UEG Annual Report 2020 Council Providing leadership and strategic direction Following our mission and a dedicated strategic plan, the overall leadership and strategic direction of UEG rests with the Council. The committees and diverse task forces enable interested volunteers to play an active role in shaping current and future UEG initiatives and form the operating body of the organisation. President Axel Dignass (Germany) Vice President Helena Cortez-Pinto (Portugal) Secretary General Magnus Simrén (Sweden) Treasurer Berthold Koletzko (Germany) Chair Education Committee Charles Murray (UK) Chair Scientific Committee Herbert Tilg (Austria) Chair Public Affairs Committee Markus Peck-Radosavljevic (Austria) Chair National Societies Committee Dan Lucian Dumitrascu (Romania) Chair Research Committee Luigi Ricciardiello (Italy) Liver Representative Laurent Castera (France) Endoscopy Representative Mario Dinis-Ribeiro (Portugal) General Gastroenterology Representative Asbjørn Mohr Drewes (Denmark) General Gastroenterology Representative Janneke van der Woude (NL) Surgery Representative Richard Van Hillegersberg (NL) 10 Independent Councillor Enrique Dominguez-Munoz (Spain) Chair Quality of Care Task Force Wafaa Khannoussi (Morocco) Chair Equality & Diversity Task Force Dina Tiniakos (Greece) Chair Young Talent Group Henriette Heinrich (Switzerland)