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

HOPE Vice-President
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
Mr. Miloslav LUDVIK

Executive Chairman
Czech Republic Hospital Association

Denmark
Mrs. Eva M. WEINREICH-JENSEN

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

Estonia
Dr. Urmas SULE

HOPE Past-President 2020-2023
Member of HOPE President’s Committee
Chairman of the Board of the Estonian Hospitals Association

Finland
MD Sari RAASSINA

Hyvinvointialueyhtiö Hyvil Oy (HYVIL Itd)
Wellbeing services counties

France
Mrs. Zaynab RIET

Déléguée Générale
FHF – Fédération Hospitalière de France

Germany
Dr. Henriette Neumeyer

Vice-chairwoman of the Board of the German Hospital Federation
Deutsche Krankenhausgesellschaft (DKG)

Greece

To be nominated

Hungary
Dr. György VELKEY

President
Hungarian Hospital Association

Ireland
Mr Eamonn FITZGERALD

HOPE 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
Dr. Walter BUSUTTIL

Chief Medical Officer
Ministry of Health

The Netherlands
Mr. Sander GERRITSEN

Chief Executive
NVZ – Nederlandse Vereniging van Ziekenhuizen
Dutch Hospital Association

Poland
Dr. Jaroslaw J. FEDOROWSKI

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
MUDr. Marián PETKO

Asociácia Nemocníc Slovenska
Slovak Hospital Association

Slovenia
Mr. Radivoj NARDIN

Director
General Hospital Izola

Spain
Ms. Paloma CALLEJA

Member of HOPE President’s Committee
Nurse, Deputy Direction of Quality of Care Spanish Ministry of Health

Subdirección General de Calidad Asistencial
Dirección General de Salud Pública
Ministerio de Sanidad

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