WorldSkills Board of Directors takes office

The WorldSkills International Board of Directors meeting at WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 included formal acknowledgement that the 2015-2019 Board is now in office. The Board expressed thanks to Rafael Lucchesi, ex officio WorldSkills São Paulo 2015, for his contributions, especially in connection with the Competition. Lucchesi pledged to contribute to WorldSkills in future. Also, the Board extended special thanks for long-standing contributions to Worldskills to Roberto Spada, retiring after two terms from his position of Vice President for Special Affairs. Spada expressed his thanks to the Board of Directors, and committed to remain involved with WorldSkills.

The Board of Directors for 2015–2019 is:

Simon Bartley (United Kingdom) – President of WorldSkills and Chair of the WorldSkills International Board of Directors

Stefan Praschl (Austria) - Vice President for Technical Affairs and Chair of the Competitions Committee

Jos de Goey (Netherlands) – Vice President for Strategic Affairs and Chair of the Strategy Committee

San-Quei Lin (Chinese Taipei) – Vice President for Special Affairs

Michael Fung (Hong Kong, China) – Vice Chair of the Competitions Committee

Laurence Gates (France) – Vice Chair of the Strategy Committee

Terry Cooke (Canada) – Treasurer

Ali Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates) – Ex officio WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017