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Mustafa B. Shehu<\/h4>

President<\/p><\/a><\/p>\n

Mustafa B. Shehu was President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers 2012-2013 and President of the Federation of African Engineering Organizations (FAEO) from 2015 to 2016.<\/p>\n

He studied electrical engineering in Nigeria and started his career with the 1,320MW Lagos Thermal Power Station Egbin. He was appointed to the Kano State Rural Electricity Board as a Senior Engineer, where he rose to the position of Assistant Director in 1998, following which he established with colleagues, MBS Engineering Limited. The company has expertise in electrical and mechanical engineering services, power engineering as well as Oil and Gas engineering. <\/p>\n

Mustafa participates actively in the activities of professional and business associations. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers as well as Fellow of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Mustafa was elected to the position of President-Elect at the Federation\u2019s General Assembly in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica in March 2022 and became President at the General Assembly in Prague on 14 October 2023.<\/p>\n

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Seng Chuan Tan<\/h4>

President-Elect<\/p>\n

Er. TAN Seng-Chuan holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and Master of Science (Building Science) from the National University of Singapore. He is a Professional Engineer (Civil) and Chartered Engineer (Environment & Water) registered in Singapore, National Environment Agency accredited GHG Lead Verifier, GRI Certified Sustainability Professional and a Senior Practicing Management Consultant (Sustainability) Certified by Singapore Business Advisors and Consultants Council. His professional experiences cover the sectors of Sustainability, Climate Change, Environmental, Water, Energy, Built Environment & Infrastructure, Chemical and Petrochemical, Oil & Gas and other Industrial projects in Asia Pacific region.<\/p>\n

Er. Tan holds various positions in the early part of his career. In 2010, he was appointed as Director of CH2MHill responsible for the operation and development of the water and environmental services business in the Asia Pacific Region. In 2015 he joined Ramboll Environ (Asia Pacific) as Regional Managing Director leading the development and implementation of company strategies across offices in Asia Pacific. Presently, he served as Managing Director of TEMBUSU Asia Consulting Pte Ltd, a leading sustainability consultancy company in Asia focus on the development and implementation of United Nation Sustainability Development Goals. TEMBUSU Asia is accredited by Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) and Asia Carbon Institute (ACI) accredited Validation & Verification Body.<\/p>\n

Er. TAN is the Emeritus President of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) where he served as President from 2006 to 2008; he also served as President of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP) from 2007 till 2011, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineers Coordinating Committee and member of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) Governing Board from 2015 to 2019. Presently he serves as President-Elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organization (WFEO) and Chairman of Chartered Engineering Board in Singapore.<\/p>\n

Er. TAN was elected to the position of President-Elect of WFEO at the General Assembly in Prague on 14 October 2023<\/a>
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Jos\u00e9 Vieira<\/h4>

Past President<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Jos\u00e9 Vieira is a civil engineer with extensive experience in engineering education, research and management. He is Full Professor at University of Minho, Portugal, where he served as Pro Rector (1990-1998) and Vice Rector (1998-2002). He has coordinated large number of graduation and post-graduation study programmes in civil engineering, and develops his research activities in the fields of water resources planning, hydrodynamics in estuaries and coastal zones, and drinking water and public health.<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Jos\u00e9 Vieira was President of the Engineers Europe (Ex-FEANI) from 2014 to 2020. Under his leadership, strategic initiatives were launched to enhance the visibility of the value of engineers to society, stressing the relevance of promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in future engineering education and practice.<\/p>\n

He became President of WFEO from the General Assembly in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica in March 2022, to the General Assembly in Prague on 14 October 2023.
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Ania Lopez<\/h4>

Executive Vice-President<\/p>\n

Ania Lopez has a double degree in Mechanical Engineering in Cuba and Italy.<\/p>\n

She has over 20 years of experience as an engineer in public and private works in large infrastructures including the construction, HVAC, healthcare and electricity sectors.<\/p>\n

She is a consultant as Project Manager for Energy Engineer for the European project “Next Generation EU” in the authorization processes for all Renewable Energy Plants in the Lazio Region.
\nIn 2022 she obtained a PhD in Industrial and Management Engineering,Sapienza University of Rome, with research activities in the field of agrivoltaic production and renewable energy. She was also appointed coordinator of the FAO-WFEO Project.
\nFrom 2020, she was chair of the WFEO Awards Committee and member of the Committees Support and Review Working Group.
\nSince 2013, she was the delegate of the Italian National Council of Engineers (CNI) at WFEO and active member in the Committees on Women and Energy.
\nFrom 2011 to 2022, she was member of CNI (Ministry of Justice) and of the Foundation Board of the National Council of Engineers.<\/p>\n

Ania Lopez has been elected Executive Vice-President of WFEO at the General Assembly in Prague on 14 October 2023.<\/p>\n

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Ashok Basa<\/h4>

Executive Vice-President<\/p>\n

Eng. Ashok Basa is a well-known structural engineer in India who has made immense contribution in the design and construction of bridges, hydraulic structures and rehabilitation of structures, 1800 m long flyover, 2000 m long river bridge, 1400 m long railway bridge, rehabilitation of a century old 1400 m long railway bridge are some examples of his extensive works. Because of such wide experiences, he is a member of several important national code committees in India.<\/p>\n

In 2014 he was elected as President, The Institution of Engineers (India) which happens to be world\u2019s largest multi-disciplinary engineering professional society having more than one million members. He was also the Chair of the Committee on Information, Communication and Technology of Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and Pacific (FEIAP) in 2014. Besides, he had prominent participation in the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) during 2014-2018.<\/p>\n

He had a long association with WFEO for about one and a half decade being actively involved in a number of capacities, such as a member of the Executive Council, member of Governance Committee, Finance Committee, STC Review Committee, Committee on Information & Communication, Advisor to President WFEO. He is also a member of Disaster Risk Management Committee, for more than a decade & was its Co-Chair. He was a speaker in the UN Science Technology & Innovation Forum in May 2022. As Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee for two times, 2022-2023 & 2023-2025, he is deeply involved in making the strategic plans for the visibility of WFEO. Currently he is the Executive Vice President, WFEO, 2022-2025.<\/a><\/div><\/div>

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Fran\u00e7ois Lureau<\/h4>

Treasurer<\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Lureau\u2019s last position was chief executive of the \u201dD\u00e9l\u00e9gation G\u00e9n\u00e9rale pour l\u2019Armement\u201d (DGA) by appointment of the French government from February 2004 to July 2008. Reporting directly to the French Minister for Defence, he was managing a 10 billions Euros per year investment budget in research, development and acquisition.<\/p>\n

Since 2008, he has been the chairman of EuroFLConsult a firm which he set up at that time, providing consulting services in the Aerospace and Defense sectors.
\nBorn in 1944, \u201dIng\u00e9nieur en Chef de l\u2019Armement\u201d, he holds degrees from \u201dEcole Polytechnique\u201d and \u201dEcole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure de l\u2019A\u00e9ronautique\u201d, as well as a master\u2019s degree in economics and a Ph.D from the University of Stanford in California. He joined French arms procurement agency DGA in 1968.
\nHe held several different positions, in particular program director for the Tiger helicopter, developed jointly by France and Germany. A commissioned French air force pilot, headed the Equipment Group of GIFAS, the French aerospace industry trade association.<\/p>\n

His past positions include Director General of Thompson-CSF Airsys (1996-2000), CEO of Thal\u00e8s Avionics (2000-2002), and CEO of the Defence Business Area of the Thales group (2002-2004).
\nPreviously he was CEO of the Group Aerospace Business Area for two years.
\nFran\u00e7ois Lureau is also actively involved in higher education. He has been Board member of the Ecole Polytechnique Engineering school from 2004 to 2013.
\nIn June 2014 he was elected President of the French Engineering Society (IESF, a member of WFEO).
\nFran\u00e7ois Lureau was previously Chair of the WFEO Nominations Committee and was elected to the position of Treasurer at the Federation\u2019s General Assembly in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica, in March 2022.
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Jacques de Mereuil<\/h4>

Executive Director<\/p>\n

Jacques de M\u00e9reuil is a graduate engineer from the Ecole des Mines de Nancy in France and holds a master in Business Administration of Paris Sorbonne. <\/p>\n

He began his professional life at the Commercial section of the French Embassy in Beijing (China) in 1984-1985, and then held positions mainly in the energy and power sector. <\/p>\n

From 1994 to 1998, he was director, institutional affairs at Foratom, nuclear trade association in Brussels, and then until 2004 he was representative of AREVA group towards the European institutions. He was then Senior manager, strategic marketing at AREVA headquarters in Paris.<\/p>\n

He became Executive Director of WFEO, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations in July 2016.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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