🌍 IRU General Meeting 2023 – Guy Hoffmann elected as new President 🌍
We are pleased to announce the election results from our XVth IRU General Meeting, which took place on October 6, 2023.
✨ Mr. Guy Hoffmann, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Banque Raiffeisen Luxembourg, has been elected as the new IRU – International Raiffeisen Union e.V. President, succeeding Franky Depickere from CERA CV. Mr Depickere remains a supporter of the IRU as he has been re-elected as Boad Member.
Newly elected President Guy Hoffmann (middle) together with Dr. Eckhard Ott as Vize-President, Prof. Dr. Hans Groeneveld as new Treasurer, Andreas Kappes as re-appointed Secretary General and Board Member Dr. Nandini Azad.
During his inaugurual speech as new President, Mr Hoffmann emphasized that he is
Next to Guy Hoffmann, Dr Eckhard Ott from DGRV has been re-elected as Vize-President and Prof. Dr. Hans Groeneveld from Rabobank has been elected as Treasurer. Mr. Andreas Kappes has been re-appointed as Secretary General.
Joining Mr. Hoffmann on the IRU Board of Directors are distinguished cooperative leaders from around the world:
- Dr. Nandini Azad, President of Indian Cooperative Network for Women (#ICNW), India
- Younsik Kim, Chairman & President, National Credit Union Federation of Korea
- George Ototo, Managing Director of KUSCCO – Kenya Union of Savings & Credit Co-operatives Ltd.
- Dileep Sanghani, President of National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI)
- Adem Darimla, President of Board of Directors, Türkiye Tarım Kredi Kooperatifleri, Turkey
- Erwin Hameseder, President, Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband (Austrian Raiffeisen Association), Austria
- Christian Hofer, Head Sustainability, Political Affairs and Cooperatives at Raiffeisen Switzerland Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft
- Elenita Roque, CEO of ACCU – Association of Asia Confederation of Credit Unions, Thailand
- Gustav Sawatzky, Vice-President Board of Directors, Fecoprod Ltda., Paraguay
- Paulina Schwarz, Deputy President, Raiffeisen Südtirol
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all elected members and look forward to exciting initiatives under our new leadership!
