EDANA Board of Governors

The EDANA Board of Governors is elected or re-elected at the Annual General Meeting by the member companies.

The Governors are senior executives (business leaders) from member companies, based in different countries and representing different sectors of the nonwovens industry.

The Board has central responsibility for guiding EDANA's overall strategy and approving its policies and priorities. It meets three times a year.

MEET THE BOARD

The General Assembly of June 2025 elected the following Board members for a mandate from 1 July 2025 to 1 July 2028 :

Mikael Staal Axelsen

Chair

CEO - Fibertex Personal Care

Denmark

Vice-Chair

Business Director Fiber Bonding EMEA - BASF

 
 
 
Germany

Treasurer

CEO - Personal CareCorman

 
 
 
Italy

Vice-Chair

CEO - TWE Group

 
 
 
Germany

Executive Officer

Global Vice President RD Personal Care - Essity

 
 
 
Germany

Executive Officer

Vice President RD / Managing Director DACH - P&G

 
 
 
Germany

Executive Officer

Board Member / Chief Commercial Officer - Sandler

 
 
 
Germany

Board member

Executive Vice President Food/CP and CIO - Ahlstrom

 
 
 
Belgium

Board member

Global Commercial Director - Bostik

 
 
 
United Kingdom

Board member

Tyvek® Global RD Leader - DuPont De Nemours

 
 
 
Luxembourg

Board member

Senior VP Europe and China - Fitesa

 
 
 
Germany

Board member

CTO - Freudenberg Performance Materials

 
 
 
Germany

Board member

Managing Director of Hygiene and Medical - Hassan Group

 
 
 
Turkey

Board member

CEO - Innovatec

 
 
 
Germany

Board member

Director of Global Filtration Separation - Johns Manville

 
 
 
Germany

Board member

Vice President, Global Nonwovens - Kimberly-Clark

 
 
 
United States

Board member

Sr. Commercial Director Nonwovens - Lenzing

 
 
 
Austria

Board member

Vice President RD OR Solutions - Mölnlycke HC

 
 
 
Germany

Board member

VP Direct Procurement - Ontex

 
 
 
Belgium

Board member

Vice President Product Development - Paul Hartmann

 
 
 
Germany

Board member

CEO - PFNonwovens

 
 
 
Czech Republic

Board member

Vice President Sales Business Development - RKW SE

 
 
 
Germany

Board member

President and CEO - Unicharm Gulf Hygienic Industries

 
 
 
Saudi Arabia

Board member

VP Fibers Sales EMEA - Indorama Hygiene Group

 
 
 
Netherlands

Board member

Sr. Director Global lead Health EMEA - KENVUE

 
 
 
Switzerland

Board member

CEO - Rubi Industrial

 
 
 
Spain

Board member

Chairman - Nonwovenn Ltd

 
 
 
United Kingdom

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