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IFATSEA General Assembly Elects New Executive Board
The General Assembly of the International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronics Associations (IFATSEA), the authoritative voice on the competence of air traffic safety electronics personnel (ATSEP) globally, elected a new Executive Board during the Federation’s 52nd Annual General Assembly held at the LINQ Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from 20 to 24 October 2024 under the theme: “Deal Us In! ATSEP, Key Contributors to a Global Seamless Airspace.”
The election segment of the 2024 General Assembly, which debuted the e-voting process adopted via a motion moved during the 51st General Assembly in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November 2023, witnessed elections into the positions of President, Executive Secretary, Regional Director for the Asia Pacific, and Regional Director for Europe. At the end of the election, Ing. Frank Kofi Apeagyei, a Ghanaian and erstwhile Executive Secretary of the Federation, was unanimously elected as President, succeeding Theodore Kiritsis, a Greek, who took over the office of the President following the demise of the then President, Thorsten Wehe, a German, in February 2022.
The election also saw Meaghan Olmstead, a Canadian, and Umesh Kumar, an Indian, elected Executive Secretary and Regional Director (Asia Pacific) respectively, while Costas Christoforou from Cyprus was re-elected as the Regional Director (Europe).
The new IFATSEA Executive Board is now composed of the following officers:
- Frank Kofi Apeagyei (Ghana) – President
- Patrick Delaney (United States of America) – Vice President
- Meaghan Olmstead (Canada) – Executive Secretary
- Nikola Cojic (Montenegro) – Treasurer
- Sam Mahlangu (South Africa) – Regional Director for Africa
- Michel Gaulin (Canada) – Regional Director for the Americas
- Umesh Kumar (India) – Regional Director for Asia-Pacific
- Costas Christoforou (Cyprus) – Regional Director for Europe.
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