Baybars Altuntas of Turkey elected as the first Vice President of EBAN
EBAN held a General Assembly during its annual Congress on the 27th of May 2016 in Porto and elected a new President and Board. The organisation is from today led by the following members and respective representatives:
- President – Candace Johnson, Sophia Business Angels, FRANCE
- First Vice-President – Baybars Altuntas, TBAA, TURKEY
- Second Vice President – Riku Asikainen, FIBAN, FINLAND
- Albert Colomer, Business Angels Network Catalunya, SPAIN
- Anna Wilkens, Connect Sweden, SWEDEN
- Audra Shallal, Nfban, FINLAND
- Daniel Tomov, Eleven Accelerator, BULGARIA
- Dimitris Tsigos, Startech Ventures, GREECE
- Hedda Pahlson-Moller, Luxembourg Business Angels Network, LUXEMBOURG
- Ivar Siimar, Estonia Business Angels Network, ESTONIA
- Jesper Jarlbaek, Business Angels Copenhagen, DENMARK
- Michael Culligan, Halo Business Angel Network, IRELAND
- Michael O’Connor, Corkbic, IRELAND
- Michal Cieminski, Platinum Seed, POLAND
- Miguel Henriques, Fnaba, PORTUGAL
- Peter Braun, Red Alpine Ventures, SWITZERLAND
- Selma Prodanovic, Austrian Angel Investors Association, AUSTRIA
EBAN (European Business Angel Network) is the pan-European representative for the early stage investor community, gathering 170 member organisations in 59 countries today. Established in 1999 by a group of pioneer angel networks in Europe with the collaboration of the European Commission and EURADA, EBAN represents a sector estimated to invest 7,5 billion Euros a year and playing a vital role in Europe’s future, notably in the funding of SMEs. EBAN fuels Europe’s growth through the creation of wealth and jobs.