Appointment of New Elected Officials including Michal Ron (SACE) as President

23/10/2020
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Members of the Berne Union voted to appoint new elected officials, including Michal Ron (SACE) as the new President and Christina Westholm-Schroder (SOVEREIGN) as Vice-President for a 2 year term

Follwing last week's Annual General Meeting, Memebrs of the Berne Union have voted to appoint a number of new elected officials for the 2020/22 term.

We congratualte and welcome all the new or re-appointed Elected Officials for the following roles:

President: Michal RonSACE
Vice President: Christina Westholm-SchroderSOVEREIGN
ST Committee Chair: Julian HudsonCHUBB
• MLT Committee Chair: Dominique Meessen, CREDENDO
ST Committee Vice Chair: Sunil Joshi, ECGC
MLT Committee Vice Chair: Andrew Underwood, AXA XL

They join the currently elected officials for the ECA and Prague Club Committees

New institutional members joining the Management Committee are: CREDENDO; EH GERMANY; EXIAR; KSURE; MIGA; SINOSURE

Many thanks to all of the outgoing elected officials and MC participants, including Beatriz Reguero (CESCE) who has completed her 2-year term as President, and JC Eun (KSURE) who steps down as Vice Chair of the ST Committe, as well as ATRADIUS, BPIFRANCE, COFACE, HBOR, NEXI, and SACE for their service as institutional members of the Berne Union Management Committee.

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Elected Officials of the Berne Union

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Members of the Berne Union voted to appoint new elected officials, including Michal Ron (SACE) as the new President and Christina Westholm-Schroder (SOVEREIGN) as Vice-President for a 2 year term

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