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Board of Governors

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

HOPE Board of Governors consists of the Governors, one for each HOPE (full) member country, of the Head of Delegation for Serbia and Switzerland and of the President.

It is the forum for all major policy decisions. Its ordinary meetings take place twice a year, one during the first semester and one during the second semester.

Austria
Mr. Nikolaus KOLLER

President
Association of Austrian Hospital Managers

Belgium
Mr. Francis DE DREE

President
Association belge des hôpitaux
Belgische vereniging van ziekenhuizen

Bulgaria
Mr. Krasimir GRUDEV

Board of Directors
National Union of Private Hospitals

Croatia
Mr. Željko PLAZONIC

State Secretary
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia

Cyprus
Mr. Christis LOIZIDES

Chief Executive Officer
State Health Services Organization (SHSO)

Czech Republic
ASOCIACE NEMOCNIC ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY

Czech Republic Hospital Association
Argentinská 38/286
17000 Praha 7 – Holešovice

http://www.ancr.cz/

Denmark
Mrs. Eva M. WEINREICH-JENSEN

HOPE Past-President 2017-2020
Co-opted Member of HOPE President’s Committee
Senior Adviser
Danish Regions

Estonia
Dr. Urmas SULE

HOPE President
Chairman of the Board of the Estonian Hospitals Association

Finland
MD Sari RAASSINA

Administration Chief Physician
Suomen Kuntaliitto
Finlands Kommunförbund
Association of Finnish Municipalities

France
Mrs. Zaynab RIET

Déléguée Générale
FHF – Fédération Hospitalière de France

Germany
Dr. Gerald GAß


Chairman of the Board of the German Hospital Federation
Deutsche Krankenhausgesellschaft (DKG)

Greece
Dr. Yannis SKALKIDIS

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medical Informatics
University of Athens, School of Medicine

Hungary
Dr. György VELKEY

President
Hungarian Hospital Association

Ireland
Mr Eamonn FITZGERALD

HOPE Vice-President
VP Health Services,
UPMC Ireland / International

Italy
Dr. Domenico MANTOAN

General Director
AGE.NA.S (Italian National Agency for the Regional Care Services)

Latvia
Dr. Jevgenijs KALEJS

Chairman
LATVIJAS SLIMNĪCU BIEDRĪBA
Latvian Hospital Association

Lithuania
Dr. Dalis VAIGINAS

President
Lietuvos Ligoninių Asociacija
Lithuanian Hospitals Association

Luxembourg
Mr. Marc HASTERT

Secrétaire Général
Fédération des Hôpitaux Luxembourgeois

Malta
Mr. Denis VELLA BALDACCHINO

Director
Coordination Of Health Care Provision

The Netherlands
Mr. Sander GERRITSEN

Governor
Chief Executive
NVZ – Nederlandse Vereniging van Ziekenhuizen
Dutch Hospital Association

Poland
Dr. Jaroslaw J. FEDOROWSKI

Co-opted Member of HOPE President’s Committee
President
Polish Hospital Federation

Portugal
Prof. Carlos PEREIRA ALVES

President of the Board
Portuguese Association for Hospital Development

Serbia
Prof. Dr. Georgios KONSTANTINIDIS

Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu dece i omladine Vojvodine

Slovakia
Asociácia Nemocníc Slovenska

Slovak Hospital Association
Kollárova 2
SK – 03659 Martin

http://www.asociacianemocnic.sk/

Slovenia
Mr. Radivoj NARDIN

Director
General Hospital Izola

Spain
Mrs.Dr. Sara C. PUPATO FERRARI

HOPE Past-President 2014-2017
Member of HOPE President’s Committee
Deputy Director-General
National Institute of Health Management
(INGESA-Instituto de Gestión Sanitaria)

Sweden
Mr. Erik SVANFELDT

International Coordinator
Health and Social Care Division
Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR)

Switzerland
Mrs. Anne BÜTIKOFER

Director
H+ Die Spitäler der Schweiz
Swiss Hospital Association

United Kingdom
Mrs. Layla MCCAY

Director of Policy
NHS Confederation