SFTE EC Board

Previous Boards

During the chapter business meeting at Marcel Dassault in Paris, June 1989, Wim said, among other things, that the Chapter was now on the road to continued success and the future looked good for increased membership and support for further symposia in Europe. Having seen all this happen he would now be stepping down from the office of President to take up full retirement. He had enjoyed every moment of the forming of the Chapter and felt a great satisfaction on its success.

SFTE European Chapter Board 1989-1991
Wim expressed his thanks to all Chapter members for their help and support and addressed those present regarding election of new officers. Erwin Reil and Ken Chilvers had offered to serve for a further two years. On the question of a new President, Gösta Niss had been nominated while regarding the Vice President, a ballot by all members present was carried out to elect a new Vice President. Based on the result of the count Giuseppe Ferretti was elected as new Vice President and welcomed to the Committee. Wim handed over the SFTE European Chapter shield to Gösta and wished him well for the future as President. The second Board (1989-91) of SFTE European Chapter, therefore, consisted of:

In the course of this term, Giuseppe Ferretti, Vice-President left his charge as Alenia Flight Test Manager, being requested to take over a larger responsibility in his Company. For this reason he had to retire from the Board (but still remaining a SFTE member).

Pierluigi Duranti, Alenia Flight Test Engineering Manager, took over as Vice- President. At the closure of the 4th Mini-Symposium, during the Business Meeting held in Pratica di Mare (Rome), Ken Chilvers resigned as secretary/Membership Chairman. The other three committee members, Gösta, Pierluigi and Erwin, agreed to run for another term and were re-elected, unopposed. There were two nominations for the Secretary/Membership Chairman post and, after due process, Barbara Wood was elected.

SFTE European Chapter Board 1991-1993
The 1991-93 Board, therefore, consisted of:

In the course of this term, Gösta Niss proposed, and the Board fully agreed, to enlarge the national representation in the committee. After the business meeting in Munich Jan van Twisk was then nominated Director at large, representing the Netherlands. At the end of the 6th Symposium (September 93) in Cranfield, Gösta Niss had to retire, as required by the SFTE bylaws which prevents a president from remaining in charge longer than two
terms.

SFTE European Chapter Board 1993-1995
As new committee members were elected for the term 1993-95 (from left to right in the photo):

SFTE European Chapter Board 1995-1997
On June 22, 1995, at the annual business meeting, Franz Enzinger (Germany) was elected as the fourth
President of the European Chapter. The composition of the board for the term 1995-1997 was:

SFTE European Chapter Board 1997-1999
The composition of the board for the term 1997-1999 was:

In 1998 Pierluigi Duranti was replaced as Director at Large by Rodolfo Carabelli, Italy, head of Alenia Flight Test.

SFTE European Chapter Board 1999-2001
At the Annual Business Meeting in Delft, June 1999, the following Chapter Board Members were elected for the term 1999 - 2001:

SFTE European Chapter Board 2001-2003
The 2001-2003 Chapter Board, elected at the Chapter Business Meeting on December 2001 in Söderköping, Sweden, was as follows:

SFTE European Chapter Board 2005-2007
The 2005-2007 Chapter Board was as follows:

SFTE European Chapter Board 2007-2009
At the 2007 Annual Business Meeting in Madrid the following Chapter Board was elected and installed:

In 2008 Mrs. Barbara Wood was elected for the SFTE Main Board and therefore had to withdraw from the European Chapter Board. Jesus Orio replaced her as the Secretary of the European Chapter Board.

SFTE European Chapter Board 2009-2011
In 2009 the Chapter Board was elected as:

In 2010 Andrew Pegg replaced Dennis Morley, Massimo Longo joined the board and Allessandro Ferretti left the board, all as Director at Large.

SFTE European Chapter Board 2011-2013
In 2011 at the Annual Business Meeting in Tolouse, France, the Chapter Board was elected as:

SFTE European Chapter Board 2013-2015
In 2013 at the Annual Business Meeting in Braunschweig, Germany, the Chapter Board was elected as:

In autumn 2013 Jesualdo Martinez Rodenas from Spain became SFTE Technical Council member representing SFTE European Chapter. He served until he tragically died 2015-05-09 in a flight test accident.

SFTE European Chapter Board 2015-2017
In 2015 at the Annual Business Meeting in Seville, Spain, the Chapter Board was elected as:

At the board meeting in May 2016 Sebastian Rommel agreed to be the boards new treasurer, replacing Reinhard Exner who wanted to retire from the position.

SFTE European Chapter Board 2017-2019
In 2017 at the Annual Business Meeting in Milan, Italy, the Chapter Board was elected as:

SFTE European Chapter Board 2019-2021

SFTE European Chapter Board 2021-2023