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Our people

We are more together.

We are transport. We are our people. We are working for all transport workers, dedicated to protecting and improving our collective lives and futures.

OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD

ITF’s elected board members from around the world.

The ITF Executive Board comprises of members elected by Congress, the General Secretary, the chairs of the industrial sections and the chairs of the women transport workers’ committee and the young transport workers’ committee.

The members from affiliated unions are elected to the Executive Board directly from the regions.

Six seats are reserved for women on the Executive Board. The Executive Board usually meets twice a year together with its sub-committee the Management Committee, which has special responsibilities for administrative matters.

CONTACT US

SECRETARIAT

ITF EXECUTIVE BOARD

Paddy Crumlin

ITF President


Seong Yong Park

Vice President (Asia Pacific)

 

Adewale Adeyanju

Vice President (Africa)


Seddik Berrama

Vice President (Arab World)

 

Pablo Moyano

Vice President (Latin America/Caribbean)

 

Frank Moreels

Vice President (Europe)

 

John Baker

Vice President (North America)

 

Mary Liew

Vice President (Women)

 

Nice Amon Mwanasasu

Vice President (Youth)

 

Stephen Cotton

ITF General Secretary

 

AFRICA

Adewale Adeyanju

Vice President  MWUN, Nigeria

 

Marian Atuguba

Women's Seat MDU, Ghana

 

Joelle Mputu

SSTCC, DRC

 

Jim Irvin

NUMSA, South Africa

 

Stephen Abima

ATGWU, Uganda

 

Mariam Diallo

URS, Senegal

 

Najeem Usman Yasin

NURTW, Nigeria

 

ARAB WORLD

Seddik Berrama

Vice President, FNTT, Algeria

 

Meryem Halouani

Women's Seat, UMT, Morocco

 

Wajih Zaidi

FNT, Tunisia

 

Mahmoud Edbeis

GUPW, Jordan

ASIA PACIFIC

Seong Yong Park

Vice President FKSU, Korea

 

Mary Liew

Women's Seat SMOU, Singapore

 

Tung Tong Chung

MNOG, Hong Kong

 

Abdulgani Serang

NUSI, India

 

Ajay Kumar Rai

NETWON, Nepal

 

Ravinda (Boa) Atukorale

NUSS, Sri Lanka - Ravindu Athukorala

 

Paddy Crumlin

MUA, Australia

 

Annie Newman 

E tu, New Zealand

 

Shiva Gopal Mishra

AIRF, India

 

Conrad Oca

AMOSUP, Philippines

 

Kam Soon Huat

SOS, Singapore

 

Mitsuharu Matsuura

JSU, Japan

 

Toshihiko Sumino

SHITETSU-SOREN, Japan

 

Mahendra Tukaram Gharat

NMGKS, India

LATIN AMERICA

Pablo Moyano

Vice President FNTCOTAC, Argentina

 

Janaina Fernandes

Women's Seat FNTF, Brazil

 

Horacio Calculli

AAA, Argentina

 

Carlos Augusto Muller

CONTTMAF, Brazil

 

Paulo João Estausia

CNTTL, Brazil

 

Fernando Espino Arévalo

SNTSTC, Mexico

 

Francisco Torrealba

FBTTT, Venezuela

NORTH AMERICA /CARIBBEAN

John Baker

Vice President ILA, USA

 

Wendy Morse

Women's Seat ALPA, USA

 

Lana Payne

UNIFOR, Canada

 

John Samuelsen 

TWU, USA

 

Richard Johnsen

IAM, USA

 

Francois Laporte

Teamsters, Canada

 

Kavan Gayle

BITU, Jamaica

EUROPE

Frank Moreels

Vice President BTB, Belgium

 

Sara Tripodi

Women's Seat FILT GGIL, Italy

 

Martin Burkert

EVG, Germany

 

Edwin Atema

FNV, Netherlands

 

Christine Behle

Verdi, Germany

 

Orazgali Akhmetbayev

KAZPROFTRANS , Kazakhstan

 

Jan Villadsen

3F, Denmark

 

Tommy Wreeth

STF, Sweden

 

Sharon Graham

UNITE, Great Britain

 

Ismo Kokko

AKT, Finland

 

Joe O'Flynn

SIPTU, Ireland

 

Antonio Oviedo Garcia

FeSMC-UGT, Spain

 

Neven Melvan

SPH - SUC, Croatia

 

Roman Hebenstreit

VIDA, Austria

 

Helena Svobodova

OSZ, Czechia

 

Celine Ruffie

FGTE-CFDT, France

 

Franceso Di Fiore

FIT-CISL, Italy

 

Eddie Dempsey

RMT, GB & Ireland

 

Jüri Lember

EMSA, Estonia

 

Oleg Gryoriuk

MTWTU, Ukraine

SECTION CHAIRS

Sara Nelson

ITF Civil Aviation Section Chair

 

Paddy Crumlin

ITF Dockers' Section Chair

 

Johnny Hansen

ITF Fisheries Section Chair

 

Jacques Kerkhof

ITF Inland Navigation Section Chair

 

Julio Sosa

ITF Railway Workers Section Chair

 

Flemming Overgaard

ITF Road Transport Section Chair

 

Dave Heindel

ITF Seafarers' Section Chair

 

David Massiah

ITF Tourism Services Section Chair

 

Meryem Halouani

ITF Women Transport Workers Chair

 

Preeti Singh

ITF Young Transport Workers Co-Chair

 

Nick Loridan 

ITF Young Transport Workers Co-Chair

 

Matt Draper

Warehousing Chair

AGREED OBSERVERS

Eric Campos Bonta

ITF Urban Transport Committee Chair

 

Koen de Mey

ACV Transcom (FIOST), Belgium

 

Anu Hietala

NTF, Nordic countries

 

Matt Draper

Warehousing Chair

 

Michael Kaine

TWU, Australia

 

Jo Van der Herten 

AVC Openbare Diensten, Belgium

 

Anu Hietala

NTF, Sweden

ITF Elected Leadership

ITF President

Paddy Crumlin

MUA
Australia
Vice President Women

Mary Liew

SMOU
Singapore
Vice President Youth

Nice Amon Mwansasu

COTWU
Tanzania
Vice President Africa

Adewale Adeyanju

MWUN
Nigeria
Vice President Arab World

Seddik Berrama

FNTT
Algeria
Vice President Asia Pacific

Seong Yong Park

FKSU
Korea
Vice President/ ETF President

Frank Moreels

BTB-ABVV
Belgium
Vice President Latin America

Pablo Moyano

FNTCOTAC
Argentina

Our Team

General secretary

Stephen Cotton

Assistant General Secretary

Rob Johnston

Maritime Coordinator

Jacqueline Smith

Legal Director

Ruwan Subasinghe

Africa Regional Secretary

Mohammed Dauda Safiyanu

Arab World Regional Secretary

Bilal Malkawi

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Secretary

Edgar Diaz

Civil Aviation and Tourism Services Section Secretary

Gabriel Mocho Rodriguez