HFA Board

2024-2026

The Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC was officially launched in Munich in August 2004 and was created from the now dissolved ESC Working Group on Heart Failure.

Voting members

Executive Board Members 2024-2026

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Professor Wilfried Mullens

President-Elect

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Doctor Brenda Moura

Acting Past-President

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Associate Professor Marianna Adamo

Chairperson of the Clinical Section

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Professor Sophie Van Linthout

Chairperson of the Basic Science Section

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Doctor Amina Rakisheva

Coordinator for National HF Societies and Working Groups

Ordinary board members

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Professor Dana Dawson

Ordinary Board members

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Professor Andreas Flammer

Ordinary Board members

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Associate Professor Camilla Hage

Ordinary Board members

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Professor Mark C Petrie

Ordinary Board members

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Doctor Alejandro Recio Mayoral

Ordinary Board members

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Professor Stefan Stoerk

Ordinary Board members

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Professor Peter Van Der Meer

Ordinary Board members

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Doctor Klaus Witte

Ordinary Board members

Non-voting members

Appointed members

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Doctor Brenda Moura

Chairperson of HFA DEI Committee

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Professor Petar Seferovic

Chairperson of HF 2025 Congress

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Assistant Professor Jozine Ter Maaten

Chairperson of HFA Young Committee

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Professor Maurizio Volterrani

Chairperson of HFA ICARe-HF Committee

ESC Staff

Mrs Ilhame Ameqrane

HFA Association manager

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.