IGS Council
About The Council
The IGS Council is responsible for the management of the Society in accordance with its bylaws, objectives and policies. Meeting at least once a year, it sets IGS’s working program and supervises the finances. The Council consists of 10-16 Elected Members, excluding the President and Vice President, and up to five Co-opted Members, and a number of Invited Members. All are drawn from – and representative of – the IGS membership. There are five elected Council Officers: President, Vice-President, Immediate Past President, Secretary and Treasurer.
Further details are available in the Bylaws.
Meet The Council
IGS Officers
Chungsik Yoo
Dr Chungsik Yoo is a Chair Professor at the School of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea. Chungsik is also Immediate Past President of the Korean Geosynthetics Society, and Vice-President of the Korean Tunnelling and Underground Society.
Nathalie Touze
Dr Nathalie Touze is President of the INRAE Ile-de-France Research Center at Jouy-en-Josas-Antony. She has been conducting research at this public institute for the past 27 years. Nathalie is the Immediate Past-President of the French chapter of the IGS and former Chair of the IGS Sustainability Committee.
Edoardo Zannoni
IGS Secretary General
Edoardo Zannoni is a Senior Civil Engineer at Knight Piesold Southern Africa, working on projects across the continent. He was previously President of the Geosynthetics Interest Group of South Africa.
Ian Fraser
IGS Treasurer
Ian Fraser is Technical Director at TCS Geotechnics in the UK. Ian is former Chair of the IGS UK Chapter & the UK Ground Forum. He currently Chairs the BSI Geosynthetics Committee and has also been intimately involved in geosynthetics standardization via ISO and CEN for many years.
Russell Jones
Immediate Past President
Dr Russell Jones is Commercial Director, Earth & Environment and Planning at WSP. He chairs the IGS TCs Coordination Committee and is Interim Chair of the Stabilization Technical Committee (TC-S).
Council Members
Dimiter Alexiew
Sam Allen
Laura Carbone
Jacques Cote
Francesco Fontana
Jie Han
Takeshi Katsumi
Jacek Kawalec
Preston Kendall
Yoshi Miyata
Jabulile Msiza
Pietro Rimoldi
Tim Stark
Helmut Zanzinger
Erol Tutumluer
Chao Xu
Chiwan Hsieh
Hong Kwan (Hogan) Kim
Kasia Zamara
Dawie Marx
Vivek Kapadia
Andre Estêvão Silva
Fatma Baligh
IGS Secretariat Manager
Elise Oatman
For IGS Council contact information please use the IGS Directory or contact the Secretariat Manager.
Past Council Members and Officers
Council Members:
Chungsik Yoo
IGS President
Nathalie Touze
IGS Vice President
Edoardo Zannoni
IGS Secretary Chair
Ian Fraser
IGS Treasurer
Russell Jones
Immediate Past President
Dimiter Alexiew
Sam Allen
Augusto Alza
Gerhard Bräu
Laura Carbone
Jacques Cote
Francesco Fontana
Erol Guler
Pietro Rimoldi
Takeshi Katsumi
Jacek Kawalec
Preston Kendall
Hong Kwan (Hogan) Kim
Junichi Koseki
Flavio Montez
Boyd Ramsey
M. Venkataraman
Kent von Maubeuge
Chao Xu
Martin Ziegler
Jie Han
Warren Hornsey
Chiwan Hsieh
Kent von Maubeuge
Council Members:
Russell Jones
IGS President
Chungsik Yoo
IGS Vice President
Elizabeth Peggs
IGS Secretary
Peter Lagg
IGS Treasurer
Jorge G. Zornberg
Immediate Past President
Sam Allen
Augusto V. Alza
Gerhard Brau
Jacques Cote
Kazem Fakharian
Francesco Fontana
Ian Fraser
Erol Guler
Warren Hornsey
Chiwan Hsieh
Rajagopal Karpurapu
Takeshi Katsumi
Jacek Kawalec
Hong Kwan
Junichi Koseki
Flavio Teixeira Montez
Boyd Ramsey
Pietro Rimoldi
Nathalie Touze-Foltz
Kent von Maubeuge
Chao Xu
Edoardo Zannoni
Martin Ziegler
Council Members:
Russell Jones
IGS President
Chingsik Yoo
IGS Vice President
Elizabeth Peggs
IGS Secretary
Peter Legg, PrEng
IGS Treasurer
Jorge G. Zornberg
Immediate Past President
Mr. Sam R. Allen
Prof. Dennes T. Bergado
Mr. Eric Blond
Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Bräu
Jacques Cote
Mr. Ian Fraser
Dr. Fazli Erol Guler
Univ.Prof.Dr.-Ing. Martin Ziegler
Mr. Warren Hornsey
Dr. Hsieh, Chiwan
Dr.Eng. Takeshi Katsumi
Dr. Jacek Kawalec
Prof. Jiro Kuwano
Eng. Flávio Teixeira Montez
Prof. Nicola Moraci
Eng. Victor Eduardo Pimentel
Prof. K. Rajagopal
Mr. Boyd J. Ramsey
Ing. Pietro Rimoldi
Dr. Nathalie Touze-Foltz, Ph.D.
i. V. Kent P. von Maubeuge
Mr. Edoardo Zannoni
Council Members:
Dr. Jorge G. Zornberg, P.E.
IGS President
Dr. Russell Jones
IGS Vice President
Mrs. Elizabeth Peggs
IGS Secretary
Mr. Peter Legg, PrEng
IGS Treasurer
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka
Immediate Past President
Mr. Sam R. Allen
Mr. Eric Blond
Prof. Chungsik Yoo
Dr. Neil Dixon
Dr. Nathalie Touze-Foltz, Ph.D.
Mr. Juan Carlos Rivera Baca
Prof. K. Rajagopal
Mr. John W. Cowland
Prof. Jun Otani
Mr. Pedro Abad Santos
Prof. Xiao-Wu Tang
Dr. Fazli Erol Guler
Prof. Dennes T. Bergado
Mr. Warren Hornsey
i. V. Kent P. von Maubeuge
Prof. Nicola Moraci
Univ.Prof.Dr.-Ing. Martin Ziegler
Eng. Victor Eduardo Pimentel
Prof. Jiro Kuwano
Mr. Boyd J. Ramsey
Mr. Edoardo Zannoni
Council Members:
Dr. Jorge G. Zornberg, P.E.
IGS President
Dr. Russell Jones
IGS Vice President
Mrs. Elizabeth Peggs
IGS Secretary
Mr. Peter Legg, PrEng
IGS Treasurer
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka
Immediate Past President
Mr. Sam R. Allen
Mr. Eric Blond
Prof. Chungsik Yoo
Dr. Neil Dixon
Dr. Nathalie Touze-Foltz, Ph.D.
Eng. Germán Vivar
Prof. K. Rajagopal
Mr. Peter Legg, PrEng
Prof. Jun Otani
Mr. Pedro Abad Santos
Prof. Xiao-Wu Tang
Dr. Abdelmalek Bouazza
Prof. Dennes T. Bergado
Ing. Pierpaolo Fantini
Dr. Han-Yong Jeon
Mr. Mike Sadlier
Univ.Prof.Dr.-Ing. Martin Ziegler
Eng. Victor Eduardo Pimentel
Prof. Jiro Kuwano
Council Members:
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka
IGS President
Dr. Jorge G. Zornberg, P.E.
IGS Vice President
Mr. Peter E. Stevenson
IGS Secretary
Mr. John W. Cowland
IGS Treasurer
Dr. Ing. Daniele A. Cazzuffi
Immediate Past President
Mr. Sam R. Allen
Prof. Dennes T. Bergado
Dr. Abdelmalek Bouazza
Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Bräu
Prof. Yun-min Chen
Dr. Neil Dixon
Ing. Pierpaolo Fantini
Eng. Jose Ferreyros
Mr. Nicolas Freitag
Dr. Han-Yong Jeon
Dr. Russell Jones
Prof. Jiro Kuwano
Mr. Peter Legg, PrEng
Prof. Michele Maugeri
Prof. Jun Otani
Dr. Ennio Marques Palmeira
Mrs. Elizabeth Peggs
Eng. Victor Eduardo Pimentel
Mr. Mike Sadlier
Univ.Prof.Dr.-Ing. Martin Ziegler
Council Members:
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka
IGS President
Dr. Jorge G. Zornberg, P.E.
IGS Vice President
Mr. Peter E. Stevenson
IGS Secretary
Mr. John W. Cowland
IGS Treasurer
Dr. Ing. Daniele A. Cazzuffi
Immediate Past President
Mr. Patrice Allemand
Mr. Sam Allen
Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Bräu
Mr. John H. Dixon
Mr. Nicolas Freitag
Prof. Michele Maugeri
Prof. Jun Otani
Dr. Ennio Marques Palmeira
Mrs. Elizabeth Peggs
Eng. Jose Ferreyros
Prof. Yun-min Chen
Mr. Peter Legg, PrEng
Dr. Abdelmalek Bouazza
Prof. Masashi Kamon
Mr. Bernard Myles MICE SVR DECEASED
Mr. Mike Sadlier
Dr. Eun-Chul Shin
Council Members:
Dr. Ing. Daniele A. Cazzuffi
IGS President
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka
IGS President
Mr. Peter E. Stevenson
IGS Secretary
Ir. Wim Voskamp
IGS Treasurer
Dr. Richard J. Bathurst
Immediate Past President
Dr. Abdelmalek Bouazza
Ing. Pierpaolo Fantini
Mrs. Danette R. Halloran
Mr. John W. Cowland
Prof. Masashi Kamon
Mr. Bernard Myles
Mr. Mike Sadlier
Dr. Jorge G. Zornberg, P.E.
Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Bräu
Mr. Stephen P. Corbet
Mr. Philippe Delmas
Prof. Michele Maugeri
Dr. Ennio Marques Palmeira
Mr. Seung-Mock Shin
Council Members:
Dr. Ing. Daniele A. Cazzuffi
IGS President
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka
IGS Vice President
Mr. Peter E. Stevenson
IGS Secretary
Mr. Phillippe Delmas
IGS Treasurer
Dr. Richard J. Bathurst
Immediate Past President
Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Bräu
Mr. Stephen P. Corbet
Prof. Michele Maugeri
Dr. Hiroshi Miki
Ir. Wim Voskamp
Eng. Ernesto Alió
Prof. Bao Cheng-Gang
Dr. Barry R. Christopher. P.E.
Prof. Bao Cheng-Gang
Mrs. Danette R. Halloran
Mr. John W. Cowland
Prof. Masashi Kamon
Dr. Valentin Feodorov
Prof. Jean Lafleur
Dr. Eun-Soo Lee
Maria de Lurdes Lopes
Mr. Bernard Myles MICE SVR DECEASED
Mr. James Paul DECEASED
Mr. Mike Sadlier
Council Members:
Dr. Richard J. Bathurst
IGS President
Dr. Ing. Daniele A. Cazzuffi
IGS Vice President
Mr. Peter E. Stevenson
IGS Secretary
Mr. Philippe Delmas
IGS Treasurer
Prof. Colin J.F.P. Jones
Immediate Past President
Mr. John W. Cowland
Mrs. Danette R. Halloran
Prof. Masashi Kamon
Prof. Jean Lafleur
Prof. Song Lee
Maria de Lurdes Lopes
Mr. Bernard Myles
Mr. James Paul
Dr. Valentin Feodorov
Mr. Mike Sadlier
Dr. James G. Collin, P.E.
Mr. Stephen P. Corbet
Prof. Jean-Pierre Gourc
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Heerten
Dr. Ennio Marques Palmeira
Ing. Pietro Rimoldi
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka
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