Supervisory Board members
- PresidentRepresenting NME - News Media EuropeFernando de Yarza Lopez-MadrazoPresidenteHenneo Media, S.A.
- First Vice PresidentRepresenting DDF - Danske Dagblades ForeningStig ØrskovCEOJP/Politikens Hus A/S
- TreasurerTreasurerPaul VerwiltChief Operations OfficerMediahuis nv
Members
- ArgentinaRepresenting ADEPA - Asociación de Entidades Periodísticas ArgentinasDaniel DesseinPresidenteLa Gaceta S. A.
- AustriaRepresenting VÖZ - Verband Österreichischer ZeitungenAlexander MitteräckerGeschäftsführerStandard Verlags GmbH
- AustriaMarkus MairChairman of the BoardStyria Media Group AG
- AustriaChair of the Directors of Member Associations CommitteeGerald GrünbergerGeschäftsführerVÖZ - Verband Österreichischer Zeitungen
- BelgiumRepresenting La Presse.beDaniel Van WylickDirecteur Général des Rédactions - Chief Editorial OfficerRossel & Cie SA - Le Soir
- BrazilRepresenting ANJMarcelo RechExecutive PresidentAssociação Nacional de Jornais
- BrazilHonorary MemberJayme SirotskyPresidente EméritoRBS-Brazil Zero Hora Editora Jornalistica SA
- BulgariaRepresenting Union of Publishers in BulgariaStoyana GeorgievaBoard MemberUnion of Publishers in Bulgaria (UPB)
- CanadaRepresenting CNA - Canadian Newspaper Association & Media Freedom BoardPhillip CrawleyPublisher and CEOThe Globe and Mail
- ChileJuan Jaime DíazPresidenteAsociación Nacional de la Prensa (ANP)
- ColombiaJuan Pablo Bojanini VisbalPresidenteEl Heraldo S.A.
- CroatiaRepresenting WPFMujo SelimovićPublisherOslobodjenje
- Czech RepublicRepresenting Unie VydavateluLibuse SmuclerovaCEO, Chairman of the Board of DirectorsCzech News Center a.s.
- DenmarkHonorary Board MemberLars Henrik MunchChairmanJP/Politikens Hus A/S
- EcuadorNicolas Pérez LapenttiChief Digital OfficerC.A. El Universo
- EgyptLina AttalahCo-founder and DirectorMada Masr Media
- EstoniaRepresenting Meediaettevõtete Liit (Estonian Publishers Association)Hans VäreEditor In ChiefSakala
- FinlandRepresenting Sanomalehtien LiittoVesa-Pekka KangaskorpiCEO and PresidentKeskisuomalainen Oyj
- FranceBérénice LajouanieDirectrice GénéraleGroupe Les Echos SA
- FrancePierre LouetteChairman and CEOGroupe Les Echos SA
- FranceRepresenting ENPAJean-Pierre de KerraoulPrésidentSogemédia
- FranceSophie GourmelenDirectrice GénéraleSAS Le Parisien Libéré
- GermanyVincent PeyrègneCEOWAN-IFRA
- GermanyThomas LindnerVorsitzender der GeschäftsführungFAZ -Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH
- GermanyRepresenting BDZV - Bundesverband Deutscher ZeitungsverlegerValdo Lehari jr.Publisher / CEOReutlinger General-Anzeiger Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG
- GhanaRepresenting PRINPAGBen Batabe AssorowManaging EditorThe Catholic Standard
- HungaryRepresenting Magyar Lapkiadók EgyesületeTibor KovácsDirectorLapcom Zrt.
- IndiaRepresenting INS (Indian Newspapers Society)Mohit JainChief Operating Officer (publishing) & Board MemberThe Times Group (B.C.C.L.)
- IndiaHonorary MemberDipankar Das PurkayasthaDirectorABP Pvt Ltd
- IndiaHonorary MemberJacob MathewManaging EditorMalayala Manorama Company Ltd
- IndiaHonorary Board MemberPratap Govindrao PawarChairmanSakal Media Pvt. Ltd.
- IndiaRepresenting South Asian CommitteeK N Shanth KumarDirectorThe Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
- IndonesiaAndy BudimanCEOKG Media
- IrelandStephen RaeCo.founderHubble
- IrelandRepresenting NewsBrands IrelandSammi BourkeHead of OperationsIrish Farmers Journal
- ItalyAlessandro BompieriManaging DirectorRCS MediaGroup SpA
- JapanRepresenting NSKMasahiro MaruyamaChairman and Executive Officer , The Mainichi Newspapers. CEO and President, The Mainichi Newspapers Group Holdings CoThe Mainichi Newspapers Co Ltd
- JordanMohamad AlayyanPublisher & ChairmanUnited Jordan Press
- KenyaCaroline Jerotich KimutaiDigital EditorStandard Media Group Ltd.
- KenyaAgnes Kalekye NgunaChief Operating OfficerThe Star Publications
- Korea (Republic)Honorary MemberSeok Hyun HongChairmanJoongAng Holdings
- LebanonAlya IbrahimCo-founder / CEODaraj.com
- LuxembourgRepresenting ALMIPaul PeckelsPresidentMediahuis Luxembourg S.A.
- MontenegroMarijana BojanicCEODaily Press LLP
- NorwayRepresenting MBLPål NedregottenExecutive Vice President Data & TechnologyAmedia AS
- NorwayRepresenting Global Alliance for Media InnovationRolf Dyrnes SvendsenChairman of the BoardNxtmedia Norway
- PhilippinesSandy Prieto-RomualdezChairpersonPhilippine Daily Inquirer
- PolandBartosz HojkaGroup CEOAgora SA
- PortugalRepresenting Associação Portuguesa de Imprensa - APIAna Cristina SoaresExecutive Board MemberPúblico - Comunicação Social SA
- Russian FederationRepresenting GIPP - Guild Of Press PublishersEvgeny AbovVice PresidentGIPP - Union of Publishers
- SingaporeChair person World Editors ForumWarren FernandezEditor-in-ChiefSPH Media Limited
- SingaporeLay Lim TeoChief Executive OfficerSPH Media Limited
- SlovakiaRepresenting Slovak Publishers´ AssociationAlexej FulmekCEO and Chairman of the BoardPetit Press, a.s.
- South AfricaCaroline SoutheyFounding EditorThe Conversation Africa
- SpainChair person World Printers ForumMáximo GarridoManaging DirectorCorporación Bermont
- SpainMiguel Enrique Otero CastilloGrup les Noticies de Catalunya S.L.U.
- Sri LankaRepresenting Independent Newspapers Ltd.Sinha RatnatungaDirector/Editor-in-Chief, The Sunday TimesWijeya Newspapers Ltd
- SwedenRepresenting TU Medier i Sverige ABPia RehnquistEditorHD-Sydsvenskan
- SwedenChair person Media Freedom BoardVictoria SvanbergChairNWT Gruppen AB
- SwedenHonorary MemberBengt BraunPresidentBonnier AB
- SwitzerlandRepresenting Verband Schweizer MedienHans Heinrich ConinxEhrenpräsidentVerband Schweizer Medien
- TaiwanGeorge ShuangManaging DirectorUnited Daily News Co. Ltd.
- UgandaBarbara KaijaEditor-in-chiefThe New Vision Printing & Publishing Co Ltd
- UkraineRepresenting UAPP - UAMBAndrii VdovychenkoCEOBurda Media Ukraine
- UkraineRepresenting AIRPPU - Independent Regional Press Publishers of UkraineOleksandr ChovhanPresidentRIA Media Corporation
- United KingdomLisa MacLeodDirectorFT Strategies
- United KingdomLord Guy BlackVice ChairmanTelegraph Media Group Limited
- USAPatty MichalskiSVP Content and InnovationHearst Corporation
- USARepresenting News Media AllianceJennifer BertettoPresident and CEOTribTotal Media
- USAHonorary Board MemberK. Prescott LowPresidentBridges Worldwide
- USAHonorary Board MemberMichael GoldenPast President WAN-IFRA (2017-2019), former Vice Chairman of the Board at New York Times Co.The New York Times Company
Contact information
Elena Perotti
Executive Director, Media Policy and Public Affairs
WAN-IFRA
Phone: ++33-147428538
E-Mail: elena.perotti@wan-ifra.org