Terry Hill

ISO President - United Kingdom

Terry Hill has been elected ISO President for a two-year term starting on 1 January 2013. British and a civil engineer, Terry has global experience creating and implementing infrastructure and transport projects that bring benefit to communities all around the world. Between 2004 and 2009 he was Chairman of Arup Group, an 11,000 staff independent firm of engineers, planners and technology consultants, and is now Chairman of its owning Trusts. He previously led its Infrastructure Division, where his role centred on consulting, infrastructure and managing major projects. Terry holds degrees in civil and structural engineering, and economics. He is a non-executive member of the Crossrail Ltd Board and a fellow or member of many professional associations including the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the World Economic Forum. He is married with three sons.

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Sadao Takeda

ISO Vice-President (policy) - Japan

Sadao Takeda has been re-appointed ISO Vice-President (policy) for the 2012-2013 term. Mr. Takeda has been Director General of the Japanese Standards Association (JSA) since 2007 and a Member of the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) since 1997. He has been the JISC representative on the ISO Council from 2003 until the end of 2009. At JISC, he has held different managerial positions including Secretary-General, Director of the Conformity Assessment Division, and Director of the Measurement Standards Division. During his career at the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) from 1975 to 2002, Mr.Takeda held various responsibilities in the areas of Standards Policy, International Trade Policy, Research and Development Policy, Information Technology (IT) Industry, and Industrial Policy Planning. He has an academic background in IT engineering.

Elisabeth Stampfl-Blaha

ISO Vice-President (technical management) - Austria

Elisabeth Stampfl-Blaha has been appointed ISO Vice-President (technical management) for the 2012-2013 term. Dr. Stampfl-Blaha, who joined the Austrian Standards Institute (ASI) in 1988, has been ASI Vice-Director since 2005. Since 2007, she has also been Vice-Director of Austrian Standards plus GmbH (a sister company of ASI). As of 1 February 2013, she became the Chief Executive Officer of ASI and of Austrian Standards plus GmbH.

As Manager International Relations, Legal and Organizational Affairs at ASI, she held responsibilities for several organizational and business development projects. In this function, she has also represented ASI on the ISO Technical Management Board and on Council. At the European level, Dr. Stampfl-Blaha is a permanent member of the Administrative Board of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and has been a member in the CEN Technical Board and in various Strategy Groups. She has been involved as senior expert in institution-building and strategic consultancy projects in several countries. She is a member of Supervisory Boards and gives lectures at Universities. Dr. Stampfl-Blaha holds a doctorate’s degree in Economics and Business Administration, and a further doctorate in Law.

Olivier Peyrat

Vice-President (finance) - France

Olivier Peyrat has been appointed ISO Vice-President (finance) for the 2013 - 2014 term. Mr Peyrat has been Director General of AFNOR Group since 2003. He started his professional career in 1984 in the Regional Administration of Industry and Research of Ile de France and then held several management positions related to quality and certification in public administration. In 1989, he joined the French Quality Assurance Association (AFAQ) and became its Director General in 1993. He served in 1995-1996 as advisor to the French Minister of Industry. In 1997, he was appointed Chair of the Management Board of AFAQ ASCERT International. Mr. Peyrat has also chaired a number of standards committees and working groups at national, European and international levels. He has represented AFNOR on the ISO Council and on its standing committees on finance or strategy since 2003, and has been the Chair of the ISO committee on conformity assessment (CASCO) in 2007 2011. Mr. Peyrat has an academic background in engineering and business administration.

Rob Steele

ISO Secretary-General

ISO Secretary-General since 1 January 2009, Rob Steele was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Standards New Zealand (SNZ) and is a Chartered Accountant, a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management. During his tenure as CEO of the New Zealand standards body, he represented SNZ on the ISO Council and Council Standing Committee on Strategy, and the ISO Technical Management Board. He was also Secretary of the Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) from 2002 to April 2007.

In his career Rob has worked in the private sector in New Zealand and Canada in many roles. He was Chief Executive of an electricity distribution company and prior to that in providing senior management advice to clients of Deloitte on financial audit and organizational finance. He has served on several Boards as a director of companies in the manufacturing and service sectors. Rob holds New Zealand and Canadian citizenship.