The WBF Executive Council
1958 - 1963
Baron Robert De NEXON
President
Charles SOLOMON
Vice President
1964 - 1967
Charles SOLOMON
Vice President
1968 - 1969
Count Carl BONDE
President
1970 - 1975
Julius ROSENBLUM
President
Count Carl BONDE
Honorary Member
Nils E. JENSEN
Member
1976 - 1986
Jaime ORTIZ-PATIÑO
President
Count Carl BONDE
Honorary Member
Nils E. JENSEN
Member
1986 - 1991
Denis HOWARD
President
Jaime ORTIZ-PATIÑO
President Emeritus
José DAMIANI
1st Vice President
Ernesto D’ORSI
2nd Vice president and Secretary
James ZIMMERMAN
3rd Vice President
Count Carl BONDE (until 1989)
Honorary Member
Ruth MCCONNELL
Treasurer
Robert A. HOWES
General Counsel
David BARDACH – Andre BOEKHORST – H.E. Alberto A. CALVO – Raymond CHOW – Douglas DREW (until 1988) – Mazhar JAFRI – George RETEK (since 1989) – Karl ROHAN – Edgar THEUS (until 1987) – John WIGNALL – Robert S. WOLFF (since 1988)
Members
Richard L. GOLDBERG
Financial Director
Wim M. WAGNER (until 1989)
Operations Director
Pietro BERNASCONI (until 1989)
Computers & Masterpoints
Harold FRANKLIN (until 1989)
Tournament Direction
Albert DORMER (until 1989)
Editor, World Bridge News
1991 - 1992
Ernesto D’ORSI
President
Jaime ORTIZ-PATIÑO
President Emeritus
José DAMIANI – Robert S. WOLFF – James (Jim) ZIMMERMAN – Mazhar JAFRI
Vice President
George RETEK
Treasurer
Karl ROHAN
Secretary
Robert A. HOWES
General Counsel
David BARDACH – Patrick K H CHOY – André BOEKHORST – Jean-Louis DERIVERY – Panos GERONTOPOULOS – Ernesto VELARDE – John WIGNALL
Members
Richard GOLDBERG
Financial Director
1993 - 1994
Robert S. WOLFF
President
Jaime ORTIZ-PATIÑO
President Emeritus
Ernesto D’ORSI
Proxy for Member
José DAMIANI – James E. ZIRNRNERMAN – Mazhar JAFRI
Vice Presidents
Karl ROHAN
Secretary
Jeffrey POLISNER
General Counsel
George RETEK
Treasurer
Robert A. HOWES
President of Congress
Ruth McConnell
Treasurer Emeritus
David BARDACH – Patrick K H CHOY – Jean-Louis DERIVERY – Panos GERONTOPOULOS – John WIGNALL – Virgil ANDERSON JR. (since 1994) – Jens AUKEN – Joan GERARD –
Barbara NUDELMAN – Anna Maria TORLONTANO – Jean-Claude BEINEIX – Ernesto VELARDE
Members
1995 - 1998
José DAMIANI
President
Jaime ORTIZ-PATIÑO
President Emeritus
Roberts S. WOLFF
Past President
Robert A. HOWES
General Counsel
Virgil ANDERSON – Jens AUKEN – Jean-Claude BEINEIX – Patrick CHOY – Jean-Louis DERIVERY – Feijo DURSK (until 1996) – Joan GERARD – Panos GERONTOPULOS – Mazhar JAFRI – Barbara NUDELMAN (until 1997) – Ernesto D’ORSI – George RETEK – Anna Maria TORLONTANO – John WIGNALL – Dan MORSE (since 1996) – William J. PENCHARZ (since 1996) – Cecil COOK (since 1997)
Members
1999 - 2002
José DAMIANI
President
Jaime ORTIZ-PATIÑO
President Emeritus
Roberts S. WOLFF
Past President
Robert A. HOWES (until 1999)
General Counsel
Jeffrey POLISNER (since 2000)
General Counsel
Virgil ANDERSON (until 2001) – Jens AUKEN – Jean-Claude BEINEIX – Patrick CHOY – Jean-Louis DERIVERY – Cecil COOK (until 2000) – Joan GERARD – Panos GERONTOPULOS – Mazhar JAFRI – Ernesto D’ORSI – George RETEK – Anna Maria TORLONTANO – John WIGNALL – Dan MORSE – William J. PENCHARZ (until 1999) – Gianarrigo RONA – Alan LEBENDIG (since 2001) – Bharat BHARDWAJ (since 2000) – Nadine WOOD (since 2000)
Members
2003 - 2006
José DAMIANI
President
Jaime ORTIZ-PATIÑO
President Emeritus
Roberts S. WOLFF
Past President
Jeffrey POLISNER
General Counsel
Jens AUKEN – Jean-Claude BEINEIX (until 2003) – Patrick CHOY – Jean-Louis DERIVERY – Joan GERARD (until 2006) –
Panos GERONTOPULOS – Mazhar JAFRI – Ernesto D’ORSI – George RETEK – Anna Maria TORLONTANO (until 2003) –
John WIGNALL – Dan MORSE – Gianarrigo RONA – Alan LEBENDIG (until 2004) – Bharat BHARDWAJ (until 2006) – Nadine WOOD (until 2003) – Marc DE PAUW – Radek KIELBASINSKI – Jim KIRKHAM – Al LEVY (since 2004) – Dick ANDERSONN (since 2006) – Tushar PUJARA (since 2006)
Members
2007 - 2010
José DAMIANI
President
Jaime ORTIZ-PATIÑO
President Emeritus
Roberts S. WOLFF
Past President
Jeffrey POLISNER
General Counsel
Jens AUKEN – Patrick CHOY – Jean-Louis DERIVERY – Panos GERONTOPULOS (until 2007) – Mazhar JAFRI – Ernesto D’ORSI – George RETEK – John WIGNALL – Dan MORSE – Gianarrigo RONA – Marc DE PAUW – Radek KIELBASINSKI (until 2007) – Jim KIRKHAM (until 2009) – Al LEVY – Dick ANDERSON (until 2009) – Tushar PUJARA (until 2009) – Yves AUBRY –Armand TRIPPAERS ( until 2010) – Georgia HETH (since 2009) – Bernard PASCAL (since 2009) –
Jonathan STEINBERG (since 2009) – Sevinç ATAY (since 2010) – Doris FISCHER (since 2010) – Nick NICKELL (since 2010) – ZELAN Chen (since 2010)
Members
2011 - 2014
Gianarrigo RONA
President
Jaime ORTIZ-PATINO (2011-2012)
President Emeritus
José DAMIANI
President Emeritus
Zeng PEIYAN
President of the Congress
Ernesto D’ORSI
Past President & Member
John WIGNALL
1st Vice President
Alvin LEVY
Executive Vice President
Patrick CHOY – Radoslaw KIELBASINSKI – Mazhar JAFRI
Vice President
Marc DE PAUW
Treasurer
George RETEK – Georgia HETH (2013-2014)
Honorary Secretary
Jens AUKEN (2011-2012) – Sevinç ATAY – Yves AUBRY – Bruce BLAKELY (2013-2014)
Zelan CHEN – Bill COOK (2013) – Jean-Louis DERIVERY (2011-2013) – Doris FISCHER (2011-2012) – Joan GERARD (2011-2012) – David HARRIS (2013-2014) – Paul JANICKI (2013-2014) – Nick NICKELL – Bernard PASCAL – Sheena RAYNER (2014) – Jonatan STEINBERG (2011 -2012) – Merlin VILHAUER (2013 – 2014) – Sylvie WILLARD (2013-2014)
Members
Jeffrey D. POLISNER
General Counsel
2015 - 2018
Gianarrigo RONA
President
José DAMIANI
President Emeritus
Zeng PEIYAN
President of the Congress
John WIGNALL
1st Vice President
Alvin LEVY
Executive Vice.President
Yves AUBRY – Patrick CHOY – Radoslaw KIELBASINSKI – Mazhar JAFRI
Vice Presidents
Marc DE PAUW
Treasurer
Georgia HETH
Honorary Secretary
Sevinç ATAY – Zelan CHEN – Marcelo CARACCI – Giorgio DUBOIN – Josef HARSANYI –
Paul JANICKI – Bernard PASCAL – Sheena RAYNER – Janice SEAMON-MOLSON – Merlin VILHAUER – Howard WEINSTEIN
Members
David HARRIS
General Counsel
Simon FELLUS
Secretary
Carol VON LINSTOW
Secretary to the Council
Marina MADIA
President’s Assistant
2019 - 2022
Gianarrigo RONA
President
José DAMIANI
President Emeritus
Alvin LEVY (to May 2022)
Ben THOMPSON (from August 2022)
1st Vice-President
Patrick CHOY (to August 2022)
Eric LAURANT (from August 2022)
Vice-President
Marc DE PAUW
Treasurer
Jan KAMRAS (to August 2022)
Adam WILDAWSKY (from August 2022)
Hon Secretary
David HARRIS
General Counsel
Marcelo CARACCI – Giorgio DUBOIN (to August 2022) – Nader HANNA – Gonzalo HERRERA – Helen KRUGER (from November 2020) – Eric LAURANT (to August 2022)- Fernando Lema (from November 2020) – Eitan LEVY (to October 2020) – N.R.Kirubakara MOORTHY – Gilad OFIR (from October 2020) – Kari-Anne OPSAL – Bernard PASCAL – Douglas (Kip) ROTCHELL – Janice SEAMON-MOLSON (to August 2022) – Esther SOPHONPANICH (to June 2022) – AJ STEPHANI (from August 2022) Suzi SUBECK – Ben THOMPSON – (to August 2022) – Adam WILDAVSKY (to August 2022) – WANG Yannan (from November 2020)
Members
Arianna TESTA
Secretary to the Council
2022 - 2026
Franck RIEHM
President (from May, 2025)
Jan KAMRAS
President (2023 – 2025)
Ben THOMPSON
1st Vice-President
José DAMIANI
President Emeritus
Gianarrigo RONA
President Emeritus (from January 2023)
Eric LAURANT
2nd Vice-President
Marc DE PAUW
Treasurer
Suzi SUBECK
Hon Secretary
Fabienne FAJGENBAUM
General Counsel
Igor CHALUPEC (from January 2023) – Patrick CHOY – Catherine DRAPER – Nader HANNA – Gonzalo HERRERA – Federico KLADT (from May 2025) – Helen KRUGER – Fernando LEMA – Chip MARTEL – Emmanuelle MONOD (from May 2025) – N.R.Kirubakara MOORTHY – Gilad OFIR – Bernard PASCAL – Douglas (Kip) ROTCHELL – AJ STEPHANI – Adam WILDAVSKY – WANG Yannan
Members
Arianna TESTA
Secretary to the Council