Past President
Anders Nilsson (DOB:1953) represents the Nordic region on the FESPA board of directors. He joined the Board in 2000 and was FESPA President from 2007 until FESPA 2010.
Board Member
Christian Duyckaerts (DOB: 1970) is FESPA’s board representative in Belgium, and President of the screen and digital work group of Belgian trade association Febelgra.
Vice President and Treasurer
Enrico Steijn (DOB: 1960) has been a Board Member since 2000.
Enrico holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and has occupied management roles in the packaging and graphic arts industries since 1985.
He is now the owner and CEO of Imaba Screenprinting in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, employing 35 people and generating turnover of Euro 4 million through outdoor and POS printing.
He directs the company together with his wife, sales director Anne-Martine, and complements his business interests in screenprinting with ownership of several industrial properties in the Zoetermeer area. Enrico and his wife have two young daughters.
President
Gyorgy Kovacs (DOB: 1961) became President of FESPA this year at FESPA 2010 in Munich. He acceded to the FESPA board in 1996, following the foundation of the Hungarian Screen Printers Association in 1992, of which he is President, and membership of FESPA a year later.
Board Member
Hellmuth Frey (DOB: 1947) joined the FESPA Board in 1996 and was President from 2005 until 2007. Hellmuth visited his first FESPA exhibition in 1963 in Copenhagen.
Lascelle has held a seat on the FESPA Board for more than 20 years. He was President of FESPA between 1992 and 1996 and currently sits on the Finance and New Business Committees, developing the business strategy for FESPA. His long term focus has been on nurturing the business side of the organisation, recognising that FESPA must generate its own cashflow to avoid becoming a burden on its Members. As President, he was responsible for the move of the FESPA exhibition to its first stand-alone venue in Lyon, which transformed FESPA's income from the exhibition business.
Board Member
Michel Caza (DOB: 1935) is a multiple award-winning leading light in the global screenprinting industry, and one of the ‘founding fathers’ of FESPA in 1962 and has been a Board Member since 1990. He also established the French Screenprinting Association (GPSF) in 1959, was FESPA’s delegate on the board of the American SGIA for many years, and is Past-Chairman of the Academy of Screenprinting and Digital Printing Technology (ASPT).
Board Member
Ricardo Rodriguez Delgado (DOB: 1941) is the Iberian representative on the board of FESPA. He joined the Board in 1995 and served as President of the organisation from 2002 to 2005, culminating in the phenomenally successful FESPA 2005 exhibition in Munich. He was also a founder of AEDES, the Spanish Association of Screen Printers.
Board Member
Yaşar Güvenen (DOB 1960) a born leader with multi-faceted proffesional qualities. Has been President of ARED (Sign Association of Turkey) since 2006. Eventhough his endeavour with FESPA is recent, his management know-how along with his energy promises to serve many years to come. His overwhelming presidential nomination of ARED has justified his campaign mission to enhance the education and workforce development systems. Improvement of regulatory and legal issues has also served as effective operation of all companies within ARED. On the other hand, he sits on the boeard of ESF (European Sign Federation). He was also Vice President of the Yound Businessmen Association of Aegean.
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