Following the General assembly on October 17th, 2024, at the FIAT/IFTA World Conference in Bucharest, we are delighted to announce that the newly elected FIAT/IFTA President is Virginia Bazán-Gil, Head of archives at RTVE (Spain).

In addition, 6 members of the FIAT/IFTA Executive Council have also been elected:

– ⁠Laurent Boch – RAI (Italy)
– ⁠Brecht Declercq – RSI (Switzerland)
– ⁠Brighid Dooley – RTÉ (Ireland)
– Patrick McIntyre – NFSA (Australia)
– ⁠Patrick Monette – CBC-Radio Canada (Canada)
– ⁠Paolo Pagliero – RAI (Italy)

Completing FIAT/IFTA’s Executive Council, we are glad to confirm the already elected and co-opted members:

– Elena Brodie Kusa – A+E (USA)
– Dale Grayson – Northbound TV (United Kingdom)
– Edith Hughes – BBC (United Kingdom)
– Dana Mustata – Groningen University (Netherlands)
– Jaime Umberto Silva – Señal Memoria (Colombia)
– Ruth Stifter-Trummer – ORF (Austria)
– Karin van Arkel – NISV (Netherlands), also appointed as General Secretary of the Federation
– Delphine Wibaux – INA (France), also appointed Vice-President & Membership Secretary

A warm thanks to Dorothy Donnan, Maria Drabczyk, Theo Mäusli, and former President Brecht Declercq for their outstanding contributions and service.

The international aspect of FIAT/IFTA’s Executive council aims to reiterate the will of the Federation for a better geographical representation within it in order to expand our actions and initiatives throughout the whole world.