Executive Board
The Executive Board of IPS is chaired by the President of the Society. It comprises the 1st and 2nd Vice-Presidents and 2-6 ordinary members. Substitute members are not allowed.
The term of office of the President and that of the 1st and 2nd Vice President is four years. The term of office of the Executive Board members is four years.
Executive Board members are eligible for re-election. The number of Board members from each country cannot exceed two. The Executive Board is responsible to the Annual Assembly for the management of the Society.
To reflect the balance of industry and science IPS stands for, Executive Board members come from both areas. Further emphasis is laid on a cultural and geographical balance. With the exception of the Presidents, only one Board member from each country can be elected to the Board.
Elections for Executive Board members are held at the Annual Assembly on nominations by the IPS National Committees.
Members of the Executive Board in 2010
Members of the IPS Executive Board elected at the Annual Assemblies of the Society are:
President 
Mr. Donal Clarke
Newtown House
Cahore, Gorey
Co Wexford
IRELAND
Mobile: +353 86 255 3806
Mobile Fax:+353 86 801 3806
E-mail: donalcke at indigo.ie
1st Vice President 
Prof. Björn Hånell
Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
SE-901 83 Umeå
SWEDEN
E-mail: bjorn.hanell at ssko.slu.se
2nd Vice President new!
Mr. Paul Short 
Canadian
Sphagnum Peat Moss Association
13 Mission Avenue Suite 2208
St.
Albert, AB T8N 1H6
CANADA
Tel.: +1 780 460 8280
Fax: +1 780 459
0939
E-mail: paul.short at peatmoss.com
Other Members: 
Mrs. Satu Helynen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
PL 1603
40101 Jyväskylä
FINLAND
Tel.: +358 20 207 222 661
E-mail: satu.helynen at vtt.fi
Mr. Valerijs Kozlovs
Latvian Peat Producers' Association
Bauskas str. 20
LV-1004 Riga
LATVIA
Tel.: +371 6 760 5096
Fax: +371 6 762 7810
E-mail: peat.lv at peat.lv
Mr. Erki Niitlaan new!
Estonian Peat Association
Männiku tee 104
EE-11216 Tallinn
ESTONIA
Phone: +372
668 1016
Fax: +372 668 1018
Mobile: +372 552 7327
E-mail:
info at turbaliit.ee
Prof. Dr. Lech Wojciech Szajdak new! 
Doctor Honoris Causa
Polish Academy of Sciences
Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment
ul. Bukowska 19
PL-60-809 Poznan
POLAND
Tel.: +48 61 847 5601
Fax: +48 61 847 3668
Email: szajlech at man. poznan.pl, lszajdak at tlen.pl
Prof. Dr. Jutta Zeitz
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture
Division of Soil Science and Site Science
10115 Berlin
GERMANY
Tel. +49 30 20 93 9030
Fax: +49 30 20 93 8369
Email: jutta.zeitz at agrar.hu-berlin.de
