Meet the 2025-2026 IFSCC Praesidium

Each year, at the IFSCC Council Meeting held just before our annual congress, we elect our Praesidium for the year.

The Praesidium for 2025-2026 is:

President Dr. Isabelle Castiel, France
Immediate Past President Prof. Dr. Vânia Leite, Brazil
Vice President Robert McPherson, Australia
Honorary Secretary Dr. Sven Munke, Germany
Treasurer Dr. Paul Cornwell, UK & Ireland
Committee Member 3 Dr. Remo Campiche, Switzerland
Committee Member 2 Peter Tsolis, USA & Canada
Committee Member 1 Jacques Strydom, South Africa
Education Chair Dr. Fan Yang, China
PR & Benefactors Chair Dr. Sungho Lee, Korea
Publication Chair Dr. Tomoko Sekine, Japan
Science Chair Dr. Gabriella Baki, USA & Canada
Zone Leader Coordinator Dr. Silvia Haydée Pérez Damonte, Argentina
Marketing & Social Media Coordinator Gina Puig, Spain

This year we are delighted to welcome onto the Praesidium: Dr. Sven Munke – Honorary Secretary (Germany), Jacques Strydom – committee member 1 (South Africa), Dr. Gabriella Baki – Chair of Science (USA & Canada) and Gina Puig – Social Media & Marketing (Spain).

But as we welcome four new faces we also have to say goodbye to four IFSCC stalwarts: Dr. Andrea Weber, Carmina Casas, Perry Romanowski and Nicola Lionetti. We would like to extend a huge thank you to all of them for their significant contributions to the IFSCC.