Meet the board

We are governed by a Board that comprises an international group of experts, bringing together high-level experience and varied perspectives of hydropower.

The current Board was elected in July 2019, with the new members taking up their positions in September 2019. They are elected for the period to September 2021. Learn more about IHA Board elections.

President

Roger GILL

Roger Gill has over 40 years of experience in the renewable energy sector with a particular focus on hydropower. He has a civil engineering background...
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Chief Executive

Eddie RICH

Eddie Rich became Chief Executive Officer of the International Hydropower Association (IHA) in September 2019.
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Vice presidents

Christine CANTIN

Christine Cantin has multidisciplinary professional experience. After graduating from Université Laval in 1990...
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Colin CLARK

Colin Clark is Chief Technical Officer of Brookfield Renewable. He is the senior executive providing global leadership of...
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Tammy CHU

Tammy Chu is managing director of Entura, a power and water consulting firm that is part of the Hydro Tasmania Group...
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Gil MARANHÃO Neto

Gil Maranhão Neto has been working in the Brazilian electricity sector since 1994, and for GDF Suez since 1996, where he is...
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Dr Óli SVEINSSON

Dr Óli Sveinsson is the Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland.
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Uwe WEHNHARDT

Uwe Wehnhardt is the President and CEO of Voith Hydro.
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Board members

Irene Cañas Díaz

Irene Cañas Díaz is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairwoman of the ICE Group Board.
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Thibault DESCLÉE DE MAREDSOUS

Thibault is the Chief Marketing Officer of GE Renewable Energy and an IHA Board Member for 2019-2021.
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Dingming ZHANG

Dingming Zhang is the Executive Vice President of China Three Gorges Corporation.
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Herbie JOHNSON

Herbie Johnson is General Manager at Southern Company.
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Frédéric HOFMANN

Frédéric Hofmann is Vice-President in charge of Development at EDF Hydro, EDF. He has over 15 years of experience in the hydropower sector. Mr Hofmann joined the IHA Board in 2019.
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Anton-Louis OLIVIER

Anton-Louis Olivier is CEO of the REH Group companies, which comprises Renewable Energy Holdings (Pty) Ltd, REH Project Development (Pty) Ltd, REH Operations and Maintenance (Pty) Ltd and a number
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WU Shiyong

Deputy General Manager, Yalong River Hydropower Development Company
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Tron ENGEBRETHSEN

Tron Engebrethsen has over 17 years of experience leading power generation at Statkraft...
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Moisés MACHAVA

Moisés Machava is an executive director of Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), based in Mozambique. He is in charge of the technical field, covering hydropower generation and other support services areas...
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Sharbini SUHAILI

Sharbini Suhaili is Group CEO of Sarawak Energy, a state-owned corporation entrusted with the overall development...
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Evgeniy TIKHONOV

Evgeniy Tikhonov joined the IHA Board in September 2017. He is Chief Development and Strategy Director of EuroSibEnergo (ESE)...
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