ECCO – the European CanCer Organisation is governed by its Board of Directors elected from its Member Societies to serve a two-year term. The Board is highly committed to fulfilling the Organisation’s Mission and imparting the necessary expertise and guidance to position ECCO as the multi-specialty European forum.

By connecting all stakeholders who share a vision toward advancing cancer care, the Board embraces and actively promotes the ECCO philosophy that every cancer patient deserves the best.

ECCO Board of Directors 2018-2019

• Philip Poortmans - President
• Matti Aapro - President-Elect
• Kathy Oliver (ECCO PAC Chair)
• Arturo Chiti (EANM) - Treasurer
• Bertrand Tombal (EORTC)
• Daniel Kelly (EONS)
• Dominique de Valeriola (OECI)
• Etienne Brain (SIOG)
• Alberto Costa (ESO)
• Hendrik Van Poppel (EAU)
• Klaus Meier (ESOP)
• Pamela Kearns (SIOP Europe)
• Regina Beets-Tan (ESR)
• Tibor Kovacs (ESSO)
• Mike Morrissey -ex-officio member, ECCO Chief Executive

ECCO Board of Directors 2020-2021

• Matti Aapro – President
• Philip Poortmans – Past-President
• Sema Erdem and Stefan Gijssels – ECCO PAC Co-Chairs
• Alberto Costa (ESO)
• Arnulf Stenzl (EAU)
• Bertrand Tombal (EORTC)
• Csaba Dégi (IPOS)
• Dominique de Valeriola (OECI)
• Isabel Teresa Rubio (EUSOMA)
• Lore Decoster (SIOG)
• Mirjam Crul (ESOP)
• Pamela Kearns (SIOP Europe)
• Regina Beets-Tan (ESR)
• Theresa Wiseman (EONS)
• Wim Oyen (EANM)
• Arturo Chiti – ex-officio member, ECCO Past-Treasurer
• Mike Morrissey – ex-officio member, ECCO Chief Executive