Chair & Executive Committee
European Polar Board Executive Committee
The EPB Executive Committee (EXCOM) members are elected by Plenary and are given the mandate of following key dossiers which they have identified, and organise the work together with the other EPB Representatives and Alternate Representatives, under the guidance of the Chair. The Executive Secretary and the Secretariat provide support to achieve the goals within each dossier. Plans on deliverables and status of completion are presented by the responsible EXCOM member at Plenary Meetings for advice and approval.
Key dossiers are connected with the Mission of the EPB and include:
- Support of scientific areas
- International collaboration
- Cooperation on infrastructures
- Information flow and outreach.
Prof. Peter Sköld
Chair
- EPB Member Representative for the Arctic Centre (ACUM) at Umeå University, Sweden
- Professor of history at Umeå University Sweden
- Swedish delegate of Arctic Council Culture, Economy and Geography Expert Group (SECEG)
- Deputy Director of the Chinese-Nordic Arctic Research Centre (CNARC)
- Honorary Consul of Västerbotten to Latvia
Prof. Carlo Barbante
EPB EXCOM Member
- EPB Member Representative for the National Programme for Research in Antarctica (PNRA), Italy
- Professor of Chemistry at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- ERC Senior Grantee
- Founder and first Director of the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National research Council of Italy
- President of the International Center for Climate Change Study and Research, Venice, Italy
- Italian delegate to IASC
- Scientific Advisor of the CNR Polar Hub
Dr. Daan Blok
EPB EXCOM Member
- EPB Member Representative for the Dutch Research Council (NWO)
- Programme Coordinator for the Netherlands Polar Programme (NPP), NWO
- Representative of the Netherlands for the Arctic - IASC Council, FARO Executive Committee
- Representative of the Netherlands for the Antarctic - SCAR Council, COMNAP
Dr. Dragomir Mateev
EPB EXCOM Member
- EPB Alternate Member Representative for the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute (BAI)
- Member of The Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute
- Vice Director of the National Centre for Polar Studies of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- Logistics and project manager of the Bulgarian Antarctic Program
- Member of the Bulgarian Antarctic delegation for Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings (ATCM), Co-chair of the Education and Outreach Intersessional Group within the ATCM
- Member of Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), Previously Vice Chair of COMNAP
Mr. Egill Thor Níelsson
EPB EXCOM Member
- EPB representative for Rannís, Iceland
- Senior Advisor at Rannís
- Representative for IASC Council and the Arctic Science Funders Forum
- Board Member of the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network
- Previously, Executive Secretary at the China Nordic Arctic Research Center and a visiting scholar at the Polar Research Institute of China
Dr. Miguel Angel Ojeda
EPB EXCOM Member
- EPB representative for the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
- Deputy Director of Marine Technology Unit (UTM- CSIC)
- Deputy Manager of Spanish Antarctic National Program in COMNAP
- Spanish Delegate to Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM)