ASSOCIATION’S BODIES
APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL MEETING ON APRIL 28TH, 2022
IN OFFICE FOR THE PERIOD 2022-2025
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The BOARD OF DIRECTORS is the Governing Body of the Association and is composed of the President and other Members of the Board elected by the General Meeting every 3 years. The Honorary President, Se-cretary General and Chief Executive, if appointed, may take part and intervene in the meetings with a consultative function. The Board is designed to include influential and qualified representatives of SMEs and Crafts from around the world. The Board meets regularly and is responsible for the management of the activities of the Association as well as supervision the work of the Permanent Commissions and other Committees.
Barbara TERENZI
(SAN MARINO – EUROPE)
President
The General Meeting of the Members of the Association, held on 28 April 2022, confirmed Barbara Terenzi as President of WUSME for the three-year period 2022-2025, thus allowing her to continue the fruitful work carried out in the previous mandate and carry on the legacy and testimony of her father Gian Franco Terenzi.
Gian Franco TERENZI
(SAN MARINO – EUROPE)
Entrepreneur, Honorary Chairman National Union of Craftsmen
Former Head of State of San Marino
Founder and President
ZHUO YAN LIN
(CHINA – ASIA)
Honorary President
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Mr. BATTISTINI GIORGIO
(SAN MARINO – EUROPE)
Member of the Board
Mr. Celso CARDENAS
(PARAGUAY – AMERICA)
Member of the Board
Mr. Michel FOSSAERT
(FRANCE – EUROPE)
Member of the Board
Mr. Joginder Singh JUNEJA
(INDIA – ASIA)
Member of the Board
Mr. Vinod KUMAR
(INDIA – ASIA)
Member of the Board
Dr. L. George LAM
(HONG KONG – ASIA)
Ms. Bernadette OUEDRAOGO
(BURKINA FASO – AFRICA)
Member of the Board
Mr. Daniel M. SSUBI
(UGANDA – AFRICA)
Member of the Board
Prof. Rodrigo V. VARELA
(COLOMBIA – AMERICA)
Member of the Board
Ms. Rongyong YANG
(CHINA, ASIA)
Member of the Board
SENATORS
Mr. Robert HOLTZ
Senior Consultant and Representative for SME Organizations
(FRANCE – EUROPE)
Ms. Liliane MASSALA
Former Ambassador of the Republic of Gabon in France
(GABON – AFRICA)
Mr. Ivano SPALLANZANI
Former National Chairman of CONFARTIGIANATO (Italian National Craftsmen Association),
Vice President of FEDEREXPORT, President of BANCA DI SASSARI
(ITALY – EUROPE)
PERMANENT COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ISSUES
The PERMANENT COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ISSUES is designated to examine, analyze and identify potential problems and challenges that may affect or promote the creation, survival and development of SMEs from the point economically and financially at the local,designated to examine, analyze and identify potential problems and challenges that may affect or promote the creation, survival and development of SMEs from the point economically and financially at the local, regional or global, and is designed to identify, develop and propose methodologies and effective and innovative solutions to minimize any negative impact related.
Dr. L. George LAM
(HONG KONG – ASIA)
Chair – Member of the Board
Ms. Rongyong YANG
(CHINA, ASIA)
Vice Chair – Member of the Board
Mr. Vinod KUMAR
(INDIA, ASIA)
Vice Chair – Member of the Board
Mr. Michel FOSSAERT
(FRANCE/EUROPE)
Member – Member of the Board
Mr. Donatien BEYA TSCHIDIBU
(DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, AFRICA)
Member
Mr. Muhammed Hussein DIBLAWE
(SOMALIA/UAE – AFRICA/ASIA)
Member
Eng. Robert KRAPFENBAUER
(AUSTRIA, EUROPE)
Member
Mr. Muhammad NAEEM KHAN
(PAKISTAN, ASIA)
Member
Mr. Nicolas M. SIMANI
(KENYA – AFRICA)
Member
Ms. Barbara TERENZI
(SAN MARINO – EUROPE)
Observer
PERMANENT COMMISSION ON SOCIAL ISSUES AND WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The PERMANENT COMMISSION ON SOCIAL ISSUES AND WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP is designed to examine, analyze and identify social issues involving women entrepreneurs from a legal, structural and economic point of view, locally, regionally or globally, and is aimed to find, develop and propose methodologies and solutions to minimize any relative negative impact
Dr. Pauline CRAWFORD
(UK – EUROPE)
Chair
Ms. Angeline HENZEN
(CAMEROON – AFRICA)
Vice Chair
Ms. Sushma MORTHANIA
(INDIA – ASIA)
Vice Chair
Ms. Bernadette OUEDRAOGO
(BURKINA FASO – AFRICA)
Member – Member of the Board
Ms. Diane-Monique ADJANONHOUN
(BENIN – AFRICA)
Member
Ms. Nukila EVANTY
(INDONESIA – ASIA)
Member
Ms. Aye Aye WIN
(MYANMAR – ASIA)
Member
Ms. TERENZI BARBARA
(SAN MARINO – EUROPE)
Observer
PERMANENT COMMISSION ON SME DEVELOPMENT “CSMED”
The CSMED is designed to:
1. Be a strategic resource for SMEs and for their respective representative organizations worldwide, with particular interest for countries with emerging economies;
2. Support SMEs in facing and overcoming crises, challenges and problems in the competitive globalized context;
3. Identify activities and initiatives that properly respond to the specific needs of SMEs and contribute to the implementation of solutions and reforms that can improve the business environment for SMEs in an efficient and effective way.
Prof. Dr. James OMPS
(USA – AMERICA)
Chair
Dr. Joginder Singh JUNEJA
(INDIA – ASIA)
Vice Chair – Member of the Board
Prof. Rodrigo V. VARELA
(COLOMBIA – AMERICA)
Vice Chair – Member of the Board
Mr. Daniel M. SSUBI
(UGANDA – AFRICA)
Member – Member of the Board
Mr. Giorgio BATTISTINI
(SAN MARINO – EUROPE)
Member – Member of the Board
Mr. Alan LUND
(USA – AMERICA)
Member
Mr. Giancarlo GRASSO
(ITALY – EUROPE)
Member
Prof. Mohammed Tajudin ALIAS
(Malaysia – ASIA)
Member
Ms. Barbara TERENZI
(SAN MARINO – EUROPE)
Observer
