ESHG Board
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Members who wish to raise issues for discussion at the Board should contact the Secretary-general or a member of the Board, whose members are shown below.
Term as board member ends at the general assembly in the year given in the according column.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
| The presidential term starts and ends with the Annual Meeting (usually May/June). | ||
| President 2026-2027 | ||
| Prof. Angus Clarke Cardiff, United Kingdom End of Board term: 2030 |  | |
| President-Elect 2026-2027 | ||
Prof. Sally Ann Lynch |  | |
| Vice-President 2026-2027 | ||
| Prof. Martina Cornel Amsterdam, The Netherlands End of Board term: 2029 |  | |
| Secretary-General | ||
Dr. Julia Baptista |  | |
| Deputy Secretary-General | ||
| Prof. Carla Oliveira Porto, Portugal End of term: 2027 |  | |
| Treasurer | ||
| Prof. Gunnar Houge Bergen, Norway End of term: 2029 |  | |
| ESHG Executive Officer | ||
| Mr. Jerome del Picchia Vienna, Austria |  | |
BOARD MEMBERS
| Term ends | ||
| Dr. Maria Asif | Cologne, Germany | 2028 |
| Dr. Svetlana Avdeichik | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 2030 |
| Prof. Diana Baralle | Southampton, United Kingdom | 2030 |
| Prof. Nabila Bouatia-Naji | Paris, France | 2028 |
| Dr. Sergi Castellví-Bel | Barcelona, Spain | 2029 |
| Juliana Miranda Cerqueira | Tampere, Finland | 2031 |
| Prof. Kathleen Claes | Ghent, Belgium | 2028 |
| Dr. Christophe Cordier | Lausanne, Switzerland | 2029 |
| Prof. Valérie Cormier Daire | Paris, France | 2027 |
| Prof. Elfride De Baere | Ghent, Belgium | 2028 |
| Dr. Cristina Dias | London, United Kingdom | 2031 |
| Prof. Miriam Elbracht | Aachen, Germany | 2031 |
| Prof. Vlad Gorduza | Iasi, Romania | 2029 |
| Prof. Micheil Innes | Calgary, Canada | 2029 |
| Dr. Mridul Johari | Perth, Australia | 2030 |
| Prof. Johannes Lemke | Leipzig, Germany | 2031 |
| Dr. Thi Lan Anh Luong | Hanoi, Vietnam | 2031 |
| Prof. Manuela Morleo | Naples, Italy | 2030 |
| Prof. Dmytro Mykytenko | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2031 |
| Prof. Bill Newman | Manchester, United Kingdom | 2028 |
| Prof. Anita Rauch | Zurich, Switzerland | 2027 |
| Prof. Fulya Taylan | Solna, Sweden | 2030 |
| Prof. Tinatin Tkemaladze | Tsbilisi, Georgia | 2027 |
| Prof. Oya Uyguner | Istanbul, Türkiye | 2029 |
| Prof. Mieke van Haelst | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 2028 |
| Dr. Eva Van Steijvoort | Leuven, Belgium | 2031 |
| Prof. Aline Vertraeten | Antwerp, Belgium | 2027 |
| Prof. Katharina Wimmer | Innsbruck, Austria | 2027 |
AUDITORS
| Term ends | ||
| Dr. Ulf Kristoffersson | Lund, Sweden | N/A |
| Prof. Natalia Oliva Teles | Porto, Portugal | N/A |
LIAISON MEMBERS
| Prof. Joris Veltman Newcastle, United Kingdom | Chair, Annual Meetings Committee | |
| Prof. Inga Prokopenko Surrrey, United Kingdom | Chair, Education Committee | |
| Prof. Gert Matthijs Leuven, Belgium | Chair, EuroGentest/GSQ Committee | |
| Dr. Francesca Forzano London, United Kingdom | Chair, Policy and Ethics Committee | |
| Prof. Alexander Hoischen Nijmegen, The Netherlands Prof. Alexandre Reymond Lausanne, Switzerland | Co-Chairs, Scientific Programme Committee | |
| Dr. Aleena Mushtaq Stolworthy Cambridge, United Kingdom Dr. James Fasham Exeter, United Kingdom | Co-Chairs, Social Media Committee | |
| Dr. Silvia Kalantari Pavia, Italy | Chair, ESHG-Young Committee | |
| Prof. Alisdair McNeill Sheffield, United Kingdom | Editor in Chief, European Journal of Human Genetics | |
| Prof. Valérie Cormier Daire Paris, France | Liaison, European Research Networks | |
| Prof. Helena Kääriäinen Helsinki, Finland | Liaison, International Federation of Human Genetics Societies | |
| Prof. Milan Macek Jr. Prague, Czech Republic | Liaison, National Societies and E.U. | |
| Prof. Dr. Angela Peron Firenze, Italy | President, European Board of Medical Genetics | |
PERMANENT CHAIR OF THE ARBITRATION COURT
| Term ends | ||
| Prof. Andrew P. Read | Manchester, United Kingdom | N/A |
