Organization

Council

IAPH is governed by the Council comprising Executive Directors and Non– Executive Directors.

 

Executive Directors are President (ex officio Chair) and six Vice Presidents, and they form the Board, who has general authority to establish broad principles and objectives of IAPH and to make any decision regarding its operation, financing and structure of IAPH.

 

IAPH Board Members (2025-2027)

 

President
Mr. Jens Meier Chief Executive Officer Hamburg Port Authority, Germany

 

Vice President for Africa	Vice President for America, Central & South	Vice President for America, North
Mr. Abubakar Dantsoho Managing Director/ CEO, Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigeria	Mr. Vinicius Patel Director of Port Administration Port of Açu, Brazil	Mr. Eugene Seroka Executive Director Port of Los Angeles, U.S.A

 

Vice President for Asia, South/West, East & Middle East	Vice President for Asia, South East & Oceania	Vice President for Europe
Mr. Ichio Motono Senior Executive Director Yokohama Port Corporation, Japan	Ms. Marika Calfas Chief Executive Officer NSW Ports, Australia	Vacant

 

 

Six Regions of IAPH

IAPH value and respect democracy and regional autonomy by dividing the world into six geographical regions, from which a vice president is elected respectively to be represented on the IAPH Board:

 

• Africa
• America, Central and South
• America, North
• Asia, South/West, East and Middle East
• Asia, South East and Oceania
• Europe

 

 

Non-Executive Directors are Immediate Past President, Conference Vice President, Secretary-General, Managing Director, Internal Committee Chair, Technical Committee Chairs, Chairs or Project Leaders of Forums, Subsidiary Bodies and other significant initiatives up to a maximum of three (3) appointments, and one Associate Member representative. Non-Executive Directors provide general advice and guidance to the Board with respect to their areas of expertise to enable the Board for their decision-making.

 

Technical committees are the backbone of the IAPH activity in monitoring, collecting, analyzing and disseminating information on the latest trends of port management and operations for the benefit of the entire membership.

 

 

Climate and Energy Committee

Chair
	Mr. Edvard Molitor Port of Gothenburg Sweden Climate and Energy Committee

 

 

Risk and Resilience Committee

Chair
	Mr. Niels Vanlaer, Port of Antwerp-Bruges Belgium   Risk and Resilience Committee

 

 

Data Collaboration Committee

Chair
	Ms. Ingrid Boqué, Port of Barcelona Spain  Data Collaboration Committee

 

Planning, Operation and Finance Committee

Chair
	Dr. Ichio Motono, Yokohama Port Corporation, Japan   Planning, Operation and Finance Committee

 

 

Cruise Committee

Chair
	Mr. Simone Maraschi Cruise Gate Hamburg Germany Cruise Committee

 

 

Legal Committee

Chair
	Vacant Legal Committee

 

 

Finance & Audit Committee (Internal Committee)

Chair
	Mr. Gerd Ramdohr,  Hamburg Port Authority Germany Finance & Audit Committee

 

 

Clean Marine Fuels (CMF) WG

Chair
	Mr. Peter Alkema,  Port of Amsterdam Netherlands Clean Marine Fuels WG

 

 

Environmental Ship Index (ESI) WG

Chair
	Mr. Vinicius Patel Director of Port Administration Port of Açu, Brazil Environmental Ship Index WG

 

 

Representative of Associate Members

Captain Allan Gray, President Sentient Ports, Australia

 

 

Immediate Past President

Mr. Subramaniam Karuppiah, General Manager Port Klang Authority, Malaysia

 

 

 

Legal Counselors

Legal Counselors are a council of legal advisers appointed by the Board of Directors, who give legal advice and assistance to the Association when so requested.

 

Chair	Vice Chair
Mrs. Vineta Rudzīte Assistant to the CEO Freeport of Riga Authority, Latvia	Vacant