Annual AETF congress in Sarajevo – new board elected

The annual AETF congress was held in Sarajevo on the 23rd of April. The congress was arranged during the European Championship.

During the congress, a new board was selected. It is a team lead by the new AETF president, Master Tomaz Barada. The elected board members are:

  • Master Tomaz Barada as president (Slovenia)
  • Master Paco Ferrando (Spain)
  • Master Stephen Ryan (Ireland)
  • Master Jorge Züger (Switzerland)
  • Master Heli Karjalainen (Finland)
  • Sabum Thomas Kulvik (Norway)
  • Sabum Ciprian Baneas (Romania)
  • Sabum Gillian Mcllvaney (Scotland)
  • Sabum Thomas Brandt (Denmark)


We are really thankful and proud to be chosen to lead the AETF for the next 4 years. The team is very motivated and we look forward to working together with the members to improve the organization and launch news initiatives. The new board will release information about that very soon. We already have a new web page, an updated graphical profile and many exciting new initatives on the way!

We also want to send a large and sincere thanks to the previous board for their hard work in the last period. We will build on what you have done and continue to improve the AETF together. Thank you!