The Executive Board
The Executive Board comprises the President, the Vice-President, Executive Board Members and the Secretary General. According to the statutes of InnovaWood, the Executive Board: i) is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operation of InnovaWood, ii) controls the budgets and iii) proposes any necessary decisions or actions for the development of InnovaWood. The current elected Executive Board includes the following representatives (as confirmed at the last General Assembly 2023):
Erik Larnoy
President |
NIBIO
e-mail: Erik.Larnoy@nibio.no |
Mike Burnard
Vice-President |
InnoRenew
e-mail: mike.burnard@innorenew.eu |
Javier Garcia Jaca
Member
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Technalia
e-mail: javier.garciajaca@tecnalia.com
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Dobrochna Augustyniak-Wysocka
Member
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Lukasiewicz Research Network - Poznan Institute of Technology e-mail: dobrochna.augustyniak@pit.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
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Visnja Koscak
Member |
Wood Cluster Styria
e-mail: koscak@holzcluster-steiermark.at |
Chris De Roock
Member |
WOOD.BE Center for Wood and Furniture Industry
e-mail: chris@wood.be
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Uwe Kies
Secretary General
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InnovaWood asbl
e-mail: uwe.kies@innovawood.eu
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Honorary Member

Mariano J. Pérez Campos AIDIMME
AIDIMME (previous AIDIMA)
Founding member and Former President
Former Presidents
Mark Irle, Ecole Supérieure du Bois, 2017-2021
Joris van Acker, University of Gent, 2015-2017
Ewa Ratajczak, Instytut Technologii Drewna, 2011-2015
Mariano J. Pérez Campos, AIDIMA, 2007-2011
Daniel Guinard, CTBA, 2006-2007
Jos Evertsen, COFORD, 2001-2006
Former Executive Board Members
Frédéric Pichelin, BFH
Magdalena Kutnik, FCBA
Andreas Kleinschmit von Lengefeld, FCBA
Patrick Pammer, Wood K-Plus
Francesco Balducci, Cosmob
Andreja Kutnar, University of Primorska
Andreas Kleinschmit, FCBA
Erik Larnoy, NIBIO
Mark Irle, ESB
Ivica Grbac, Sumfak
Joris Van Acker, Ugent
Leena Marjatta Paavalinen, METLA
Johannes Welling, TI
Ewa Ratajczak, ITD
Mariano Perez Campo, AIDIMA
Daniel Guinard, CTBA
Marc Van Leemput, CTIB
Jostein Byhre Baardsen, Norsk Treteknisk Institut
Guido Hora, WKI
Former Secretary General
Gus Verhaeghe
Dennis McGowan
Charles Harper
Eoin Sweeney