Presidency and board
The association is administered by the egta Board which may include anywhere between 6 and 20 individuals who are elected by the General Assembly for a renewable term of office of two years.
egta president:
Geraldine O'LearyCommercial Director RTÉ Television RTÉ Ireland |
Geraldine O'Leary |
egta vice-presidents:
Andrea MalgaraChief Executive Officer Premium Media Solutions Germany |
Wim FrisonSecretary General VAR Belgium |
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egta treasurer: |
egta past president: |
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Heikki RotkoExecutive Vice President MTV Oy Finland |
In addition the remaining members of the Board are (in alphabetical order):
Laurent Bliaut Deputy General Director for Marketing, Study, Strategy TF1 Publicité France |
Andreas Fuhlisch Chief Executive Officer RMS Germany |
Michael GrimborgSenior Vice President Marketing & Sales TV4 Sweden |
Ludger LausbergManaging Director ARD Werbung Germany |
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Sergey PiskarevDeputy Director General Gazprom Media Russia |
Florian RuckertDirector Marketing IP Deutschland Germany |
Martin SchneiderChief Executive Officer publisuisse Switzerland |
Nuri Colakoglu Vice Chairman Dogan Media Group Turkey |
Pierre-Paul Vander Sande Chief International Operations Officer FTP France |
Peter SmithsonDirector of Sales Strategy Viasat United Kingdom |
Please note that within the Board, six people form the egta Executive Committee. The Executive Committee may decide to meet should any emergency arise that requires immediate action, or, simply to prepare a meeting ahead of the Board. This Executive Committee comprises of the president, the three vice-presidents, the treasurer, the past-president and the president elect.









Heikki Rotko
Andreas Fuhlisch
Michael Grimborg
Ludger Lausberg

Sergey Piskarev
Florian Ruckert

Pierre-Paul
Peter Smithson