The Supervisory Board has a community-engagement role with decision-making power. That power is shared and distributed among all constituencies and communities represented by our Advisory Boards, Regional Committees and Association representatives sitting on the Supervisory Board.
The Board is designed to help the organisation to focus on the activities that contribute most to WAN-IFRA’s overall objectives. It takes responsibility for the strategic planning of our programmes and the patronage of the association. It embodies the values and missions of WAN-IFRA and drives its programmes and activities.
Role and Selection Criteria for Non-Executive and Executive Board Members
President
Fernando de Yarza Lopez-Madrazo
President, Henneo Media, S.A
Vice President
Representing Danske Medier
Stig Ørskov
CEO, JP Politikens Hus A/S
Treasurer
Paul Verwilt
Chief Operations Officer, Mediahuis nv
Argentina
Representing Asociación de Entidades Periodísticas Argentinas (ADEPA)
Daniel Dessein
Director, La Gaceta S. A.
Austria
Representing VÖZ – Verband Österreichischer Zeitungen
Xenia Daum
Managing Director, Kleine Zeitung
Austria
Chair of the Directors of Member Associations Committee
Gerald Grünberger
Geschäftsführer, VÖZ – Verband Österreichischer Zeitungen
Belgium
Representing La Presse.be
Daniel Van Wylick
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Muji Selimovic
Publisher, Oslobodjenje
Brazil
Representing ANJ
Marcelo Rech
President ANJ, Associação Nacional de Jornais
Brazil
Honorary Member
Jayme Sirotsky
Presidente Emérito, RBS-Brazil Zero Hora Editora Jornalistica SA – Past President WAN.
Bulgaria
Representing Union of Publishers in Bulgaria (UPB)
Stoyana Georgieva
Founder and editor-in-chief, Mediapool.bg
Canada
Representing News Media Canada
Andrew Saunders
Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, The Globe and Mail
CANADA
Honorary Board Member
Roger Parkinson
Past President, WAN-IFRA
Chile
Representing Asociación Nacional de la Prensa (ANP)
Juan Jaime Díaz Cauquelin
El Mercurio | Presidente, Asociación Nacional de la Prensa (ANP)
Colombia
Representing Asociación de Medios de Información (AMI)
Juan Bojanini
President, El Heraldo (Baranquilla)
Czech Republic
Representing Unie Vydavatelu
Libuse Smuclerova
Member of the Board of Directors, Czech News Center a.s.
Denmark
Honorary Board Member
Lars Henrik Munch
Chairman of the Board, JP/Politikens Hus A/S
Ecuador
Representing Asociación Ecuatoriana de Editores de Periódicos (AEDEP)
Nicolás Pérez Lapentti
Chief Digital Officer, El Universo | President of AEDEP, Asociación Ecuatoriana de Editores de Periódicos
Egypt
Lina Attalah
Co-founder and Director, Mada Masr Media
Estonia
Representing Eesti Ajalehtede Liit (EALL)
Hans Väre
Editor-in-Chief, Sakala
Finland
Representing Uutismedia Liitto
Vesa-Pekka Kangaskorpi
CEO and President, Keskisuomalainen Oyj
France
Representing The Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale
Pierre Louette
CEO, Groupe Les Echos – Le Parisien
France
Bérénice Lajouanie
Directrice Générale du Pôle les Echos et Thématiques
France
Representing the European Newspapers’ Publishers Association (ENPA)
Jean-Pierre Vittu de Kerraoul
President, Sogemedia | President, ENPA
France
Honorary Board Member
Gavin O’Reilly
Executive Chairman, The New European
Germany
Thomas Lindner
Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung, FAZ -Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH
Germany
Representing Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV)
Valdo Lehari Jr.
Publisher and CEO, Reutlinger General-Anzeiger Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG
Ghana
Representing Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG)
Benedict B. Assorow
Managing Editor, The Catholic Standard
Hungary
Representing Magyar Lapkiadók Egyesülete (MLE)
Tibor Kovács
Chief Executive Officer, Ringier Hungary
India
Honorary Board Member
D D Purkayastha
Managing Director & CEO, ABP Pvt Ltd
India
Representing Indian Newspaper Society (INS)
Mohit Jahin
Executive Director and Board Member, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (Times of India)
India
Honorary Board Member
Jacob Mathew
Managing Editor, Malayala Manorama Company Ltd – Past President WAN-IFRA
India
Mariam Mammen Mathew
CEO, Manorama Online
India
Representing WAN-IFRA’s South Asian Committee
K.N. Shanth Kumar
Director & Editor, The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
Indonesia
Andy Budiman
CEO, KG Media
Ireland
Representing NewsBrands Ireland
Sammi Bourke
Head of Operations, Irish Farmers Journal
Ireland
Stephen Rae
Publisher, AML Intelligence
Italy
Alessandro Bompieri
General Director-Media, RCS Media Group
Japan
Representing Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (NSK)
Shiro Nakamura
President and CEO, Asahi Shimbun
Kenya
Caroline Jerotich Kimutai
Digital Editor, The Standard Group PLC
Kenya
Agnes Kalekye Nguna
Chief Operating Officer, Radio Africa Group Ltd
Korea (Republic)
Honorary Member
Seok Hyun Hong
Chairman, JoongAng Holdings
Lebanon
Alia Ibrahim
CEO and co-founder, Daraj Media
Luxembourg
Representing Association Luxembourgeoise des Medias d’Information (ALMI)
Paul Peckels
CEO, Luxemburger Wort | President ALMI
Mexico
Representing the World Editors Forum (WAN-IFRA)
Martha Ramos
Chief Editorial Office, OEM (Organizacion Editorial Mexicana)
Montenegro
Marijana Bojanić
CEO, Vijesti
New Zealand
Representing News Publishers’ Association (NPA)
Joanna Norris
Chief Content Officer, Stuff Limited
Norway
Representing Norwegian Media Businesses’ Associaton (MBL)
Marte Ingul
Executive Vice President Community and Government Relations, Amedia As
Norway
Representing WAN-IFRA’s Global Alliance for Media Innovation
Rolf Dyrnes Svendsen
Chairman of the Board, Nxtmedia Norway
Philippines
Representing WAN-IFRA’s Asia Pacific Committee
Sandy Prieto-Romualdez
President and CEO, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Poland
Bartosz Hojka
Group CEO, Agora SA
Portugal
Representing Associação Portuguesa de Imprensa (APImprensa)
Cristina Soares
Executive Board Member Público – Comunicação Social SA
Singapore
Lay Lim Teo
CEO, SPH Media Ltd
Slovakia
Representing Slovak Publishers’ Association
Alexej Fulmek
CEO and Chairman of the Board, Petit Press AS
Spain
Representing WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Forum Board
Max Garrido
Consejero Delegado de Corporación Bermont
South Africa
Caroline Southey
Founding Editor, The Conversation Africa
Sri Lanka
Representing Independent Newspapers Ltd.
Sinha Ratnatunga
Executive Director / EditorWijeya Newspapers Ltd
Sweden
Honorary Board Member
Bengt Braun
Chairman of the Board, Bonnier AB
Sweden
Representing Swedish Media Publishers Association (TU)
Pia Rehnquist
Head of Content, Bonnier News Local
Sweden
Representing WAN-IFRA’s Media Freedom Board
Victoria Svanberg
Acting President, NWT Gruppen AB
Switzerland
Representing Verband Schweizer Medien
Ladina Heimgartner
Head Global Media & CEO Blick Group, Ringier AG
Taiwan
George K. Shuang
Executive Director, United Daily News
Uganda
Barbara Kaija
Editor-in-Chief, New Vision
Ukraine
Representing Independent Regional Press Publishers of Ukraine (AIRPPU)
Oleksandr Chovhan
President, RIA Media Corporation
Ukraine
Representing Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers (UAPP)
Andrey Vdovychenko
Managing Director Burda Media Ukraine
United Kingdom
Representing News Media Association (NMA)
Guy Black
Vice President, Telegraph Media Group
United Kingdom
Lisa MacLeod
Principal Publishing Lead, FT Strategies (Financial Times)
United Kingdom
Toyosi Ogunseye
Senior News Editor for News and Commissioning, BBC World Service
USA
Representing News Media Alliance (NMA)
Jennifer Bertetto
President and CEO, Trib Total Media
USA
Honorary Board Member
Michael Golden
Past President, WAN-IFRA (2017-2019)
USA
Patty Michalski
Senior Vice President Content Strategy and Innovation, Hearst Newspapers
USA
Honorary Board Member
Prescott K. Low
Past President, WAN-IFRA
Venezuela
Miguel Henrique Otero Castillo
Presidente Editor, C.A. Editora El Nacional