IIHF Council

Presidents, Vice Presidents and Council Members 2008 - 2012

The General Congress elects the President, three Vice Presidents and seven Council Members for a four or five-year term. The General Secretary is a non-voting member of the IIHF Council. Click on the links below for biographies of the council members.

René Fasel

 President
 (SUI)
 Biography

Miroslav Subrt

 Life-President
 (CZE)
 Biography



Horst Lichtner

 General
 Secretary 
 (GER)
 Biography

Shoichi Tomita

 Vice-President
 (JPN)
 Biography



Kalervo Kummola

 Vice-President
 (FIN)
 Biography

Murray Costello

 Vice-President
 (CAN)
 Biography



Frederick Meredith

 Council
 Member
 (GBR)
 Biography

Ernest Aljancic

 Council
 Member
 (SLO)
 Biography



Frank Gonzalez

 Council
 Member
 (ESP)
Biography

Juraj Siroky

 Council
 Member
 (SVK)
 Biography



Christer Englund

 Council
 Member
 (SWE)
 Biography

Alexander Medvedev

 Council
 Member
 (RUS)
Biography



Tony Rossi

 Council
 Member
 (USA)
 Biography

Beate Grupp

 Council
 Member
 (GER)
 Biography

 



 

Beate Grupp   Close Biography


Dr Beate Grupp became one of the two first women to join the IIHF Council at the IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in 2003.
Dr Grupp, born on April 5, 1965 in Geislingen, Germany, served as the team doctor of Germany’s national women’s team since for many years. She is the youngest member of the current IIHF Council. Dr Grupp started practicing medicine in 1992 and in 1995 went on to get her degree with a Sports Medicine emphasis.
Currently, she works in Geislingen with her private practice where she focuses on physical therapy, sports medicine and orthopedics. She speaks English, French and German.

Monique Scheier-Schneider

 Council
 Member
 (LUX)
 Biography



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