Functioning
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](https://www.emta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Foto_board_EMTA-1-de-1-2-1024x605.jpg)
![Dr Katalin Walter](https://www.emta.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nys_2497-320x320.jpg)
Dr Katalin Walter
President of EMTA
Centre for Budapest Transport
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M. Laurent Probst
Vice-President of EMTA
Île-de-France Mobilités
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Mr Faustino Gomes
Vice-President of EMTA
Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa
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Mrs Laura Delgado
Treasurer
Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid
Other members of the Board
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Ms Dorthe Nøhr Pedersen
Movia Public Transport
![](https://www.emta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LukaszFranek.jpeg)
Mr Lukasz Franek
Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego
![Mr Mika Nykänen](https://www.emta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1571997882871-320x320.jpg)
Mr Mika Nykänen
Helsingin seudun liikenne (HSL)
![](https://www.emta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AlexWilliams-320x320.png)
Mr Alex Williams
Transport for London
![Mr Lluis Alegre](https://www.emta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1516460922068-320x320.jpg)
Mr Lluis Alegre
Autoritat Del Transport Metropolità
The Team of the Secretariat
![alexandre.png](https://www.emta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/alexandre.png)
Mr Alexandre Santacreu
Secretary-General
manages the association and reports to the President.
![](https://www.emta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/geiert_quadrat.jpg)
Mr Thomas Geier
Policy Advisor
leads on the deployment of the European Mobility Data Space, on digital sales and MaaS, and supports the SG on policy questions.
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Ms Zahraa Jawad
Project Officer
oversees the contribution of EMTA to the EU-funded project named UPPER (Unleashing the Potential of Public transport in EuRope.)
![](https://www.emta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Rebecca-320x320.jpg)
Ms Rebecca Hamache
Administrative Assistant
is responsible for the accounting and budget planning, and contributes to preparing meetings.
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Mr Johannes Laitila
Communications Officer
is responsible for the communications of the organization.
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 :
- Paris (April 1998),
- Madrid (November 1998),
- Berlin (April 1999),
- Brussels (November 1999),
- Manchester (April 2000),
- Rome (November 2000),
- Prague (April 2001),
- Barcelona (November 2001),
- Dublin (May 2002),
- Frankfurt (October 2002),
- Vienna (February 2003),
- London (November 2003),
- Helsinki (June 2004),
- Seville (October 2004),
- Amsterdam (April 2005),
- Vilnius (September 2005),
- Stuttgart (May 2006),
- Lyon (October 2006),
- Bilbao (April 2007),
- Stockholm (October 2007),
- Turin (April 2008),
- Paris for the 10th anniversary (November 2008),
- Valencia (April 2009),
- Warsaw (November 2009),
- Budapest (April 2010),
- Barcelona (November 2010),
- Madrid (April 2011),
- Birmingham (November 2011),
- Prague (May 2012),
- Berlin (September 2012),
- Copenhagen (April 2013),
- Vienna (October 2013),
- Rotterdam (May 2014),
- London (October 2014),
- Oslo (May 2015),
- Vilnius (October 2015),
- Budapest (May 2016),
- Warsaw (October 2016),
- Helsinki (June 2017),
- Manchester (November 2017),
- Paris for the 20th anniversary (June 2018),
- Amsterdam (November 2018),
- Palma (April 2019)
- Turin (November 2019)
- Virtual meeting (November 2020) ; Copenhagen (May 2020) and Bilbao (November 2020) meetings cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
- Copenhagen (November 2021)
- Lisbon (May 2022)
- Vienna (October 2022)
- Oslo (May 2023)
- Barcelona (October 2023)
The next meeting planned is
Krakow, 10-12 April 2024