:

  • Tore Kallevig - AVINOR - Norway - 2nd year – 1st mandate
  • George Papageorgiou - Honeywell Aerospace - France - 2nd year – 1st mandate

The full press release is available here.