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ENQA Board

The Board is the executive body of ENQA. It is elected by the General Assembly and convenes at least quarterly to discuss current issues. The President of the Board acts also as the President of the whole association. The ENQA Board has three standing committees: the Review Committee, the Membership Committee and the Finance Committee.

The main responsibilities of the Board are to:

  • prepare and supervise a yearly work plan, to be discussed and approved by the General Assembly;
  • prepare workshops and other activities as defined in the work plan;
  • ensure that any specific mandate determined by the General Assembly is executed;
  • decide on the admission of new members or the exclusion of members in breach of the Statutes (pdf);
  • make recommendations to the General Assembly on any modification of the Regulations;
  • appoint the Director;
  • instruct and evaluate the work of the Director in charge of the Secretariat, and the work of the Secretariat of ENQA;
  • oversee the financial arrangements of ENQA and provide for the auditing of the accounts;
  • take such other action as it may deem necessary in the interests of ENQA.

Summaries of the Board meetings can be found under the News section.

Board members

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Achim Hopbach Dr. Achim Hopbach is the President of the ENQA Board, serving as President since September 2009; Achim is also part of the ENQA Finance Committee, and is an alternate member of the Membership Committee.
Achim is the Managing Director of GAC (German Accreditation Council) which operates in Bonn, Germany.
Fiona Crozier Ms. Fiona Crozier is currently one of the two Vice-Presidents of the ENQA Board, serving since 2008; she also serves on the ENQA Review Committee.
Fiona is an Assistant Director, Development and Enhancement Group of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA, UK) which operates in Gloucester, United Kingdom.
Helka Kekäläinen Dr. Helka Kekäläinen, is currently one of the two Vice-Presidents of the ENQA Board, serving since 2009; she is part of the Review Committee.
Helka is the Secretary General of the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC), which operates in Helsinki, Finland.
Prof Dr. Damian, as a member of the ENQA Board since 2010 (after a one year co-option), is the director of the Department of Quality Evaluation at the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS), which operates in Bucharest, Romania.
Prof Dr. Dittrich, as a member of the ENQA Board since 2009, is the chairman of the Netherlands Flemish Accreditation Organization (NVAO), which operates in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Elisabeth Fiorioli Mrs. Fiorioli, as a member of the ENQA Board since 2010, is the Managing Director of the Austrian Accreditation Council (AAC) which operates in Vienna, Austria.
Josep Grifoll Mr. Josep Grifoll, as a member of the ENQA Board since 2008, serves on the ENQA Review Committee.
Josep is currently Technical Director for Quality Assurance at the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya), Barcelona, Spain.
Mr. Llavori, as a member of the ENQA Board since 2009, is the Head of the Unit for International Relations of the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA) which operates in Madrid, Spain.
Padraig Walsh Dr. Padraig Walsh is a member of the ENQA Board since 2011.
Chief Executive designate, Qualifications and Quality Assurance Ireland (QQAI)
Chief Executive, Irish Universities Quality Board (IUQB)
Chief Executive, National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI)
Chief Executive, Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC)
Chief Executive, Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC)

Committees of the ENQA Board

The ENQA Board has three standing committees: the Review Committee, the Membership Committee and the Finance Committee. These committees deal respectively with external reviews of member agencies, membership and financial issues. They assist the Board with the decision-making process by providing recommendations on the aforementioned areas.

A. Review Committee

Subcommittee A
  • Fiona Crozier
  • Karl Dittrich
  • Rafael Llavori
  • Alternate member: Radu Damian
Subcommittee B
  • Josep Grifoll
  • Helka Kekäläinen
  • Alternate member: Fiona Crozier

B. Membership Committee

  • Radu Damian
  • Elisabeth Fiorioli
  • Rafael Llavori
  • Alternate member: Josep Grifoll

C. Finance Committee

  • Achim Hopbach
  • Helka Kekäläinen
  • Karl Dittrich