European Society of Cardiology Board

Elected voting members

President

Prof. Franz Weidinger, Austria

President-Elect

Prof. Thomas Lüscher, Switzerland

Secretary/Treasurer

Prof. Cecilia Linde, Sweden

Vice-Presidents

Prof. Christophe Leclercq, France 

Prof. Massimo Piepoli, Italy

Prof. Stephan Windecker, Switzerland

Councillors

Prof. Victor Aboyans, France

Prof. Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist, Sweden

Prof. Wolfram Doehner, Germany

Prof. Perry Elliott, United Kingdom

Prof. Christian Hassager, Denmark

Prof. Antti Saraste, Finland

Ex-Officio voting members

Past-President

Prof. Stephan Achenbach, Germany

Associations Representatives

Prof. Izabella Uchmanowicz, Poland - ACNAP Representative

Prof. Kurt Huber, Austria - ACVC Representative

Prof. Steffen Petersen, United Kingdom - EACVI  Representative

Prof. Michael Papadakis, United Kingdom - EAPC Representative

Prof. Emanuele Barbato, Belgium - EAPCI Representative

Prof. Jose Luis Merino, Spain - EHRA Representative

Prof. Marco Metra, Italy - HFA Representative

Non-voting members

Dr. Carlos Aguiar, Portugal - Communication Committee Chair

Prof. Filippo Crea, Italy - Publications Committee Chair

Prof. Francesco Cosentino, Sweden - Advocacy Committee Co-Chair

Prof. Donna Fitzsimons, United Kingdom - Advocacy Committee Co-Chair

Prof. Gerhard Hindricks, Germany - Digital Health Committee Chair

Prof. Bernard Iung, France - Global Registries And Survey Programme

Dr. Heinrich Kolem, Germany - Advisor

Prof. John McMurray, United Kingdom - Congress Programme Committee Chair

Mr. Anis Nassif, France - Advisor

Prof. Eva Prescott, Denmark - Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee Chair

Prof. Susanna Price, United Kingdom - Education Committee Chair

Dr. Maria Rubini Gimenez, Germany - Young Cardiovascular Professionals Committee Chair

Prof. Piotr Szymanski, Poland - Regulatory Affairs Committee Chair

Other chairpersons reporting to ESC Board

Prof. Michael Glikson, Israel - Big Data Analytics Task Force Chair

Prof. Tomasz Guzik, United Kingdom - Research & EU Projects Committee Chair

Prof. Stefan James, Sweden - Scientific Documents Committee Chair

Prof. Hugo Katus, Germany - Innovation Think Tank Chair

Prof. Paulus Kirchhof, Germany - DOI Committee Chair

Prof. Lis Neubeck, United Kingdom - Patient Forum & Patient Pages

ESC staff

Mr. Jean-François Riffaud, France - ESC Chief Executive Officer

Mrs. Nathalie Lefebvre, France - ESC Chief Financial Officer

Mrs. Marielle Bigolet, France - ESC Board Secretary

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