IIW History 1990-2015

Raj was justifiably pleased with the progress achieved during his term of office as President when he handed over the reins to Prof. Gary B. Marquis (Finland) in 2014. Marquis, like many before him, was an able administrator having just completed his term of office as the Chair of the TMB and a period as the Chair of Commission XIII Fatigue of Welded Components and Structures (C-XIII). Two of his first acts as President were to sign the new service agreement between IIW and the French Institut de Soudure for hosting the IIW General Secretariat, and also with the Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ) Portugal for hosting the IIW IAB Secretariat. At the outset he signalled the need for continued change beyond 2019 in terms of strengthening the rules, operating procedures and practices for

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education, training, qualification and certification activities. The increasingly commercial nature of IIW’s developing interests, over the longer term, would also require change to its structure, including the pursuance of global best practices and governance. 33 In terms of the latter, Marquis declared that ‘IIW must continue to pursue improved governance practices. Our goals are to develop greater accountability, openness, integrity and transparency with respect to decisions and policies’. 34 In conjunction with Marquis’ election as President, other important appointments were made to senior positions in IIW. These included Mr Douglas Luciani (Canada) as Treasurer, replacing Kotecki, with Kotecki passing on the ‘piggy’ bank and Luciani receiving it with humility and good grace. Also Mr James Guild (South Africa) was to take over as Chair of the

LINKING PEOPLE, JOINING NATIONS in its future, the 70th anniversary in 2018. Marquis was to remark ‘The expanse of our organisation is clear testimony to its strength, purpose and value. The IIW provides a unique platform for scientific, technological and educational development in the field of materials joining and as an organisation we possess a wealth of knowledge and support IAB in a period that would see his diplomacy and commitment tested to the limit, and Dr Luca Costa (Italy) demonstrated his all-round capabilities bybecoming theChair of theTMB. In terms of governance, IIW still continued to adapt and maintain its relevance in changing times bringing membership of IIW to a record 59 Member Countries by the end of 2015. This was a satisfactory position to be in as the Institute neared another milestone

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