{"id":19053,"date":"2025-05-21T05:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=19053"},"modified":"2025-05-21T05:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:52:57","slug":"bts-past-chair-joins-ita-executive-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=19053","title":{"rendered":"\u200aBTS past chair joins ITA Executive Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previous week the World Tunnel Congress in Stockholm hosted this election at the ITA\u2019s 51st General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">McGirr, who is a director at COWI UK, has been on the ITA\u2019s Executive Council since 2022, and was a member of the ITA\u2019s Governance Council from 2019-2022. He was elected to the BTS Committee in 2006, was vice-chair from 2010-2012, and chair from 2012-2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">McGirr is one of three new vice-presidents. The others are Klaus Rieker of Germany, who was elected first vice-president, and Sanja Zlatanic from the US.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Five new Executive Council members were also elected. They are Elena Chiriotti of France; Nobuharu Isago of Japan; Zhigou Zhang of China; Hamdi Aydin of Turkey; and Johan Mignon of Belgium.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Andrea Pigorini of Italy was elected ITA president for the 2025-2028 term. He succeeds Arnold Dix who will remain on the Executive Council as immediate past president for the next three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous week the World Tunnel Congress in Stockholm hosted this election at the ITA\u2019s 51st General Assembly. McGirr, who is a director at COWI UK, has been on the ITA\u2019s Executive Council since 2022, and was a member of the ITA\u2019s Governance Council from 2019-2022. He was elected to the BTS Committee in 2006, was vice-chair from 2010-2012, and chair from 2012-2014 McGirr is one of three new vice-presidents. The others are Klaus Rieker of Germany, who was elected first vice-president, and Sanja Zlatanic from the US. Five new Executive Council members were also elected. 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