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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 Drée

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
Dr. Elisavet CONSTANTINOU

Director of the Medical and Public Health Services
Ministry of Health, Cyprus

Czech Republic
Dr. Roman ZDÁREK
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
Ms. Tuula KOCK

Medical Adviser, Specialist in General Practice
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
Managing Director
EF Advisory

Italy
Dr. Domenico MANTOAN

General Director
Area Sanità e Sociale
Department for Health and Social Affairs

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
Prof. Dr. Marián BENCAT

Member of the Board
Asociácia Nemocníc Slovenska
Slovak Hospital Association

Slovenia
Mr. Simon VRHUNEC

Member of the Managing Committee
Association of Health Institutions of Slovenia
Director
BARSOS Medical Centre

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
Mr. Niall Dickson

Chief Executive
NHS Confederation