The FTTH Council Europe elects new Board Members, President, Treasurer, and Committee Chairs during its 2023 Spring General Assembly

Brussels, 5 June 2023 – During its 2023 Spring General Assembly, the members of the FTTH Council Europe elected 3 new Board Members, 7 Committee, and 1 Working Group Chairs. They all expressed willingness to work towards the mission of the Council to accelerate ubiquitous, full fibre-based connectivity empowering a leading Digital Society throughout Europe. 

In addition to the current Board Members, now in the second year of their mandate: 

  • Raf Meersman, Senior Vice President EMEA at IQGEO 
  • Gerrit Hecking, Senior Vice President Project Finance for Infrastructure at Hamburg Commercial Bank AG 
  • Suzanne Tracy, CTO at SIRO 
  • Christof Sommerberg, Senior Vice President Public Affairs at Deutsche Glasfaser Holding GmbH 
  • Xavier Renard, Marketing Director at Acome 
  • Jan Schindler, Market Intelligence & Business Development Manager at Prysmian Group 

The newly elected Board Members are: 

  •  Francesco Nonno, Director of Regulation and Public Affairs at Open Fiber S. p. A. 
  • Christian Priess, Head of Central Europe, Africa, Middle East & Submarine Cable Business at Hexatronic Group AB 
  • Andreas Waber, CEO at Swiss Fibre Net AG 

The newly constituted Board of Directors elected Raf Meersman as President and Gerrit Hecking as Treasurer of the FTTH Council Europe. 

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