Frans Ellenbroek, The Netherlands (Chair)

Director, Natuurmuseum Brabant;
Advisor at Mondriaan Foundation;
Board Member of Brabants Landschap;
1995–2007 European Museum Forum National Correspondent;
2004–2007 Chairman of the European Invertebrate Survey;
Widely published: most recently 2009 Comeback Cities: Urban Man and Rural Man;
Facilitator at a number of Council of Europe EMF workshops;
Visual Artist.

Shirley Collier, UK

Chief Executive, Scarborough Museums Trust, UK;
EMF National Correspondent since 2010;
Member of the Museums Association;
Chair UK Registrars Group 2003-2005; Museums Libraries and Archives Museum Accreditation Committee;
Previously, Deputy Director of Collections, Imperial War Museum

Atle Faye, Norway

Director of Communication and PR, Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority (ABM-utvikling);
Former Head of Information in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Norway;
Extensive experience in politics and cultural affairs.

José Gameiro, Portugal

Director, Museu de Portimão, winner of Council of Europe Museum Prize 2010;
Member of the Museum and Conservation Committee of the National Culture Council – Portugal;
Founding member of the Portuguese Network of Museums (2000) and the Algarve’s Museum Network (2007)
Master in Management and Administration of Cultural Heritage by the University of the Algarve;
Member of International Association of Labor Museums – WORKLAB

Mikhail Gnedovsky, Russia

Director, Cultural Policy Institute;
Expert in several programmes of the Council of Europe, including the Intercultural Cities and the Cultural Policies and Trends;
1998-2002 - Director of Arts and Culture Programme, Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation) - Russia;
1999-2002 - Member, Arts and Culture Network Programme, Open Society Institute - Budapest;
Member and Chair, Expert Committee, the Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale (from 1995 to 2009);
Awarded the Golden Cross of Merit (Republic of Poland) in 2005.

Sirje Helme, Estonia

Director General, Art Museum of Estonia, including Kumu, winner of EMYA 2008;
2005-2009 Director of Kumu Art Museum;
1992–2005 Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Estonia;
1999–2005 Commissioner of the Venice Biennale;
Since 1974 she has been working as Editor and later as Editor-in-Chief of the Estonian art magazine Kunst;
Currently lecturer at the University of Tartu and Art Academy of Estonia.

Željka Kolveshi, Croatia

Museum Advisor and Deputy Director, Zagreb City Museum;
Head of Collections of Painting, Graphics and Applied Graphics;
Member of the Croatian Museum Association;
Member of ICOM Croatia 1994 to present and Vice-Chairperson 1996–2002;
Member of International Committee for Museums and Collections of Archaeology and History (ICMAH ICOM) 1994 to present, and Vice-Chairperson 2001–2004;

Jouetta van der Ploeg, The Netherlands

Director, Stadsmuseum Zoetermeer;
Board Member of the Dutch Museum Association;
Member of the Editorial Council National Museum Congress, Dutch Museum Association;
European Museum Forum National Correspondent;
Author and co-author of numerous publications

Hartmut Prasch, Austria

Director, Museum für Volkskultur Spittal;
Previously, EMF National Correspondent from 1999;
Board member of Austrian Museum Association since 1994;
Vice Chairman of Carinthian Museum Association since 2005;
Member of the Advisory Board, European Heritage, since 2007;
Member of Executive Council, ICOM, since 2007;
Board member of ICOM-Austria in 1998-2004

Michael Ryan, Republic of Ireland

Director, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, winner of EMYA 2002;
Chair of ICOM Ireland;
Recently appointed Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by the Government of France;
Honorary Professor in art history in Trinity College, Dublin;
Former President of the Royal Irish Academy;
Chairman of the Discovery Programme;
Former Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland;
Past Chair of the Irish Association of Professional Archaeologists;
1990 awarded the Medal of the Society of Antiquities London

Jette Sandahl, Denmark

Director of the Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark;
2006-2008 Director Experience, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand; 
2001-2006 Founding Director Museum of World Cultures, Sweden;
1995-2001 Director Exhibitions and Public Programs, National Museum of Denmark;
1984-1995 Project Manager and Director, the Women's Museum of Denmark

Sophie Serraris, Belgium

Museum Consultant and Project Manager, Kids in Museums - London;
Director iMuseum Consultancy;
2010-2011 Museum Consultant and Project Manager Open Air Museum Bokrijk, Belgium;
2008-2010 Project Manager EETiKET, FARO, Flemish Interface Centre for Cultural Heritage – Brussels

Jahangir Selimkhanov, Azerbaijan

Head of the multilateral international cultural co-operation section at the  Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Republic of Azerbaijan;
Project Coordinator in Azerbaijan, Pilot Project on the Rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage in Historic Towns, Council of Europe/ European Commission;
Advisory Board member, Cultural Policy Research Centre, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey;
Member, European Cultural Parliament;
1998-2010 Arts & Culture Programme Director, Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation Azerbaijan;

Wim De Vos, Belgium

Advisor to Belgian federal Minister in charge of the federal scientific institutions;
Chairman of the Flemish Museums Association;
Chairman of ICOM Belgium;
Member of the advisory board of The Best in Heritage (Dubrovnik);
Member of ICOM’s Strategic Plan Evaluation Committee (2010–2011);
2004–2009 Communication Manager of the Royal Belgian Institute and the Museum of Natural Sciences