Officers & Staff
Director General
Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1968, Dr. Schindler studied economics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from where he graduated in 1994.
Economist
Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Olivier Zieschank studied Management at the university of Lausanne where he graduated in 2005.
Honorary Life Members
(Past ITMF Presidents)
2016 - 2018
Jaswinder Bedi (Kenya)
2014 - 2016
Tiankai Wang (China)
2012 - 2014
Josué C. Gomes da Silva (Brazil)
2010 - 2012
Bashir H. Ali Mohammad (Pakistan)
2008 - 2010
Halit Narin (Turkey)
2006 - 2008
Walter Simeoni (South Africa)
2004 - 2006
Tito Burgi (Italy)
2003 - 2004
Sudhir Thackersey (India)
2001 - 2002
Herbert Schmid (Brazil)
1999 - 2000
Min Sok Suh (Korea Rep.)
1997 - 1998
Hervé Giraud (Turkey)
1995 - 1996
Daniel K. Frierson (USA)
1993 - 1994
Douglas T. Hsu (Chinese Taipei)
All ITMF Presidents
- 2018
Kihak Sung (Korea Rep.) - 2016 - 2018
Jaswinder Bedi (Kenya) - 2014 - 2016
Tiankai Wang (China) - 2012 - 2014
Josué C. Gomes da Silva (Brazil) - 2010 - 2012
Bashir H. Ali Mohammad (Pakistan) - 2008 - 2010
Halit Narin (Turkey) - 2006 - 2008
Walter Simeoni (South Africa) - 2004 - 2006
Tito Burgi (Italy) - 2003 - 2004
Sudhir Thackersey (India) - 2001 - 2002
Herbert Schmid (Brazil) - 1999 - 2000
Min Sok Suh (Korea Rep.) - 1997 - 1998
Hervé Giraud (Turkey) - 1995 - 1996
Daniel K. Frierson (USA) - 1993 - 1994
Douglas T. Hsu (Chinese Taipei) - 1991 - 1992
Federico Sanfeliu (Spain) - 1989 - 1990
Thomas R. Bell (Canada) - 1987 - 1988
Madanmohan Mangaldas (India) - 1985 - 1986
Bernhard Crone-Rawe (Germany) - 1983 - 1984
Donald Comer, Jr. (USA) - 1981 - 1982
Ichiji Ohtani (Japan) - 1978 - 1980
Roger Sauvegrain (France) - 1976 - 1978
Tom Normanton (United Kingdom) - 1974 - 1976
Krishnaraj M.D. Thackersey (India) - 1972 - 1974
Matteo Legler (Italy) - 1970 - 1972
J. Craig Smith (USA) - 1968 - 1970
Toyosaburo Taniguchi (Japan) - 1966 - 1968
Charles Uyttenhove (Belgium) - 1964 - 1966
Christer Höglund (Sweden) - 1962 - 1964
Alfredo Sédo (Spain) - 1960 - 1962
Kurt Dietrich (Germany) - 1958 - 1960
W.T. Kroese (Netherlands) - 1956 - 1958
W.T. Winterbottom (United Kingdom) - 1954 - 1956
Marcel Fremaux (France) - 1952 - 1954
H.S. Butterworth (United Kingdom) - 1950 - 1952
Caspar Jenny (Switzerland) - 1949 - 1950
H.S. Butterworth (United Kingdom) - 1939 - 1949
W.M. Wiggins (United Kingdom) - 1937 - 1939
Hendrik van Delden (Germany) - 1935 - 1937
W.M. Wiggins (United Kingdom) - 1933 - 1935
Paul Schlumberger (France) - 1932 - 1933
William Howarth (United Kingdom) - 1930 - 1932
Count Jean de Hemptinne (Belgium) - 1925 - 1930
Fred Holroyd (United Kingdom) - 1921 - 1925
John Syz (Switzerland) - 1919 - 1921
Herbert Dixon (United Kingdom) - 1904 - 1915
Charles W. Macara (United Kingdom)