ECDC Management Board Chair and Deputy Chair elected

Daniel Reynders was elected Chair of ECDC’s Management Board at their meeting on  15-16 November 2016 for a two-year term. Dr Reynders, the Management Board member from Belgium, has been the chair since November 2015 when he replaced Dr Françoise Weber, when she left the Board mid-way through her mandate.

Anni Virolainen-Julkunen, the member from Finland, was elected Deputy Chair. She replaces the Estonian member Dr Tiiu Aro.

Dr Reynders is the Head of the International Relations and Public Health Emergencies department at the Belgian Federal Public Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment and has been a long standing member of the ECDC Management Board.

Dr Virolainen-Julkunen is the Senior Medical Officer in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and was previously the Chief Physician of the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in Finland.