IAIN Officers' Committee

IAIN is administered by an Officers' Committee, of which the members have been elected by the General Assembly in October 2015. The current Officers' Committee members are:

President:
Yasuo Arai of the Japan Institute of Navigation (JIN);
Senior Vice President:
John Pottle of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN);
Vice President:
Elisabeth Fischer of the Austrian Institute of Navigation (ÖVN)
Vice President:
Hesham Helal of the Arab Institutes of Navigation (AIN)
Secretary General:
Simon Gaskin FRIN FNI of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)
Treasurer:
Rein van Gooswilligen of the Netherlands Institute of Navigation (NIN)
Immediate Past-President:
Dick Smith of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)
Associate Members Representative:
Boris Rivkin of the Academy of Navigation and Motion Control (ANMC)

IAIN appointed representatives

IAIN is represented in international organisations by appointed representatives. Current representatives are:

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) principal delegate:
Ramy Saad (AIN)
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) delegate:
Bart Banning (NIN)
International Committee on GNSS (ICG) principal delegate:
Elisabeth Fischer (ÖVN)
International Committee on GNSS (ICG) delegates:
Prof. Krzysztof Czaplewski (PNF) and Prof. Nobuaki Kubo (JIN)
International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO):
John Pepper (RIN)
International Maritime Organization (IMO):
Prof. Andy Norris (RIN)
US PNT Advisory Board:
Dr. Refaat Rashad (AIN)

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Editor:
Paul Ridgway

page last revised Jun 28, 2018

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