Management

EURid’s day-to-day operations are led by an executive management team, which is overseen by a board of directors. The European Commission has the ultimate oversight of the .eu registry, which EURid operates according to EU regulations 733/2002 (pdf), 874/2004 (pdf), 1654/2005 (pdf), 1255/2007 (pdf) and 560/2009 (pdf).

Click on any of the names below for a brief biography of that person.

The management team

Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager
Bart Foutrel, Finance Manager
Peter Janssen, Technical Manager
Maria Göth, Communications Manager
Giovanni Seppia, External Relations Manager
Herman Sobrie, Legal Manager
Els Verstappen, Human Resources Manager

The board of directors

Pierre Verbaeten (DNS BE)(Chairman)
Marko Bonac (ARNES)
Danny Aerts (IIS)
Domenico Laforenza (IIT CNR)
Tomáš Maršálek (CZ.NIC)

EURid is also advised by a strategic committee that consists of one representative from each member organisation, a legal advisor and executives from the management team. Additional members include Philippe de Buck and Michiel Leenaars.

See the Articles of Association for more information about the management structure. This document is available in English only.