Committees

The Executive Committee (political) and the Quality Committee (technical) manage GSK on a voluntary basis.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is elected by the General Assembly for a 4-year term and consists of the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson and up to 5 other members.

Current Executive Committee

Elected for the 2024-2027 period.

• Johan Kolk, Chairman Executive Committee, c/o Appendagefabriek Kolk B.V.
• Peter Oppinger, Stellv. Vorstandsvorsitzender, c/o VAG Group
• Volker Börschel, Chairman Technical Committee
• Ertugrul Ince, Member Executive Committee, c/o Hawle Armaturen AG
• Torsten Leitermann, Executive Committee, c/o Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings GmbH
• Niels Jørgen Hedegaard, Executive Committee, c/o AVK International A/S
• Andreas Ratzberger, Vorstandsmitglied, c/o Hawle Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H.

Technical Committee

The Technical Committee consists of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman and at least two other members and is appointed by the Executive Committee. The Technical Committee evaluates the quality tests and is responsible for the further technical development of GSK and its regulations.

Current Technical Committee

• Volker Börschel, Chairman Technical Committee
• Udo Müller, Deputy Chairman Technical Committee, c/o Keulahütte GmbH
• Egon Hartner, Member Technical Committee, c/o Erhard GmbH & Co. KG
• Erich Schmid, Member Technical Committee, c/o Hawle Armaturen GmbH
• Niels Jørgen Hedegaard, Member Technical Committee, c/o AVK International A/S
• Thomas Jung, Consulting Member Technical Committee, c/o IFO Institut für Oberflächentechnik GmbH
• Christof Langer, Consulting Member Technical Committee, c/o fem Research Institute
• Johan Kolk, Chairman Executive Committee, c/o Appendagefabriek Kolk B.V.
• Peter Oppinger, Stellv. Vorstandsvorsitzender, c/o VAG Group

Association`s Office

GSK is administered by the Association`s Office. The GSK Association`s Office is the point of contact for all member enquiries and all professionally interested parties, legislators, public authorities, policy-makers, business and the media.