HFA Board

HFA Board 2024-2026

Voting members

Executive Board members

• President:  Prof. Marco Metra, IT
• President-Elect: Prof. Wilfried Mullens, BE
• Treasurer: Dr. Antonio Bayes Genis, ES
• Secretary: Prof. Gianluigi Savarese, SE
• Chairperson of the Clinical Section: Assoc. Prof. Marianna Adamo, IT
• Chairperson of the Basic Science Section: Prof. Sophie Van Linthout, DE
  
• Coordinator for National HF Societies and Working Groups: Dr. Amina Rakisheva, KZ

Ordinary Board members

• Prof. Dana Dawson, UK
• Andreas Flammer, CH
• Camille Hage, SE
• Mark Petrie, UK
• Alejandro Recio Mayoral, ES
• Stefan Stoerk, DE
• Peter Van Der Meer, NL
• Klaus Witte, DE

Non-voting members

Ex-officio members

• Chair of GRASP-HF: Prof. Ovidiu Chioncel, RO
• Editor-In-Chief of European Journal of Heart Failure: Prof. Michael Boehm, DE
• Editor-In-Chief of ESC Heart Failure: Prof. Piotr Ponikowski, PL
  
• Chair of ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function: Prof. Wolfgang Linke, DE
• Chair of ESC Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases: Prof. Carsten Tschoepe, DE

Appointed members

• Chairperson of HFA DEI Committee: Dr. Brenda Moura, PT
• Chairperson of HF 2025 Congress: Prof. Petar Seferovic, RS
• Chairperson of HFA Young Committee: Assoc. Prof. Jozine Ter Maaten, NL
• Chairperson of HFA ICARe-HF Committee: Prof. Maurizio Volterrani

ESC Staff

• ESC CEO: Mr. Jean-François Riffaud, FR
  
• HFA Association manager: Mrs. Alexandra Gamard Henry, FR
  

HFA Board 2022–2024

Executive Board members

• Acting President and President-Elect: Prof. Marco Metra, IT (voting)
  
• Acting Past-President: Prof. Piotr Ponikowski, PL (non-voting)
• Chairperson of the Clinical Section: Dr. Antonio Bayes Genis, SP (voting)
  
• Chairperson of the Basic Science Section: Assoc. Prof. Carlo Gabriele Tocchetti, IT (voting)
  
• Coordinator for National HF Societies and Working Groups: Dr. Brenda Moura, PT (voting)
• Secretary: Prof. Maurizio Volterrani, IT (voting)
  
• Treasurer: Prof. Ovidiu Chioncel, RO (voting)
  

Ordinary board members

Clinical science section

• Dr. Marianna Adamo, IT (voting)
  
• Dr. Stamatis Adamopoulos, GR (voting)
• Prof. Offer Amir, IL (voting)
  
• Prof. Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz, TR (voting)
  
• Prof. Alain Cohen-Solal, FR (voting)
  
• Prof. Finn Gustafsson, DK (voting)
• Dr. Amina Rakisheva, KZ (voting)
  
• Prof. Arsen Ristic, RS (voting)
  
• Assoc. Prof. Gianluigi Savarese, SE (voting)
• Mrs. Maggie Simpson, GB (voting)
• Dr. Hadi Skouri, LB (voting)
• Assoc. Prof. Mariya Tokmakova, BG (voting)
  

Basic Science section

• Assoc. Prof. Arantxa Gonzalez Miqueo, SP (voting)
  
• Prof. Thomas Thum, DE (voting)
  
• Prof. Sophie Van Linthout, DE (voting)

Ex-officio members

• CEO, European Society of Cardiology: Jean François Riffaud (non voting)
  
• Chair of ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function: Prof. Dana Dawson, UK (voting)
  
• Editor-In-Chief of ESC Heart Failure: Prof. Massimo Piepoli, IT (voting)
• Heart Failure 2023 Chairperson: Prof. Wilfried Mullens, BE (voting)
• Heart Failure 2024 Chairperson: Prof. Gerasimos Filippatos, GR (voting)
  

Sui-Generis

• Assoc. Prof. Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, UK (non voting)
• Prof. Peter Van der Meer, NL (non voting)
  
• Prof. Mark Petrie, UK (non voting)
• Prof. Nicolas Girerd, FR (non voting)
  
• Prof. Carsten Tschöpe, DE (non voting)