Mr Tore Trondvold (NEK, Norway) - President

 

Mr Tore Trondvold is a Chartered Engineer who graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He has held numerous positions within the Siemens system, thereby acquiring extensive experience in a broad spectrum of activities before becoming Managing Director of the NEK – the Norwegian Electrotechnical Committee – from 2003 to 2010. In this capacity, he was the Permanent Delegate of Norway to the CENELEC Technical Board. He is also a Member of the IEC Council Board. Mr Trondvold was elected CENELEC President Elect in June 2011 and started his office as CENELEC President in January 2013.

Mr Doede Bakker (FME-CWM, Netherlands) - Vice-President Policy

 

Mr Doede Bakker B.Sc. is Manager Regulation, Standardisation & Certification of Association FME-CWM, the Netherlands association of enterprises in the technological industry. He is an electrical engineer with experience in the electricity supply, electrical industry and product legislation and has 25 years experience in international standardisation. Mr Bakker was elected Board Member and Vice-President for CENELEC in June 2010 and started in January 2011.

Mr Claude Breining (Schneider Electric, France) - Vice-President Finance

 

Mr Claude Breining is Senior Vice-President Standardisation Strategy and European Affairs at Schneider Electric and holds numerous positions in standardisation: Member of the Board at UTE and at AFNOR, member of the French Standardisation Coordination and Steering Committee (CCPN) and Member of the Market Strategy Board at IEC. Mr Breining was elected CENELEC Vice-President Finance in June 2009.

Mr Carlo Masetti (CEI, Italy) - Vice-President Technical

 

Mr Carlo Masetti is currently Senior Advisor at CEI (Italian Electrotechnical Committee). He has broad experience in European and International Standardisation having served in the past as Italian Permanent Delegate in the CENELEC Technical Board and as Italian Member in the IEC Standardisation Management Board. He is a Registered Engineer in Italy. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rome and a Master Degree in the same subject from McGill University in Montreal. Mr Masetti was elected CENELEC Vice-President in June 2009.

Mr Ivelin Burov (BDS, Bulgaria) - Board Member

 

Mr Ivelin Burov has been Chairman of the Managing Board, Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS) since 2006. An electrotechnical engineer by education, he is the national representative in IEC. Mr Burov was elected CENELEC Board Member in June 2009.

Mr Werner Fischer (Siemens AG, Austria) - Board Member

Mr Werner Fischer is Head of Standardization and Regulation Management at Siemens AG Austria. He is in an electrotechnical engineer with broad experience in the field of Information and Communication Technology, Standardization and Electrotechnical Regulation within the Siemens company. Mr Fischer is President of the Austrian National Committee of CENELEC and IEC, a Member of the Board of Directors at the OVE - the Austrian Electrotechnical Association - and a Member of the Electrotechnical Advisory Council of the Austrian ministry of economics. Mr Fischer was elected CENELEC Board Member in June 2012.

 

Mr Michael Howard Graham (BSI, UK) - Board Member

 

Mr Graham served as Secretary to the British Electrotechnical Committee from1999 to 2012 gaining extensive knowledge of international and European standardisation. During this period he was a Permanent Delegate to the CENELEC Technical Board and a member of the IEC Standardization Management Board. He is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET) and a Member of the Chartered Quality Institute (MCQI CQP). Mr Graham was elected CENELEC Board Member in June 2012.

Mr Uwe Kampet (BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH) - Board Member

 

Mr Kampet was elected CENELEC Board Member in June 2012.

Mr Priit Kikas (EVS, Estonia) - Board Member

 

Mr Priit Kikas has been Managing Director of EVS (Estonian Centre for Standardisation) since 2006. His experiences in standardisation date back to 2001, when he was responsible for coordinating quality infrastructure activities in Estonia while working in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication. Mr Kikas holds a degree in Economics from the University of Tartu in Estonia. He serves also as a member of the CEN Board. Mr Kikas was elected Board Member of CENELEC in June 2011 and started in January 2012.

Mr René Nielsen (DS, Danemark) - Board Member

 

Mr René Nielsen is head of the International Affairs of the Danish Standards Association. He is responsible for a number of IEC and CENELEC Technical Committees. Prior to his career in DS, he was working with R&D at LK A/S, and as Project Manager at the Danish cable company NKT A/S. Mr Nielsen holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in HR and International Trade.
Mr. Nielsen was elected CENELEC Board Member in June 2012.

Mrs Maria Sandqvist (SEK, Sweden) - Board Member

 

Mrs Maria Sandqvist, M.Sc, is Director for Product Regulation and Environment at The Association of Swedish Engineering Industries. Before that she held a position at the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise at the department of Energy and Industrial Policy. She is also a member of the Board of Orgalime, the European Association of Engineering Industry. Mrs Sandqvist is also a member of the Energy Development Board at the Swedish Energy Agency, The Electrical Safety Council at the Swedish Electricity Safety Board and the Advisory Council of Swedac (Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment). She is a chemical Engineer with experience both from ministries and organisations. She has managed a broad range of issues such as standardisation, internal market for goods, product regulation, energy and environment. She has also represented Sweden in the Council when she worked at the Ministry of Enterprise. Mrs Sandqvist is a CENELEC Board Member since 1 January 2012.

Mr Bogdan Topič (SIST, Slovenia) - Board Member

 

Mr Topič was elected CENELEC Board Member in June 2012.

 

Mr Francisco Javier Verdera Marí (AENOR, Spain) - Board Member

 

Mr Francisco Javier Verdera Marí is an electromechanical engineer from the Jesuits Engineering University 'Pontificia Comillas de Madrid', with a specialisation in Industrial Management and Organisation and Executive Master in Business Administration from the 'Instituto de Empresa' of Madrid. He has worked for the Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification (AENOR), the Spanish member of IEC, ISO, CENELEC and CEN for more than sixteen years, where he has developed different technical and managerial activities, dealing with national, regional or international standardisation. He then successfully held the positions of respectively Deputy Manager, Director of Standardisation and then Director of International Relations and Co-operation of AENOR, being responsible for the international policy of the association in standardisation, as well as maintaining institutional relations with the corresponding national, regional and international standards organisations. Mr Verdera Marí has been Secretary of the Spanish electrotechnical committee of IEC and CENELEC for more than fifteen years. He is an alternate member of the CEN Board. Mr Verdera Marí was elected CENELEC Board Member in June 2011 and started in January 2012.