Meet the Board

Clemens Martin Auer

EHFG President

President of the European Health Forum Gastein, and the former Special Envoy of Health for the Austrian Ministry of Health

Ilona Kickbusch

EHFG Vice-President

Founding Director and Chair of the Global Health Centre of the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland.

Günther Leiner

EHFG Honorary President

Founder of the EHFG. Former member of the Austrian Parliament and Deputy Chair of the Health Committee.

Franz Weichenberger

Treasurer

An entrepreneur. Has been involved in developing tourism in the Gastein Valley for more than two decades. One of the EHFG co-founders.

Richard Bergström

Board member

Vice President of European Affairs, IQVIA

Nick Fahy

Board member

Research Group Director, RAND Europe

Josep Figueras

Board member

Director Emeritus, European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies

Yannis Natsis

Board member

Director, European Social Insurance Platform

Herwig Ostermann

Board member

Executive Director, Austrian Public Health Institute

Vesna Kerstin Petrič

Board member

Head of Office for cooperation with WHO, Ministry of Health of Slovenia

Anniek de Ruijter

Board member

Professor in Health Law and Policy, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Miklós Szócska

Board member

Associate Professor and Director, Health Services Management Training Centre, Semmelweis University, Hungary

Sonja Wehsely

Board member

Executive Vice President, Siemens Healthineers

Ulrich Wiedemaier

Board member

Prodinger, Wiedemaier & Partner SteuerberatungsgmbH & Co KG

Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat

Associate Board member

Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems at WHO Regional Office for Europe

Cristina Modoran

Associate Board member

Head of the Policy Strategy Unit, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission