The European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD)

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of the EuFMD meets twice a year. The Executive Committee of the EuFMD and its officers (a Chairperson and two vice-chairs) are elected by EuFMD member nations at the biennial General Session. The committee comprises representatives from nine EuFMD Member Nations (seven that are from EU member states and two that are non-EU countries). At its six-monthly meetings, committee members are joined by representatives of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), the European Commission (DG-SANTÉ), the World Reference Laboratory for FMD (The Pirbright Institute) and the EU Reference Laboratory for FMD (ANSES/Sciensano). At these meetings, the EuFMD workplan is agreed and progress in implementation by the Secretariat is monitored

The elected members of the Executive Committee for the 2023-25 biennium are as follows:

Name

Country

Title

Lajos Bognar (Chairperson)

Hungary

Food-Chain Safety Control, Ministry of Agriculture

Marie-Christine Le Gal (1st Vice Chair)

France

Chief veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Hendrik-Jan Roest (2nd Vice Chair)

Netherlands

Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

Christodoulos Pipis

Cyprus

Chief Veterinary Officer, Director Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment

Hele-Mai Sammel

Estonia

Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Rural Affairs

Taina Aaltonen

Finland

Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Matjaž Guček

Slovenia

Chief Veterinary Officer, Administration for Food safety, Veterinary sector and Plant protection

Ahmet Gümen

Türkiye

Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

Christine Middlemiss

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Chief Veterinary Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

 Observers

Name

Country

Title

Saša Bošković

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Department for Animal Health and Welfare - Veterinary Office

TBC

Greece

TBC

Cristina Bungardean-Armas

Romania

Director of the President's Cabinet at the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority