Board of Directors

The Board of Directors (BoD) consists of individuals representing their national federation. The members are elected during the General Assembly. The BoD meets annually in changing locations all around Europe.

The Board is lead by a President and four Vice Presidents. They are supported by a Secretary General and a Secretariat. All other members are called ‘Directors’. The General Assembly June 2024 elected and changes from 2025 included:

President:

Dr. Dirk Bissinger PhD (DLRG/Germany) 

Vice Presidents:

Claire Ann V. Alfonso (NLS/Norway)

Dr. Giorgio Quintavalle PhD (FIN/Italy)

Jolanda van Dalen (KNBRD/Netherlands)

Dr. Sanja Mazic MD (RCS/Serbia)

Secretary General:

Dr. Christoph Freudenhammer PhD (DLRG/Germany)

Further Members:

Pawel Blasiak

WOPR/Poland

Cavell Burchell

RLSS UK/United Kingdom

Dimitrios Chaliotis

HRC/Greece

Didier Clerens

BLSF/Belgium

Jean Baptiste Gimie

FFSS/France

Samuel Gómez

RFESS/Spain

Clemente Gramigna

SLRG/Switzerland

Kristiina Heinonen

FSL/Finland

Gerald Innerwinkler

ÖWR/Austria

Anders Jacobsson

SLS/Sweden

Clare McGrath

WSI/Ireland

Polykarpos Pallikaros

CLSF/Cyprus

Silvana Radovanovic

CRC/Croatia

    • Honorary Life-President Dr. Klaus Wilkens (Germany) † July 15, 2025

    • Honorary Life-Member Frank Nolan (Ireland)

    • Honorary Life-Member Prof. Stoyan K. Saev (Bulgaria) † August 11, 2015

    • Honorary Life-Member Dr. Detlev Mohr (Germany)

    • Honorary Life-Member Joachim Kellermeier (Germany)

Secretariat:

Mareike Krohn secretariat@ilseurope.org

History

Board of Directors Meeting were held at the following locations:

    • 1994: Cardiff/Wales, United Kingdom

    • 1995: Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    • 1996: Bergen, Norway

    • 1997: Venice, Italy (May)

    • 1997: Bad Nenndorf, Germany (November)

    • 1998: Vienna, Austria

    • 1999: Cork, Ireland

    • 2000: Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands

    • 2001: Cavtat, Croatia

    • 2002: Budapest, Hungary

    • 2003: Paralimni, Cyprus

    • 2003: Notwil, Switzerland

    • 2004: Waterford, Ireland

    • 2005: Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany

    • 2006: Patras, Greece

    • 2007: Belgrade, Serbia

    • 2008: Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia

    • 2008: Berlin, Germany

    • 2009: Paralimni, Cyprus

    • 2010: Copenhagen, Denmark

    • 2011: Dublin, Ireland

    • 2012: Krakow, Poland

    • 2012: Bad Nenndorf, Germany

    • 2013: Sibenik, Croatia

    • 2014: Vienna, Austria

    • 2015: Agya Napa, Cyprus

    • 2016: Lucerne, Switzerland

    • 2016: Oropesa del Mar, Spain

    • 2017: Malaga, Spain

    • 2018: Lisbon, Portugal

    • 2019: Larnaca, Cyprus

    • 2020: virtual meeting October 24, 2020

    • 2021: virtual meeting March 12 and 13, October, 29

    • 2022: virtual meeting February, 25

    • 2022: Bydgoszcz, Poland

    • 2023: Castellón de la Plana, Spain

    • 2024: Bad Nenndorf, Germany

    • 2025: Oslo, Norway

    • 2026: Lugano, Switzerland