IFAP Executive Committee  2008-2010

President: Ajay Vashee (Zambia)

Past President: Jack Wilkinson (Canada)

Vice-Presidents: Elisabeth Gauffin (Sweden), Raul Montemayor (Philippines) and Carlos Simancas (Colombia)

Treasurer: Peter Gaemelke (Denmark)

Mohamed Ould Hocine (Algeria) Alejandro Delfino (Argentina) Alan Burgess (Australia) Hermann Schultes (Austria) Bob Friesen (Canada) Gilman Rodrigues (Brazil) Aka Mathias N’Goan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Luc Guyau (France) Rishi Wahi (India) Giuseppe Politi (Italy) Isami Miyata (Japan) Ahmad Al Faour (Jordan) Won – Byung Choi (Korea) Albert Jan Maat (Netherlands)

Wladyslaw Serafin (Poland) Samba Gueye (Senegal) Semsi Bayraktar (Turkey) Frank Tumwebaze (Uganda) Peter Kendall (United Kingdom) Tom Buis (U.S.A.) Doug-Taylor Freeme (Zimbabwe)

Committee Chairs:

 

Specialized Committees:

• Development Co-operation Committee: Elisabeth Gauffin (Sweden)
• Committee on Agricultural Co-operatives: Marcus Borgstrom (Finland)
• Committee on Women in Agriculture: Karen Serres (France)
• Young Farmers Committee: Kati Partanen (Finland)
  

Commodity Groups:

• Group on Dairy Products: Wesley Judd (Australia)
• Group on Grains and Oilseeds: Xavier Beulin (France)
• Group on Meats and Feeds: Lourie Bosman (South Africa)
• Group on Tropical Products: Mathias N’Goan (Cote d’Ivoire)
• World Association of Beet and Cane Growers: Alf Cristaudo (Australia)

 

Regional Committees:

• African Committee: Jacques Bonou (Africa)
• Latin American and the Carribean Committee: Carlos Simancas (Colombia)
• Asian Committee: K.P. Singh (India)
• Mediterranean Committee: Guy Giva (France)

 

Members of the Executive Committee are elected at the General Conference for a two-year term.

Role of the Executive Committee:

• Keeps under review the activities of IFAP (policy activities; representational activities), membership questions, and the financial position of the Federation.
• Deals with all matters referred to it by the General Conference.
• Appoints a Secretary General and approves senior staff appointments made by the Secretary General.
• Appoints members of the Finance and Budget Committee
• The Executive Committee has power, without prior reference to the General Conference, to take action on behalf of the Federation, but only on matters on which the Federation has established a policy.