Chair and Secretariat

CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR – 2024-2025

 
CESNI elects its Chair and Vice-Chair. The positions are held for two-year terms of office by experts from one of the national administrations that are members of CESNI. The Vice-Chair acts as Chair if the Chair is unable to serve or if the position is vacant.
 
At its meeting on 19 October 2023, the CESNI Committee elected its Chair and Vice-Chair for the period from 2024 to 2025.
 

Chair

Mr Ivan Bilić-Prcić

Naval architect and Inland Navigation Division Manager at the Croatian Register of Shipping
CROATIA
 
 
 
 

Vice-chair

Mr Florian Röthlingshöfer

Director Port of Switzerland
SWITZERLAND
 
 
 
 

CESNI SECRETARIAT

The Secretariat of the CESNI and its working groups is provided by the Secretariat of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine.
 
Please find below the contact persons to answer your questions related to CESNI topics.
 

Ms Lucia Luijten

Secretary general of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
comite_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mr Han Grooten-Feld

Questions related to CESNI coordination
comite_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mr Benjamin Boyer

Questions related to technical requirements (CESNI/PT)
pt_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ms Charline Daloze

Questions related to professional qualifications (CESNI/QP)
qp_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mr Raphaël Le Guillou

Questions related to information technologies (CESNI/TI)
ti_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ms Lucie Fahrner

Questions related to the communication
info@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Previous presidencies

2016-2017
Mr Max Nilles

Policy Adviser
Directorate of Inland Navigation & Logistics
Transport Department
Ministry of Sustainable Development & Infrastructures
LUXEMBOURG
 

2018-2019
Ms Lucia Luijten

Head of Unit for Inland Navigation & Waterways
Ministry of infrastructure & the Environment
NETHERLANDS
 

2020-2021
Mr Vojtech Dabrowski

Head of the Inland Navigation Unit
Rail and Waterborne Transport Department
Ministry of Transport
CZECHIA
 

2022-2023
Ms Marleen Coenen

Head of the Waterways and Inland Navigation Unit at the Mobility and Public Works Department Flanders
BELGIUM