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ERA Management Board Members

The Management Board (MB) is composed of one representative of each Member State and two representatives of the Commission, all with the right to vote, each one with an alternate in case of absence. The MB also includes six representatives, without a right to vote, representing, stakeholders.

Chair of the Management Board

Chair of the ERA Management Board

Ms Paloma IRIBAS FORCAT

Deputy chair of the ERA Management Board

Mr Samuel BONNIER

Member States

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Austria

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Mr Michael LUCZENSKY

Head of the Railway Directorate

Federal Ministry for climate action, environment, energy, mobility, innovation and technology

Curriculum Vitae | Declaration of interests

Ms Karin GUGGENBERGER

Senior Legal Advisor

Federal Ministry for climate action, environment, energy, mobility, innovation and technology

Curriculum Vitae | Declaration of interests

Belgium

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Ms Clio LIÉGEOIS

Senior Legal Advisor and Head of the Railway Regulation Service

Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport

Curriculum Vitae | Declaration of interests

Ms Valérie VERZELE

Director General Sustainable Mobility and Railway Policy

Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport

Curriculum Vitae | Declaration of interests

Bulgaria

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Mr Valentin TSANKOV

Executive Director

Executive Agency Railway Administration

Ms Eleonora ENEVA

Chief expert in Regulation directorate

Railway Administration Executive Agency

Croatia

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Ms Danijela BARIĆ

Professor / Researcher

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences

Mr Damir LAZOR

Head of Infrastructure department

Railway Safety Agency (Croatia)

Czechia

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Mr Jindřich KUŠNÍR

Director of Rail Transport Department

Ministry of Transport

 Mr Luboš KNÍŽEK

Head of Conceptions and International Railway Cooperation Unit

Ministry of Transport - Department of Railway and Combined Transport

Denmark

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Mr Martin GERTZ ANDERSEN

Senior Executive Advisor

Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority

Ms Laura MEYER HARRISON

Head of Division, Rail

Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority

Estonia

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 Mr Indrek LAINEVEER

Railway Sector Manager

Ministry of Climate

To be appointed shortly

Finland

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Ms Heidi NIEMIMUUKKO

Land Transport Director

Transport and Communications Agency

Curriculum Vitae| Declaration of interests

Mr Risto SAARI

Ministerial Advisor

Ministry of Transport and Communications

France

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Ms Christine CORRAZE

Cheffe du bureau de l’interopérabilité ferroviaire

Ministère de la transition écologique et de la cohésion des territoires

Mr Samuel BONNIER

Directeur des affaires réglementaires, européennes et internationales (à compter du 19 octobre 2020)

Etablissement public de sécurité ferroviaire (EPSF)

Germany

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 Mr Lothar NEUHOFF

Head of Directorate E1

Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport

Curriculum Vitae| Declaration of interests

 Mr Michael SCHMITZ

Head of Executive Department

German NSA - Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA)

Greek

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To be appointed shortly

 Ms Aikaterini FRAGOULOPOULOU

Head of Railway Interoperability and Safety Department

Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport

Hungary

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Mr László VESZPRÉMI

Head of Railway Authority Department

Ministry of Construction and Transport and Railway Authority Department

Ms Szilvia NAGY

Railway coordination and EU matters

Ministry of Construction and Transport and Railway Authority Department

Ireland

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 Ms Caitriona KEENAHAN

Head of Governance and Regulation

Commission for Railway Regulation

 Mr Brian HIGGISSON

Commissionner

Commission for Railway Regulation

Italy

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 Mr Pier Raffaele CATENA

Head of Division - Rail transport services - General Directorate for Railway Transport and Infrastructure

Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport

 

 Ms Sara CAVALLO

Official at the General Directorate for Railway Transport and Infrastructure

Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport

Latvia

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Mr Patriks MARKĒVIČS

Head of Rail division

Ministry of Transport / Railway department

Ms Linda GAILITE

Deputy Director, Head of Development Department

The State Railway Technical Inspectorate (NSA Latvia) 

Lithuania

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Mr Genius LUKOŠIUS

Director

Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration (LTSA)

Curriculum Vitae| Declaration of interests

Ms Donata Gusčė

Deputy Director

Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration (LTSA)

Luxembourg

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Mr André BISSEN

Gestionnaire dirigeant

Ministère de la Mobilité et des Travaux publics

Mr Claude MAHOWALD

Directeur

Administration des chemins de fer (ACF)

Netherlands

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Mr Hinne J.Y. GROOT

Coordinator for international rail affairs

Ministry of Infrastucture and Water management

Mr Krijn VAN HERWAARDEN

Senior Advisor in international rail affairs

ILT - Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport (NSA NL)

Norway

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Mr Øystein RAVIK

Deputy Director General

Norwegian Railway Authority

Mr Erik Ø. REIERSØL-JOHNSEN

Director General

Norwegian Railway Authority

Poland

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Mr Ignacy GÓRA

President

Office of Rail Transport (NSA PL)

Mr Paweł RAFALSKI

Director of the Office of the President (Office of Rail Transport)

Office of Rail Transport (NSA PL)

Portugal

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Mr João CAETANO

Presidente do Conseiho Diretivo

Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes

Ms Amélia AREIAS

Head of National Safety Authority Department

IMT

Romania

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Mr Petru BOGDAN

Director

Romanian Railway Safety Authority

Mr Mihai ROȘCA

Head of the International Affairs, Communication and Public Relations Unit

Romanian Railway Safety Authority

Slovakia

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 Ms Andrea NEUSCHLOVÁ

State Advisor

Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic

 Mr Matúš GÁLIK

State Advisor

Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic

Slovenia

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Ms Monika PINTAR MESARIČ

Director General of the Directorate for Railways, Cableways, and Traffic Management

Ministry of Infrastructure of Slovenia

Ms Jana LENARČIČ

Head of the International Affairs and Protocol Service

Ministry of Infrastructure of Slovenia

Spain

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 Ms Paloma IRIBAS FORCAT

Inspector of Works

Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility

 Ms Vanesa GARCIA LOZANO

Deputy director

Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Ferroviaria (AESF)

Sweden

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Mr Björn RENBERG

Head of railway unit

Swedish Transport Agency

Mr Enar LUNDGREN

Senior adviser

Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure

European Commission

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Ms Magda KOPCZYNSKA

Director-General - DG MOVE

European Commission

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Curriculum Vitae | Declaration of interests

Mr Kristian SCHMIDT

Director of Directorate C "Land" - DG MOVE

European Commission

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Ms Anne MONTAGNON

Director Shared Services - DG MOVE/DG ENER

European Commission

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Mr Keir FITCH

Head of Unit "Rail Safety and Interoperability" - DG MOVE

European Commission

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Sector Representatives

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Infrastructure Managers

Ms Monika HEIMING

Executive Director of EIM (European Rail Infrastructure Managers)

Ms Marina POTAPIDOU

Infrastructure Policy Adviser

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)

Railway Undertakings

Mr Alberto MAZZOLA

Executive Director

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)

Curriculum Vitae | Declaration of interests

Mr Conor FEIGHAN

Secretary General

Railway undertakings – The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA)

Railway Industry

Mr Enno WIEBE

Director General

The European Rail Industry (UNIFE)

Curriculum Vitae | Declaration of interests

Mr Francis PARMENTIER

General Manager

Railway industry - Association of the notified bodies in the rail sector (NB-Rail)

Trade-union organisations

Mr Giorgio TUTI

President

European Transport Workers Federation - Railway section

Mr Alejandro MARTÍNEZ TRECEÑO

The European Train Drivers’ Union (ALE)

Rail Freight Customers

Mr Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE

Chairman, Director General

The International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR)

Mr Gilles PETERHANS

Secretary General

International Union of Wagon Keepers (UIP)

Passenger

Ms Delphine GRANDSART

Senior Researcher

The European Passengers’ Federation (EPF)

Mr Josef SCHNEIDER

Secretary and Board Member, Member of PRO BAHN e.V.

The European Passengers’ Federation (EPF)

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

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Mr Kadus BASIT

Senior Legal Officer

EFTA Surveillance Authority

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Ms Lemonia TSAROUCHA

Senior Legal Officer, Security Inspector

EFTA Surveillance Authority

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