AEC Structure

The main body of the Association is the General Assembly, currently consisting of representatives of more than 273 active and associate members. The General Assembly meets once a year during the AEC Annual Congress in November to decide on the Association’s policy and activities; during the General Assembly, members also approve the annual reports and finances of the previous year and elect representatives to the AEC Council. The legal identity of the Association are laid down in the AEC Statutes, which are based on Dutch association law and are available in English, French and German versions. The AEC Statutes can be downloaded in English, French and German here.

AEC Council 

The AEC Council represents the members of the AEC. It consists of twelve representatives from member institutions in twelve different countries: the Executive Committee (President, Secretary General and two Vice-Presidents) and 8 regular Council members. Members elect these representatives for 3-year terms of office during the Association’s annual General Assembly. The AEC Council meets 3-4 times a year. The decisions of the Council and the General Assembly are implemented by the AEC Office, which is located in Utrecht (the Netherlands). 

President

Johannes Johansson

Director Royal College of Music in Stockholm

Vice-Presidents

Chris Fictoor	Dean Prins Claus Conservatoire Groningen
Pascale de Groote	Principal Koninklijk Conservatorium - Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen

Secretary General

George Caird

Principal Birmingham Conservatoire

Council members

Eirik Birkeland	Rector Norwegian Academy of Music
Hubert Eiholzer	Vice-Director Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana Lugano
Gretchen Amussen	Deputy Director of External Affaires and Communication Conservatoire de Paris
Bruno Carioti	Director Conservatoire "A. Casella" L'Aquila
Jörg Linowitzki	Prorector Musikhochschule Lübeck
Mist Thorkelsdottir	Dean Music Department Reykjavik Academy of the Arts
András Batta	President Liszt Academy of Music Budapest
Antonio Narejos Bernabéu	Vice-director Superior Conservatory of Music of Murcia

Past Honorary President

Ian Horsbrugh

Former Principal Guildhall School of Music and Drama London

AEC staff

	Martin Prchal chief executive
	Linda Messas project manager   Linda joined the AEC in March 2007.  She coordinates the ERASMUS Network for Music ‘Polifonia’ and administers the AEC Institutional and Programme Review Scheme. She has a Master in European Politics from the Institute of Political Sciences in Strasbourg. Linda is French, speaks English and some German and works hard on her Dutch. She can be reached via e-mail.
	Sara Primiterra office manager and project administrator   Sara is Italian. She joined the AEC team in February 2009. She is project administrator for the Sida Project for the Western Balkans “Widening Participation on the Road to Membership” and from September 2010 she is also Office Manager of the AEC.  She has got a Master of Science in Economics and Management of Arts and Culture at Bocconi Business University in Milan with a final dissertation on conservatories’ international relations. She was also trained as a musician and she got a violin degree at Conservatorio di Novara (Italy). She speaks Italian and English and has also some knowledge of French and Spanish. Her main fields of interest are: management of cultural and educational institutions, event management and international relations. She can be reached via e-mail1, e-mail2
	Şirin Tuğbay project administrator   Şirin joined the AEC in September 2008. At the AEC, she is involved in managing the Sida funded project Widening Participation on the Road to Membership and administration of the ERASMUS Network of Music ‘Polifonia’. She is also liaison to the EU-funded mobility project PRACTICS. Şirin has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University, and a Master of Arts in Arts Management from Utrecht School of the Arts. She can be reached via e-mail.
	Eleonoor Tchernoff  project administrator
	Laura G Manifold Student Intern
	Louise Courant Student Intern