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| ACE New Executive Board Takes Up Office Jean-François Susini, France, has been elected President of the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) for a two-year mandate. For the first time the Architects’ Council of Europe has a directly elected President. The Executive Board consists of ten other members, five of whom were elected and five of whom take up their seats on a rotating basis by country. Jean-François Susini was the President of the “Conseil national de l’Ordre des architectes” in France from 2000 to 2005. Also elected were Luciano Lazzari, Italy, Vice President, Katarina Nilsson, Sweden, Treasurer, Pierre-Henri Schmutz, Switzerland, Coordinator Access to the Profession, Olgierd Dziekonski, Poland, Coordinator Architecture and Society and Fabian Llisterri Monfort, Spain. The other Members of the Board by rotation are John Wright, UK, Coordinator Practice of the Profession, David Felice, Malta, Peter Benuska, Slovakia, Tonu Laigu, Estonia and Rob Budding, The Netherlands. Luciano Lazzari as Vice President has been given special responsibility for Communication issues and it is expected that the presence of the ACE in the public eye will increase significantly during the mandate of the new Board, which will implement a new thematic approach to the work of the ACE set out in three pillars: Access to the Profession; Practice of the Profession and Trade in Services; The Role of Architecture in Society. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |