ERIH General Assembly elects new Board of Management

The former ERIH board has successfully managed the network for the last three years since the foundation of the ERIH association. Now the first board election after the foundation in 2008, was held. Representatives from other European countries were invited to join the board to make it more international and to further promote the extension of ERIH allover Europe. The new ERIH board has representatives from six European countries.
Three former board members (David de Haan, Paul Gilman and Ralf Winkels) did not stand for re-election.

The following people have been elected:

Prof. Dr. Meinrad Maria Grewenig (President), Voelklingen Ironworks, Germany
Drs. Hildebrand de Boer (Vice-President), HollandRoute, The Netherlands
Andreas Kuchajda (Treasurer), Hall of the Century, Germany

Board Members:
Randi Bartvedt, Norwegian Museum of Hydro Power and Industry, Norway
Dr. Wolfgang Ebert, ERIH, Germany
Dr. Adam Hajduga, Marshal Office of the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Jonathan Lloyd, ERIH UK
Prof. Massimo Preite, Italy
John Rodger, ERIH UK

To assist their work the ERIH board has co-opted:
Peter Backes, WHS Voelklingen Ironworks, Germany
Rainer Klenner, Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Bauen, Wohnen und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Christiane Baum, Secretary General ERIH, Germany

The first meeting of the new board will be held on 21st November 2011 in Bochum.