7 July 2009 – EDANA, the association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has released a list of its new Board of Governors. The original release about the Board changes may be found here.

CHAIRMAN

  • Kenneth A. Strassner, Vice President – Global Environment, Safety, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, USA (on Board until 2011)

VICE-CHAIRMAN

  • Jean-Marie Becker, Vice President Nonwovens, Ahlstrom, France (on Board until 2011)
  • Gerd Ries, Vice-President EAME, Regulatory and Medical Affairs, Johnson & Johnson, Germany (on Board until 2010)

TREASURER

  • Paul Eevers, Category Supply Management Director, Unilever Europe Foods, Belgium (on Board until 2010)

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

  • José Durany, General Manager, Tesalca-99, S.A., Spain (on Board until 2010)
  • Patricia Featherstone, Commercial Director, RKW ACE S.A, Belgium (on Board until 2011)
  • Serkan Gogüs, Commercial Director, Mogul Nonwovens, Turkey (on Board until 2011)
  • Michael Haddon, Managing Director,TWE Nonwovens Dierdorf, Germany (on Board until 2011)
  • Susan Harley, Marketing Director Europe, Cardinal Healthcare, Switzerland (on Board until 2011)
  • Mahdy Katbe, Executive Director, Unicharm Gulf Hygienic Industries Ltd., Saudi Arabia (on Board until 2011)
  • Geoffrey Katz, Regional Business Director – DuPont™ Nonwovens Sontara® for the Europe,Middle East & Africa Region, DuPont International Operations S.A.R.L, Switzerland (on Board until 2011)
  • Frantisek Klaska, Technical Director, PEGAS NONWOVENS s.r.o.., Czech Republic (on Board until 2011)
  • Krzysztof Malowaniec, Senior Vice President Development & Corporate Communications, Paul Hartmann AG, Germany (on Board until 2010)
  • Andreas Pfau, Head of Marketing Polymer Dispersions for Fiber Bonding, BASF SE, Germany (on Board until 2011)
  • Gunnar Preifors, Director R&D Personal Care, SCA Hygiene Products AB, Sweden (on Board until 2010)
  • Ghobad Rahrooh, Director of Materials Science & Technology, Procter & Gamble, Corporate Research and Product Development, USA (on Board until 2010)
  • Josef Schmidtbauer, Director Global Fibers Technology, Lenzing AG, Austria (on Board until 2011)
  • Michael Staton, Chief Executive, Nice-Pak International, U.K. (on Board until 2011)
  • Arnold Weghmann, Managing Director, FV Service KG, Freudenberg Nonwovens Group, Germany(on Board until 2010)

Learn more about EDANA at http://www.edana.org.