IAC Council

General Assembly 2024, Caldas da Rainha. Photo: Joana Galeão.

The Council is made up of 15 to 18 members, including the UNESCO representative. Members of the Council are elected for a term of six years. They are appointed from among individual members of the Academy.

The Council decides on the function of its members in accordance with its needs. The composition of the Council corresponds, as far as possible, to the various geographical regions represented by the Academy.

IAC Council

 

President 2024 – 2030
Representative for Southern Europe
Oriol Calvo Vergés, Spain

President Emeritus
Representative for Scandinavia
Torbjørn Kvasbø, Norway

Vice President 2023-2029
Representative for Germany and Austria
Monika Gass, Germany

Vice President 2023-2029
Representative for Southeast Asia and India
Pim Sudhikam, Thailand

Vice President 2024-2030
Representative for North America

Elaine Henry, USA

Treasurer 2024-2030
Lynn Frydman Kuhn, Switzerland

Interim representative to UNESCO
Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida, France

Representative for Oceania 2024-2030
Avi Amesbury, Australia

Representative for Latin America & the Caribbean 2024-2030
Fanny Auger, Chile

Representative for Africa 2024-2030
Ossama Emam, Egypt

Representative for the Middle East 2022-2028
Shamai Gibsh, Israel

Representative for Eastern Europe 2022-2028
Hana Novotná, Czech Republic

Representative for the Republic of Korea 2024-2030
Misun Rheem, Republic of Korea

Representative for Switzerland 2020-2026
Anja Seiler, Switzerland

Representative for China 2020-2026
Liya WAN, China

Representative for Japan 2024-2030
Naho Yamashita, Japan

Interim representative for the United Kingdom, Ireland & the Benelux
David Jones, United Kingdom


Director of the Secretariat
Karolina Johansson, Switzerland

 

From left to right, top to bottom: Oriol Calvo Vergés, Torbjørn Kvasbø, Monika Gass, Pim Sudhikam, Elaine Henry, Lynn Frydman Kuhn, Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida, Avi Amesbury, Fanny Auger, Ossama Emam, Shamai Gibsh, Hana Novotná, Misun Rheem, Anja Seiler, Wan Liya, Naho Yamashita.

 

List of contacts

Council members' contact information

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IAC Commissions



An institution like the IAC raises interesting issues. In order to respond effectively to these questions the Council has established various committees.

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