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
| President | ||
| Prof. Bill Newman Manchester, United Kingdom End of term: 2028 |
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| President-Elect | ||
Prof. Martina Cornel |  | |
| Vice-President | ||
Prof. Valérie Cormier Daire |  | |
| Secretary-General | ||
| Prof. Carla Oliveira Porto, Portugal end of term: 2025 |  | |
| Deputy Secretary-General | ||
| tba | ||
| Treasurer | ||
| Prof. Gunnar Houge Bergen, Norway End of term: 2026 |  | |
| ESHG Executive Officer | ||
| Mr. Jerome del Picchia Vienna, Austria |  | |
BOARD MEMBERS
| Term ends | ||
| Dr. Olga Antonova | Sofia, Bulgaria | 2026 |
| Dr. Maria Asif | Cologne, Germany | 2028 |
| Prof. Lina Basel-Salmon | Tel-Aviv, Israel | 2025 |
| Dr. Ana Beleza | Bristol, United Kingdom | 2025 |
| Prof. Nabila Bouatia-Naji | Paris, France | 2028 |
| Dr. Sergi Castellví-Bel | Barcelona, Spain | 2029 |
| Prof. Kathleen Claes | Ghent, Belgium | 2028 |
| Dr. Christophe Cordier | Lausanne, Switzerland | 2029 |
| Prof. Elfride De Baere | Ghent, Belgium | 2028 |
| Prof. Maurizio Genuardi | Rome, Italy | 2025 |
| Prof. Vlad Gorduza | Iasi, Romania | 2029 |
| Prof. Micheil Innes | Calgary, Canada | 2029 |
| Prof. Ingo Kurth | Aachen, Germany | 2026 |
| Dr. Ramona Moldovan | Manchester, United Kingdom | 2026 |
| Prof. Markus Nöthen | Bonn, Germany | 2026 |
| Dr. Júlia Pereira Baptista | Plymouth, United Kingdom | 2026 |
| Dr. Angela Peron | Milan, Italy | 2026 |
| Prof. Borut Peterlin | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2026 |
| Prof. Anita Rauch | Zurich, Switzerland | 2027 |
| Dr. Sam Riedijk | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | 2026 |
| Prof. Christina Rusu | Iasi, Romania | 2025 |
| Prof. Tinatin Tkemaladze | Tsbilisi, Georgia | 2027 |
| Prof. Oya Uyguner | Istanbul, Türkiye | 2029 |
| Prof. Mieke van Haelst | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 2028 |
| Dr. Laura Valle | Barcelona, Spain | 2025 |
| Prof. Aline Vertraeten | Antwerp, Belgium | 2027 |
| Dr. Kirmo Wartiovaara | Helsinki, Finland | 2025 |
| Prof. Katharina Wimmer | Innsbruck, Austria | 2027 |
AUDITORS
| Term ends | ||
| Dr. Lars Fredrik Engebretsen | Bergen/Trondheim, Norway | 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 | |
| Prof. Francesca Forzano London, United Kingdom | Chair, Policy and Ethics Committee | |
| Prof. Alexandre Reymond Lausanne, Switzerland Prof. Alexander Hoischen Nijmegen, The Netherlands | Co-Chairs, Scientific Programme Committee | |
| Dr. James Fasham Exeter, United Kingdom Dr. Aleena Mushtaq Cambridge, United Kingdom | Co-Chairs, Social Media Committee | |
| Dr. Mridul Johari Helsinki, Finland | Chair, ESHG-Young Committee | |
| Prof. Alisdair McNeill Sheffield, United Kingdom | Editor in Chief, European Journal of Human Genetics | |
| Prof. Dr. Joana Barbosa de Melo Coimbra, Portugal | President, European Board of Medical Genetics | |
| 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. | |
PERMANENT CHAIR OF THE ARBITRATION COURT
| Term ends | ||
| Prof. Andrew P. Read | Manchester, United Kingdom | N/A |
