4 2014 Conference
EXECUTIVE BOARD 2014
At the 2014 Annual Conference, Directors elected a number of new Executive Board members or elected sitting members to new positions.
Keziah Ogutu (Kenya) was elected as EVP Africa & Middle East in 2013 for a 2-year term. She works as Chief ATM Officer in charge of Operations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airpor in Kenya.
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Duncan Auld (Australia) continues to serve as EVP Technical, having been elected for 2 years during the 2013 Conference. Duncan works as an Air Traffic Controller in Sydney, Australia.
John S. Carr saw his interim appointment as EVP Americas confirmed. He is a former president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA, USA). Prior to his retirement, he worked as an air traffic controller in both military and civil facilities. Next is Scott Shallies, who moves from EVP Professional to the post of Deputy President. Scott currently works as a supervisor in Melbourne Centre (Australia). After serving on the IFATCA Professional and Legal Committee, he joined the IFATCA EB in 2008 as EVP Professional. Mike O'Neil continues as EVP Asia Pacific, having been elected for a 2-year term at the 2013 Conference. He works as an Air Traffic Controller in Hong Kong. Patrik Peters was elected as President and CEO (PCX) of the Federation. He has served on the Executive Board since 2006, when he was elected EVP Europe. After 2 terms, he became Deputy President in 2010 and now takes up the role of PCX. He is a German national working as a supervisor in the Eurocontrol Upper Area Control Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Željko Oreški (Croatia) started his 3 term as EVP Europe following the elections at the 2014 Conference. He works as a radar controller in Zagreb ACC and is a former president of the Croatian Air Traffic Controllers' Association (CROATCA). Eric Risdon succeeds Scott Shallies as EVP Professional. Until 2001, Eric worked as a controller in Canada. He then moved to Switzerland where he currently works as an en-route controller in the Geneva ACC. Having been involved in the Swiss association for a number of years, he served as their president between 2010 and 2012. On the far right on the photo is Conference Executive Philippe Domogala. He acts as a liaison between the organising committee of the annual conferences and the Executive Board. He is an ex-officio (i.e. non-voting) member of the board, and was re-appointed for a two year term at this year's conference. Philippe is a French national who spent most of his career at the Eurocontrol UAC in Maastricht.^
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