Gregory Verpoorten Becomes Badminton Europe President

At their Annual Delegates’ Meeting, Badminton Europe have selected Gregory Verpoorten (Belgium) as their new President.

Verpoorten took over the position from Poul-Erik Høyer(Denmark) who stepped down in May 2013 as he became President of the Badminton World Federation. Since Høyer stepped down, Joao Matos (Portugal) served the Confederation as an Acting President until this week’s ADM.

Other positions that were elected included Murat Özmekik (Turkey) who took over the Vice-President position from Alberto Miglietta (Italy), who served in that position for five years. 

Richard Vaughan (Ireland) was also elected Director for Communication and Jean-Marc Serfaty (France) is the new Director for Development.