Executive Board

The Executive Board (EB) is responsible to the Annual Assembly for the management of the Society. It comprises the 1st and 2nd Vice-Presidents and 2-8 ordinary members, and is chaired by the President of the Society. The term of office is four years.

The current EB was elected on 8 August in Taizhou, the next elections will be held latest in Ireland in June 2026. Contact your National Committee if you are interested.

To reflect the balance of industry and science IPS stands for, Executive Board members come from both areas. Further emphasis is laid on a cultural, gender and geographical balance.

With the exception of the Presidents, only one Board member from each country can be elected to the Board. Substitute members are not allowed. Elections for Executive Board members are held at the Annual Assembly on nominations by the IPS National Committees, usually every two years. Executive Board members are eligible for re-election.

To contact the EB, write an email to eb (at) peatlands.org.

President

Mr Hannu Salo

Tunkkarintie 24, 69730 Tunkkari, Finland

+358 40 502 2542

hannu.salo (at) peatlands.org and hannu.salo (at) bioenergia.fi

First Vice President

Dr Ilze Ozola

Purvisi, Limbazu district, LV-4063, Latvia

+371 2643 2014

ilze.ozola (at) epicentrs.lv

www.epicentrs.lv/news

Second Vice President

Dr Anna-Helena Purre

Mäepealse road 31-24, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia

+372 5569 5978

anna-helena.purre (at) peatlands.org

Asha Hingorani

Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association, PO Box 37018, RPO Cannon St E, Hamilton, ON L8L 0A8, Canada

phone: +1 780 455 0654 mobile: +1 613 668 3037

asha (at) peatmoss.com

www.peatmoss.com

Bernd Hofer

Hofer & Pautz GbR, Ingenieurgesellschaft für Ökologie, Buchenallee 18, 48341 Altenberge, Germany

+49 171 214 0348

hofer (at) hofer-pautz.de

www.hofer-pautz.de

Dr. Sabine Jordan

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment, Box 7014, S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden

+46 18 67 1946

sabine.jordan (at) slu.se

www.slu.se/institutioner/mark-miljo

Dr Lulie Melling

Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute, Lot 6035, Kuching-Kota Samarahan Expressway 94300, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

luliemelling (at) gmail.com

www.sarawaktropi.my

Mrs Päivi Peronius

Neova Oy, B.O.Box 22 (Yrjönkatu 42) 40101 Jyväskylä, Finland

paivi.peronius @ neova-group.com

www.neova-group.com

Mr Paddy Rowland

Knockowen Road, Clara Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly R35XE30, Ireland

paddy.rowland (at) bnm.ie

www.bnm.ie

Mr Guus van Berckel

Lutsborgsweg 71, 9752 VT Haren, The Netherlands

+31 653114810

g.vanberckel (at) griendtsveen.de

www.griendtsveen.de

Professor Meng Wang

Northeast Normal University, Institute of Peat and Mire Research, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, China

+86 431 8509 9550

wangm581 (at) nenu.edu.cn

http://en.nenu.edu.cn

Honorary President Professor emeritus Juhani Päivänen

Helsinki, Finland

juhani.paivanen (at) gmail.com