FAI News & Press Releases << Back to the Press Release Index >> New Organisation Structure for FAI Lausanne, Switzerland, 03 October 2000 The FAI General Conference held at Linköping in Sweden on 28/29 September 2000 adopted sweeping changes in the management structure of FAI. The previous 60-strong Council was replaced with immediate effect by an Executive Board with 7 voting members. This will be better placed to take well-considered and timely executive decisions in an increasingly fast-moving business and media environment. The new FAI President, Mr. Wolfgang Weinreich, chairs the Board. Mr Weinreich is a former Chief of the Lufthansa 747 fleet, and is currently President of the FAI's German member organisation, the Deutscher Aero Club, and of Europe Airsports, the Europe-wide organisation responsible for regulatory matters in sporting aviation. Mr Weinreich is a keen glider and power pilot. His Executive Directors are: Mr. Alvaro De Orleans-Borbon (who will take the chair in the absence of the President), Mr Orleans-Borbon is a former FAI 1st Vice President, who represents Spain in the FAI. Originally educated as an electronic engineer, he has wide experience as a company president and director and has a special interest in technical innovation. As a glider pilot, he has competed at national and international level for many years. Mr. Robert Clipsham, Mr Clipsham, a civil engineer from Toronto, Canada is the President and Chief Financial Officer of a civil engineering and land surveying company. A director of several aviation organisations and adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, he holds a commercial power pilot's licence. Mr. Hideo Hirasawa, Mr Hirasawa, an aeronautical engineer from Japan, was President of the JAMCO Corporation (Aircraft maintenance and overhaul) and of the HSST Development Corporation (electromagnetically levitated linear motor train). He was also a senior Vice President and Board Member of Japan Airlines. Mr. Donald Koranda, Mr. Koranda, USA, is the President and CEO of the National Aeronautic Association, the FAI's USA member organisation. A former Senior Vice President of AOPA and Vice President of the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, he has been involved in association management (profit and non-profit) for 23 years. Mr. Koranda is an experienced landplane, seaplane and helicopter pilot. Mr. Ivo Mazzola, A mechanical engineer by training, Mr. Mazzola, Switzerland, is the owner of an engineering and machinery manufacturing company. He was President of the FAI General Aviation Commission and is an aeroplane, glider and helicopter pilot. He has represented FAI and general aviation's interests on airspace and regulatory matters in ICAO, ECAC and Eurocontrol. Mr. Pierre Portmann, General Secretary of the FNA, the French General Aviation Federation, since 1997, Mr. Portmann is also the President of the FAI General Aviation Commission. Formerly Chairman and CEO of several companies, he has a wide experience in business administration, management and finance. He is an active private pilot.

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