Choreographed + performed by Katherine Helen Fisher + Jaime Verazin
© RJ Muna
IMZ Board 2023-25
The IMZ Executive Board for 2023-2025 consists of representatives from internationally acclaimed broadcasters, producers and distributors, as well as performing arts + educational institutions and reflects the immense diversity and quality of their fields of activity.
The voting period for the IMZ Executive Board Elections 2023-2025 concluded on 4 September, 2022; the new board was formally constituted during the IMZ General Assembly in February 2023.
IMZ Directorate
Arild Erikstad
IMZ President
Executive Producer / Editor Music Department NRK TV / International Cooperations at NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norway)
Emelie De Jong
IMZ Treasurer
Managing Director and Programme Director at ARTE G.E.I.E. (France)
Jason Charters
IMZ Vice-President
Producer at Riddle Films (Canada)
Stephen James-Yeoman
IMZ Vice-President
Commissioning Executive at BBC Arts and Classical Music (United Kingdom)
Elmar Kruse
IMZ Vice-President
Managing Director at C Major Entertainment (Germany)
Franz Patay
IMZ Legal Counsel
CEO at VBW International GmbH (Austria)
Katharina Jeschke
IMZ Secretary General
Secretary General at IMZ International Music + Media Centre (Austria)
IMZ Board 2023-25
Wolfgang Bergmann
Managing Director + Coordinator ARTE - ZDF at ARTE Deutschland TV (Germany)
Agné Biliunaite
Culture Editor at LRT – Lithuanian National Radio and Television (Lithuania)
Ernst Buchrucker
Managing Director at Unitel (Germany)
Daniel Celarec
Head of Music & Dance at RTV Slovenija (Slovenia)
Ditte Feuk
Executive of Drama, Theatre, Opera & Dance at SVT – Swedish Television (Sweden)
Frank Gerdes
Head of Culture at ServusTV (Austria)
Daniel Gorjão
Head of Performing Arts at RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (Portugal)
Laetitia Huberti
Head of La Première, Musiq3, Classic 21, La Trois at RTBF – Belgian Public Radio & Television (Belgium)
Mari Inamasu
Senior Producer at NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Japan)
Maria Kivinen
Sales Executive at Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Finland)
Ulrike Köstinger
Chief Content Officer at Operabase (Denmark)
Sandrine Laffont
Managing Director / Head of International TV Sales at EuroArts Music International (Germany)
Rita Lombardi
International Sales at RAI COM (Italy)
Reiner Moritz
Managing Director at Poorhouse International (United Kingdom)
Tomas Motl
Executive Director of CT Art / Director of Golden Prague Festival at Czech Television (Czech Republic)
François Roussillon
Producer + TV Director at François Roussillon et Associés (France)
Erwin Stürzer
General Manager Naxos Audiovisual Division at NAXOS Audiovisual Division (Germany)
Martin Traxl
Head of Culture Department / TV at ORF – Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (Austria)
Maria Willer
Producer / Managing Director at 3B-Produktion GmbH (Germany)
