Board and Secretariat

The President & the Board

EMTA is controlled by a board elected by members at general meetings for a 2-year renewable term.

The current board, elected 26 October 2023, is as follows:

Left to right : Lukasz Franek, Alex Williams, Dorthe Nøhr Pedersen, Faustino Gomes, Katalin Walter, Laurent Probst, Mika Nikänen, Laura Delgado Hernandez, Lluis Alegre
Dr Katalin Walter

Dr Katalin Walter

President of EMTA

Centre for Budapest Transport

M. Laurent Probst

Vice-President of EMTA

Île-de-France Mobilités

Mr Faustino Gomes

Vice-President of EMTA

Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa

Mrs Laura Delgado

Treasurer

Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid

Other members of the Board

Ms Dorthe Nøhr Pedersen

Movia Public Transport

Mr Lukasz Franek

Zarzad Transportu Publicznego (ZTP)

Mr Mika Nykänen

Mr Mika Nykänen

Helsingin seudun liikenne (HSL)

Mr Alex Williams

Transport for London

Mr Lluis Alegre

Mr Lluis Alegre

Autoritat Del Transport Metropolità

The Team of the Secretariat

Mr Thomas Geier

Secretary General

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Ms Zahraa Jawad

Research Officer

Mr Johannes Laitila

Communications Officer

Ms Rebecca Hamache

Administrative Assistant

EMTA is organised on a voluntary basis into working groups on subjects decided jointly by the members.

Any Authority responsible for transport in a main European city or metropolitan area may become a member by applying to EMTA for membership.

EMTA general meetings are held at least once a year. Here are all the place where the meetings have been organised :

  1. Paris (April 1998),
  2. Madrid (November 1998),
  3. Berlin (April 1999),
  4. Brussels (November 1999),
  5. Manchester (April 2000),
  6. Rome (November 2000),
  7. Prague (April 2001),
  8. Barcelona (November 2001),
  9. Dublin (May 2002),
  10. Frankfurt (October 2002),
  11. Vienna (February 2003),
  12. London (November 2003),
  13. Helsinki (June 2004),
  14. Seville (October 2004),
  15. Amsterdam (April 2005),
  16. Vilnius (September 2005),
  17. Stuttgart (May 2006),
  18. Lyon (October 2006),
  19. Bilbao (April 2007),
  20. Stockholm (October 2007),
  21. Turin (April 2008),
  22. Paris for the 10th anniversary (November 2008),
  23. Valencia (April 2009),
  24. Warsaw (November 2009),
  25. Budapest (April 2010),
  26. Barcelona (November 2010),
  27. Madrid (April 2011),
  28. Birmingham (November 2011),
  29. Prague (May 2012),
  30. Berlin (September 2012),
  31. Copenhagen (April 2013),
  32. Vienna (October 2013),
  33. Rotterdam (May 2014),
  34. London (October 2014),
  35. Oslo (May 2015),
  36. Vilnius (October 2015),
  37. Budapest (May 2016),
  38. Warsaw (October 2016),
  39. Helsinki (June 2017),
  40. Manchester (November 2017),
  41. Paris for the 20th anniversary (June 2018),
  42. Amsterdam (November 2018),
  43. Palma (April 2019)
  44. Turin (November 2019)
  45. Virtual meeting (November 2020) ; Copenhagen (May 2020) and Bilbao (November 2020) meetings cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
  46. Copenhagen (November 2021)
  47. Lisbon (May 2022)
  48. Vienna (October 2022)
  49. Oslo (May 2023)
  50. Barcelona (October 2023)
  51. Krakow (April 2024)
  52. Porto (October 2024)

The next meetings planned are

Toulouse, 21-23 May 2025
London, 8-10 October 2025

EMTA Members
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