Executive Board

President Mike MORTIMER was born in the UK, raised in Southern Africa and is a Canadian citizen living in Calgary, Alberta. A former President of the Alpine Club of Canada, he was the Canadian delegate from 1995 and a member of the UIAA council from 2004 to 2006. He has been involved with mountain safety for the last 25 years, in both a retail and volunteer capacity.

Vice President Jordi COLOMER comes from Barcelona. He has been a member of the UIAA’s Expedition and Mountaineering commissions and was the president of the International Ski-Mountaineering Committee from 1999 -2007.

                      
Secretary General Jan BØNDING lives in Copenhagen. He was on the board of Dansk Bjergklub for a total of 21 years, including ten years as president. He was the Danish delegate to the UIAA from 1994 until he was elected Secretary General in 2004.

 
Member Paola GIGLIOTTI is a medical doctor and a professor of Physiology of Mountain Sports. In 1967 she won the European Gold Medal as an artistic gymnast. She has conducted scientific research on mountains and is a member of the Mountain Partnership of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Member Nico de JONG was the first president of the new merged Dutch federation, the Mountaineering and Climbing Association of the Netherlands, from 1998 to 2002. He was a member of the UIAA Council for seven years and is active in many sports including ski mountaineering and mixed rock/ice climbing. 

 
Member Zhixin LI was one of the first two Chinese climbers who scaled the highest peak in each of the seven continents. Now he is the president of the Chinese Mountaineering Association and the president of the Asian Sport Climbing Council.


Member Peter FARKAS comes from Hungary and has also lived in Australia, where he did several first ascents. He was a member of the Hungarian Youth National Team and is the vice president of the Hungarian Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation. He is currently the editor of the UIAA journal. His favorite area is the Elbsandstein "where climbing is still an adventure".