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ISSA elects new

President amidst

unprecedented

membership growth

Alfred Borg, from Mr Olsen, from Denmark,

Malta, was re- commented: “The winds of change are
elected Treasurer.
blowing not only in ship supply but the

wider maritime community which our Also retiring at

members serve. It has been hugely the end of the year
rewarding for me to have led ISSA for will be Wim van

two terms as President and I am Noortwijk from
confident that Mr Hajah and the Board The Netherlands,

will join together to deliver the services former President of
and wider representational role that our ISSA and in recent

members require.”
years ISSA
Assembly Member Innovation being ISSA’s watch-

representing the word, this year’s annual event was billed
Associate as much more of a Regional Meeting

Membership. Mr and attracted many members from
Olsen, as retiring South and Central America.

Delegates from 30 countries President, will now

attended and focused on the subject of take over this role.
Matti Kokkala, money: how to make it; how to keep it;

Ifrom Finland, will how to recover it.
also be retiring Many of ISSA’s top management

from the Executive were in Panama to hear President
Board at the end of
Olsen announce an unprecedented

SSA has elected a new President the year after many years’ valuable increase in the overall membership
with Abdul Hameed Hajah from service as an Executive Vice-President. number. Growth areas include the

Singapore succeeding Jens Olsen, Paying tribute to Mr Olsen’s two Indian sub-continent, China, Indonesia
who will retire at the end of the year.
terms as ISSA President, Mr Hajah and much of Africa.

At the Association’s Annual General said: “Jens Olsen has worked tirelessly There was further good news in the

Meeting in Panama in May, the ISSA for the benefit of ISSA Members and number of ISSA Members boasting the
Assembly also elected two new launched a number of important and ISSA Quality Certification, a Standard

Executive Vice-Presidents to its Board: innovative initiatives. I fully intend to recognised and endorsed by the
George Saris from Turkey and build on the foundations he has laid and World Customs Organisation and

Vladimir Koval from Ukraine.
I am glad that he will still be available to InterManager and which can now be
offer advice and encouragement to In addition, Rocky Rocksborough- said to have achieved critical mass.

myself and the new team I now have
Smith, from Canada, was re-elected Mr Hajah and the new Executive
Senior Executive Vice-President and
the privilege to lead.”
Board take office on 1st January 2015.

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