1. 10 June 2013
FERMA executive manager elected to association’s
board
Florence Bindelle, executive manager of the Federation of
European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), has
been elected to the board of the European Society of
Association Executives (ESAE).
ESAE’s role is to support association managers
throughout Europe. Rather like FERMA itself for risk
managers, it aims to increase recognition of the
profession of association executive.
Florence said: “I am very pleased to join this board, and I
am sure it will benefit FERMA, as well the professionalism
of our industry sector.”
Florence has been executive manager for Brussels-based
FERMA since 1999. She has a degree in law with a
master’s degree in insurance law and a certificate in risk
management. She speaks French, Spanish, English and
Dutch.
ESAE, is related to ASAE in the US and other parts of the
world, where it has 21 000 members. Newly elected
President Alessandro Cortese, executive director of
ESTRO, said: “I want to reposition ESAE as a platform for
association executives to exchange and capture
knowledge. At this stage the mission is ambitious and the
Board works on the strategy and the developments of the
future” ESAE plans to work closely with other
organisations on the future European Association
Summit.

2. More on the website: http://esae.org/
For more information, contact
Lee Coppack
FERMA media coordinator
lee@coppack.co.uk or +44 (0)20 8318 0330 or
+44 (0)7843 089904
Or
Florence Bindelle
FERMA executive manager
florence.bindelle@ferma.eu or +32 (2) 761 94 31
About FERMA
The Federation of European Risk Management
Associations (FERMA) brings together 22 national risk
management associations in 20 European countries.
FERMA has 4,500 individual members representing a wide
range of business sectors from major industrial and
commercial companies to financial institutions and local
government bodies. These members play a crucial role for
their organisations with respect to the management and
treatment of complex risks and insurance issues.
Member associations are from the following countries:
Belgium (BELRIM), Czech Republic (ASPAR CZ), Denmark
(DARIM), Finland (FinnRiMa), France (AMRAE), Germany
(DVS/BfV), Italy (ANRA), Luxembourg (PRiM), Malta
(MARM), Netherlands (NARIM), Norway (NORIMA),
Poland (POLRISK), Portugal (APOGERIS), Russia (RusRisk),
Slovenia (Sl.RISK), Spain (AGERS and IGREA), Sweden
(SWERMA), Switzerland (SIRM), Turkey (ERMA) and United
Kingdom (Airmic).