Who we are

Making fibre
happen
for you

The FTTH Council Europe is led by an elected Board of Directors and a contracted operational Team, managed by the Director General, which runs the activities of the Council.


Our Committee Chairs coordinate the contributions of our members on a selection of key topics.

Carl Pertry

Carl Pertry

Director of Business Development Fixed Networks at Nokia

Board Member, FTTH Council Europe

Xavier Renard

Xavier Renard

Marketing Director at ACOME

Steffen Leiwesmeier

Steffen Leiwesmeier

Head of Strategic Treasury, Deutsche Giganetz GmbH

Investors Committee Chair, FTTH Council Europe

Thomas Miller

Thomas Miller

Executive Director, Hamburg Commercial Bank

Investors Committee Chair, FTTH Council Europe

Patrick Faraj

Patrick Faraj

Global Product Manager - Centralized Fiber Test Solutions at VIAVI Solutions

Deployment & Operations Committee Chair, FTTH Council Europe

Domenico Dichiarante

Domenico Dichiarante

Head of Residential Marketing and Business Development Top Clients at Open Fiber S.p.A.

Market intelligence Committee Chair, FTTH Council Europe

Maarten Egmond

Maarten Egmond

CTO, Genexis

In-Home Broadband Excellence Committee Chair

Trond Hovind

Trond Hovind

Director Business Development, Genexis

In-Home Broadband Excellence Committee Chair

Barbara Tonarelli

Barbara Tonarelli

Principal Sales Engineer at Adtran

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Jeroen Kanselaar

Jeroen Kanselaar

Manager Corporate Social Responsibility at Eurofiber

Sustainability Committee Chair

Niall Halpenny

Niall Halpenny

Director of Telecoms at Sonalake

Open Access Committee Chair

Vincent Garnier

Vincent Garnier

Director General at FTTH Council Europe

Investors Committee Acting Chair