New President of EWF

Connect, no.150, September/October 2007, p.6

Tim Jessop, TWI's Associate Director Professional Affairs and Certification, has been elected as the next President of the European Welding Federation. His three year term of office will begin in January 2008.

The European Welding Federation acts as the representative of the welding and joining community in Europe and, at present, has 27 national welding societies as members. Its role is to prepare harmonised rules for the education andtraining of personnel involved in welding, joining and related technologies and facilitate the exchange of scientific and technical information.