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DATE: 6th December.2000, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE[i]

Board of UEAPME Re-elected

New Appointments to SME Policy Committees

UEAPME this week re-elected its entire board for a further two-year term of office. The elections took place at its General Assembly on Monday 4th December at the Economic & Social Committee in Brussels.

The re-appointments are as follows:

  • PresidentAndrea Bonetti (Italy, Confartigianato)
  • Senior Vice PresidentMario Secca (Portugal, AIP)
  • Vice-PresidentFranz Bamberger (Austria, WKÖ)
  • Vice PresidentPascal Kneuss (France, APCM)
  • Vice-PresidentDieter Philipp (Germany, ZDH)
  • Vice-PresidentBruno Menini (Italy, CNA)
  • Vice PresidentKris Peeters (Belgium, CNB-PME)
  • TreasurerJean-Pierre Martin (France, UPA)

Furthermore, the following were appointed as Auditors for a fist two-year term:

  • Danny Eysenbrandts(Belgium, CNB-PME)
  • Mrs. Mary-Lou Wedderburn(United Kingdom, FPB)

Additionally, elections took place for chairmanship appointments to three of UEAPME’s key policy committees:

  • Legal Affairs CommitteePeter Vesterdorf (Denmark, Håndværksrådet)
  • SME Finance & Relations with Banks Working Group
    Risto Suominen (Finland, Federations of Finnish Enterprises)
  • Taxation Working Group
    Chas Roy-Chowdhury (United Kingdom, FPB/ACCA)

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[i]UEAPME (Union Européenne de l’Artisanat et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises / European Association of Craft, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises) is the employers’ organisation representing craft, trades and SMEs in Europe (EU and countries applying for accession to the EU). It represents, through 69 national and European sectoral federations, over 10 million enterprises, which employ over 50 million people (EU figures, based on the membership of 22 national full member organisations: 7 million enterprises; 35 million employees). It is non-profit seeking and non-partisan, and promotes the interests of its member organisations at European level.