HFA Board
2026–2028
Table of contents
Executive Board Members
Voting Members
Professor Wilfried Mullens
President
Professor Gianluigi Savarese
President-Elect and Chairperson of ICARe-HF Committee
Professor Marco Metra
Past-President
Doctor Klaus Witte
Treasurer and Chairperson of Congress Programme 2027
Associate Professor Marianna Adamo
Secretary
Professor Hadi Skouri
Coordinator for the National Heart Failure Societies and Working Groups
Associate Professor Arantxa Gonzalez Miqueo
Coordinator of the Basic Science Section
Professor Nicolas Girerd
Coordinator of the Clinical Science Section
Ordinary Board Members
Voting Members
Doctor Elena-Laura Antohi
Chairperson of the Certification Committee
Doctor Angela Durante
Representative for Nurses and Allied Professionals
Professor Cristina Gavina
Chairperson of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
Professor Frederik Hendrik Verbrugge
Chairperson of the Education Committee
Appointed Members
Non-Voting Members
Professor Stefan Stoerk
Chairperson of the Heart Failure Matters committee
Doctor Henrike Arfsten
Chairperson of Young Committee
Ex-Officio Members
Non-Voting Members
Professor Michael Boehm
Editor-In-Chief of the European Journal of Heart Failure
Professor Piotr Ponikowski
Editor-In-Chief of the ESC Heart Failure journal
Professor Ovidiu Chioncel
Chairperson of the GRASP Committee
Professor Luc Bertrand
Chairperson of the WG on Myocardial Function
ESC Staff
Non-Voting Members
Ethics and compliance
We ensure our activities remain unbiased through rigorous conflict of interest management. Annual declarations of interest are signed by our leaders, which we publish on our website.
Read the 2025 DOI Report of the 2024–2026 HFA Board Members.
HFA Committees
We invite you to explore the HFA Committees—both general and scientific—and meet the dedicated members driving our mission forward.
Find out more about their roles and contributions.