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New board of governors at EDANA

04 Jun '15

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EDANA, the association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has announced its new board of governors for 2015-2017. The board was elected by association members via electronic voting and those present at the annual general meeting, held in Prague together with the international nonwovens symposium.

Patricia Featherstone of RKW has been re-elected chairperson of the board of governors. She will be supported by vice chairs Pieter Meijer of McAirlaid’s Vliesstoffe and Mikael S. Axelsen of Fibertex Personal Care. Treasurer Paul Eevers of Unilever will also continue to serve for another term.

“The new board of governors, which comes into place from July 1, 2015, represents an even broader coverage of the nonwovens and related industries, meaning more focus on the delivery of valued and effective services to our member companies and to the global nonwovens and related industries”, said Pierre Wiertz, general manager of EDANA. “We are delighted to welcome the new Governors, who together with their colleagues, represent not only the broad nonwovens value chain, but who represent companies of different sizes from around the globe, and who are critical in our effort to support the drive and activities of our member companies.”

The role of the EDANA board of governors is to define and periodically review and oversee EDANA’s vision and mission, to provide strategic guidance to EDANA and to ensure the association operates in conformity with its governance and transparency rules. Additionally, the board helps to ensure financial solvency, business ethics and management soundness in EDANA operations, and raise funds and other resources.

EDANA serves more than 240 companies across 32 countries in the nonwovens and related industries, helping its members to design their future. (SH)

Fibre2fashion News Desk – India