UNIEP Board
President: Helmut Schulz (AT)
First Vice-President: Sylvain Fornès (FR)
Second Vice-President: Igor Pipan (SI)
Board Members: Ines Jeschke (DE), Neil Ogilvie (UK), Domenica Fortunato (LU)
Members of the Board without vote: Moritz Kachel (DE)
Treasurer: Dirk Van Kerkhove (BE)
Auditor: Pierre Koehl (FR)
Helmut Schulz
President
Mr. Schulz has a 50-year experience with painting trade organisations, holding several positions from Secretary to President in the Austrian Painting Association. He has gained extensive political experience through a number of institutions, including the Local Council and Associations.
Sylvain Fornès
First Vice-President
Painter since 1980, he started his own enterprise in 1990 and had around 60 employees of which 12 young women. He trained 22 apprentices who all obtained their degree (level 3 and 4). Member of CAPEB since the creation of his company, he is now President of the National Section for Painters Contractors. Sylvain Fornès has been for several years and still is Member of the Examination Committee, works with the National Education and CCCA BTP for the renewal of the diplomas, participates to the update of standards.
Igor Pipan
Second Vice-President
Mr. Igor Pipan has more than 29 years praxis of management and organization in transport and service sector. Now he is over 19 years employed as a Sections Secretary in the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia. Last 6 years he has also been a Secretary for Painting and Decorating Section.
Ines Jeschke
Neil Ogilvie
In 2010, Mr. Ogilvie became the Acting Chief Executive of the Painting and Decorating Association, and was confirmed in the role in September 2011. His role includes: PDA representative of the National Specialist Contractors' Council, UK representative of UNIEP, member of inter-professional networking with other Trade Associations / Federations and with Manufacturers and Suppliers PDA has almost 50 Associate Members.
Dirk Van Kerkhove
Treasurer
Dirk Van Kerckhove has almost 40 years experience in the Building sector. He is since 2006 technical advisor and since 2016 director of Embuild Connect which is taking care of the Belgian Painting Association. He has been project-leader in a painting company for several years and collaborated in many Erasmus and Erasmus+ projects.
Domenica Fortunato