IFRRO AGM elects new President and 7 new Board members

Rainer Just, joint managing director of VG Wort, was elected IFRRO President at the IFRRO Annual General Meeting in Buenos Aires on 25 October. He replaces the outgoing President Magdalena Vinent, who stepped down after four successful and energetic years. Rainer has been a member of the VG WORT administrative council since 1993 and of the board since 2000. He has been on the IFRRO Board since 2008.

At the same time, the AGM appointed seven new Board Members: Tracey Armstrong (CCC), Ana María Cabanellas (CADRA), Kevin Fitzgerald (CLA), Heikki Jokinen (International Federation of Journalists), Dora Makwinja (COSOMA), Benoît Proot (REPROBEL) and Yngve Slettholm (KOPINOR). Thanks are due to the retiring IFRRO Board members for all their efforts: Owen Atkinson (ALCS), Jens Bammel (IPA), Maureen Cavan (Access Copyright), Franziska Eberhard (ProLitteris), Bruce Funkhouser (CCC), Christer Johansson (Bonus Presskopia) and Magdalena Vinent (CEDRO).

The composition of the new IFRRO Board complete with biographies can be found by clicking here.