The IRU General Assembly has elected the members for its governing board starting January 1, 2025, with President Radu Dinescu earning a third term at the helm of the international organisation.
IRU acts as the voice for over 3.5 million transport companies operating in 100 countries around the world, and the recent voting included appointing the president and boards to the IRU Goods Transport Council, IRU Passenger Transport Council and IRU General Assembly.
For the first time the Presidential Executive will contain four women, including newly elected President of the IRU Passenger Transport Council Anna Grönlund.
The voting took place over two days in Geneva, Switzerland.
The new leadership from January 1, 2025, is as follows:
President – Radu Dinescu (Secretary General, UNTRR, Romania)
Vice Presidents – Iro Doumani (General Manager, OFAE, Greece) | Anna Grönlund (Deputy Managing Director, SBF, Sweden)
Additional Members of the Presidential Executive – Asli Çalik (Executive Advisor to Board of Directors, TOBB, Türkiye | Vojtech Hromir (Secretary General, Česmad Bohemia, Czech Republic) | Andrey Kurushin (General Director, ASMAP, Russian Federation) | Erik Østergaard (Chief Executive Officer, DTL, Denmark) | Elisabeth Post (President, TLN, Netherlands) | Wieslaw Starostka (Director General, ZMPD, Poland) | Ramon Valdivia (Executive Vice President, ASTIC, Spain)
Passenger Transport Council (CTP)
President – Anna Grönlund
Vice Presidents – Graham Vidler (Chief Executive Officer, CPT, United Kingdom) | Öznur Yilmaz (Digital Tachograph Manager, TOBB, Türkiye)
Goods Transport Council (CTM)
President – Iro Doumani
Vice Presidents – Bob Costello (Senior Vice President, ATA, United States of America) | Tariq M. Rangoonwala (Chair, PNC-ICC, Pakistan)
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