Executive Committee
The Executive Committee has responsibility for the day-to-day running of ESCP and convenes regularly throughout the year, either face to face or by telephone conference.
The President is elected annually, and selected on a rotational basis from each of ESCP’s three geographic regions (eastern, central and western). The Executive Committee nominates a president for ratification and election at the Annual General Meeting.
The Secretary, Treasurer and Chairman of the Scientific Programme Committee each hold office for three years, and are nominated for election by the Executive Committee, approved by Council and formally appointed at the AGM. During their last year of office, they are shadowed by the incoming officer for one year to ensure a smooth handover.
ESCP's next Assistant Secretary
ESCP is delighted to announce that Dr Eloy Espin-Basany has been selected by the Executive Committee as the new incoming Assistant Secretary for the Society.
Dr Espin will begin his term of office in September 2013, following the ESCP meeting in Belgrade. He will then succeed Mr Peter Dawson as Secretary when he demits office in September 2014.
Dr Espin completed his surgical training in Barcelona and in 2001 he passed his EBSQ-coloproctology in Maastricht. He is currently head of the colorectal surgery unit at Hospital Valle de Hebron, Barcelona and professor of Surgery at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He has previously served on the ESCP Council as National Representative for Spain and has been an active member of the Society since it was formed.
The current Executive Committee is:
- President: Søren Laurberg
- Immediate Past President: Zoran Kriovokapic
- President Elect: Ronan O'Connell
- President in Waiting: Yury Shelygin
- Secretary: Peter Dawson
- Treasurer: Thomas Schiedeck
- Assistant Treasurer: Paul Antoine Lehur
- Scientific Committee Chair: Donato Altomare
- Education Committee Chair and UEMS* Representative: Klaus Matzel
- Research Committee Chair: Dion Morton
- Membership Committee Chair: Stefan Post
- Website Committee Chair: Miklos Kassai
- Journal Representative: Najib Haboubi
Chairman to the Trustees, Sergey Achkasov, is a non-executive officer.
*Union Europeène des Médecins Spécialistes
