The ESPN Council comprises the President, the Assistant President, the Treasurer and 8 ordinary councillors, who between them are responsible for the various Council portfolios as listed below.

Ordinary councillors serve a 3-year, non-renewable term. Vacancies are announced via ESPN member communications. Candidates must have the written support of two ESPN members. ESPN members vote to select their preferred candidates according to the number of vacancies. In the interests of broad representation on Council, where there is more than one candidate from the same country, only the top-ranked candidate can be appointed to Council. 

Prof. Dieter Haffner – ESPN President

Hannover Medical School, Hannover. Germany
E-mail address:  Haffner.Dieter@mh-hannover.de
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2022 –

Additional Responsibilities: Inherited Renal Disorders WG Liaison; Liason to all working group Activities and reports; Liason to ASPN; ESPN 2030 

Prof. Francesco Emma – ESPN Assistant President

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS
Piazza Sant’ Onofrio, 4 – 00165 Rome, Italy
E-mail address:  francesco.emma@opbg.net
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2022 –

Prof. Jun Oh – ESPN Treasurer

Medical Center University, Hamburg, Germany
E-mail address: j.oh@uke.de

Year of appointment: 2019

Additional Responsibilities: 

Aysun Karabay Bayazıt – Council Member

Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Nephrology
Adana, Turkey
E-mail address : akbayazit@gmail.com
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2020

Responsibilities: Advisory board of the European renal best practice (ERB) by ESPN; CKD-MBD WG liaison; Mentoring Program; Academic issues  – Research Grants evaluation; Relation with National Societies for Pediatric Nephrology; Transition

Dorota Drozdz – Council Member

Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College
Krakow, Poland
E-mail address : dadrozdz@cm-uj.krakow.pl

Year of appointment: 2020

Responsibilities: EDTA-dialysis and nurses, pharmacists; Nutrion Task Force; Academic issues  – Research Grants evaluation; Liason to patient organizations; Transition

Evgenia Preka – Council Member

Paediatric Nephrology, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
E-mail address : evgenia.preka@gmail.com
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2020

Responsibilities: Young Nephrology Network; Newsletters/Social Media; Mentoring Program; Website; Training grants; History Task Force; Transition

Fabio Paglialonga – Council Member

Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda- Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, Italy
E-mail address: fabio.paglialonga@policlinico.mi.it 
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2021

Responsibilities: Dialysis WG Liaison; Young Nephrology Network, 

George Reusz – Council Member

Semmelweis University, First Department of Pediatrics
Budapest, Hungary
E-mail address : reuszgs@gmail.com
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2020

Responsibilities: Relation with national societies for pediatric nephrology

Jerome Harambat – Council Member

Hôpital Pellegrin-Enfants, University of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
E-mail address : jerome.harambat@chu-bordeaux.fr 
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2021

Responsibilities: Research Grants Evaluation, Transplantation WG Liaison; ERKNet EGs Liaison

Michiel Schreuder – Council Member

Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
E-mail address: michiel.schreuder@radboudumc.nl
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2020

Responsibilities: World kidney day activities; Newsletters/Social Media; CAKUT WG Liaison; ESPN 2030 

Stella Stabouli – Council Member

Aristotle University
Thessaloniki, Greece
E-mail address : sstaboul@auth.gr 
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2021

Responsibilities: Academic issues  – Research Grants evaluation; Training grants; Liason to patient organizations