IAAF chief joins FIGIEFA board

At the General Assembly of the international association for parts distributors, FIGIEFA, held on 24 May in Brussels, president of the German association GVA, Hartmut Rohl, was unanimously voted (with 34 votes) to the position of Figiefa president for the second time. He takes over from Michel Vilatte of FEDA (France) who was elected to the vice-president’s role with 30 votes. IAAF chief executive Brian Spratt was elected as Figiefa’s new treasurer with 31 votes.

The other Figiefa board members elected at the meeting are: Eric Rommerts from the Dutch RAI association; Christer Liljenberg of the Swedish association SBF;   Polish association SDCM’s president Alfred Franke; and Eyal Tarablus of Turkey’s YPG association.   Pedro Barros from Portugal & Bruno Beccari of Italy were the unsuccessful candidates.

Tributes were paid to the service given by retiring board member Bob Davis of the SMMT, who has been Figiefa’s treasurer for 16 years. He was given a gift as a memento of his hard work.