The IATIS Nominations Committee are pleased to announce the new Executive Council for the next four-year term starting from January 2026:
The President: Associate Professor Julie Boéri, University of Manchester, UK
Co-Vice President: Associate Professor Phrae Chittiphalangsri, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Co-Vice-President: Assistant Professor Marija Todorova, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Eleven ordinary Council Members
The incoming Executive Council stood as unopposed candidates prior to the election and therefore have been endorsed by the outgoing members of the Executive Council.
The ex officio positions continue to be held by the following IATIS members:
Chair of Executive Council: Dr Cristina Marinetti, Cardiff University, UK
Secretary/Treasurer: Dr Henry Jones, University of Manchester, UK
Chair of International Conferences Committee: Assistant Professor Kyung-hye Kim, Dongguk University, South Korea
Chair of Membership Committee: Dr Joseph Lambert, Cardiff University, UK
Chair of Nominations Committee: Dr Jooyin Saejang, Mahidol University, Thailand
Chair of Publications Committee: Associate Professor Duncan Poupard, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Chair of Regional Workshops and Training Committee: Dr Khaled Al-Shehari, Qatar University, Qatar
The ex officio position newly appointed is:
Chair of Social Media and Outreach Committee: Assistant Professor Bandar Altalidi, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Eleven ordinary Council Members include (in alphabetical order):
Professor Morven Beaton-Thome, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany
Assistant Professor Deborah Giustini, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Professor Sue-Ann Harding, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Professor Youngmin Kim, Dongguk University, South Korea
Associate Professor Maialen Marin-Lacarta, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Professor Loredana Polezzi, Stony Book University, USA
Dr Gabriela Saldanha, University of Oslo, Norway
Professor Rafael Schögler, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Associate Professor Stefania Taviano University of Messina, Italy
Professor Martin Ward, University of Leeds, UK
Professor Patrick Zabalbeascoa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
The new Council has a worldwide reputation and represents significant voices of research, industry practices, and boundary-breaking commitments in the realm of translation, interpreting, and intercultural studies. The new Executive Council will be officially introduced at the 8th IATIS International Conference: Sustainable Translation in the Age of Knowledge Extraction, Generation, and (Re)Creation to take place in Oman from 10 -13 December 2025.
30 November 2025
IATIS Nominations Committee
