IPAF Councils

IPAF Council

IPAF’s governing body is the IPAF Council, which is composed of the IPAF Board members, Committee chairpersons, Country/Regional Council chairpersons and five directly elected members. Council members are elected for a two-year period by IPAF members. View Past Presidents of IPAF.

Board Members:

• President: Karin Nars, Dinolift
• Deputy President: Karel Huijser, JLG
• Vice President: Kai Schliephake, Partnerlift
• CEO & Managing Director: Peter Douglas, IPAF
• Director: Nick Selley, AFI
• Director: Ben Hirst, Horizon Platforms
• Director: Julie Houston Smyth, LOLEX Ltd
• Director: Pedro Torres, Riwal
• DIrector: Jacco de Kluijver, Genie

Council Members:

• Arne Dirckinck-Holmfeld, PB Lifttechnik
• Enrique Garcia Delgado, Snorkel
• Paul Rankin, Loxam PAD & Nationwide Platforms
• Will Temple, Sunbelt Rentals
• Marcello Plonski Brasil, RCB Locações de Equipamentos e Máquinas 
• Susan Xu, Sinoboom

Committee Chairpersons

• Manufacturers’ Technical Committee, Jim Waldron, Skyjack
• Mast Climbing Work Platforms Committee, Kevin O’Shea, Hydro Mobile
• Training Committee, Steve Booker, Kentec
• IPAF Rental+ Committee, Ele Ioannou, Mr Plant Hire 
• IPAF International Safety Committee, Mark Keily, Sunbelt Rentals UK

IPAF Country and Regional Councils

IPAF country and regional councils consider specific issues and make recommendations to the IPAF Council for further discussion and action. They also organise national and regional activities that underpin and promote the safe use of powered access.

The current councils and chairpersons are:

• Brazilian Country Council
  Rodrigo Freitas, Rentalmaster
• Hong Kong Regional Council
  Tony Small, Gammon Construction
• Irish Council
  David Meeke, Balloo Hire Centres
• Italian Country Council
  Nicola Pontini, JLG
• Singapore Country Council
• Shawn Ong, Galmon
• Spanish Country Council
  Enrique García Delgado, Ahern Iberica
• Middle East Regional Council
  Peter Ellis, Halo 4 Safety
• UK Country Council
  Ben Hirst, Horizon Platforms
• North American Regional Council
  Chair – Ebbe Christensen, Reachmaster
  Member - Kevin O'Shea, Hydro Mobile
  Member- Mark Hinkel, Institute For Aerial Lift Safety
  Member - Greg Strid, Mastclimber LLC
  Member - Bart Krzysztofek, Skyjack
  Member - Randy DeCoteau, Terex AWP,
  Member - Matthew Eckstine, Eckstine & Assoc
  Member - Tom Trinen, Service One Access
  Member - Sean Ward, Haulotte US
  Member - Pat Witte, MEC AWP
  Member – Don Satterfield, EHS Manager, The Home Depot
  Member – TJ Lyons, Gilbane Construction