GIQS board of management 

Chairwoman:

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Petersen
Agricultural Faculty of the University of Bonn
Institute for Animal Science
Preventive Health Management Group
Katzenburgweg 7-9, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: +49-228-73 2821
Fax: +49-228-73 6515 

Prof. Petersen is the GIQS chairwoman since its foundation. Until december 2005 she aligned the project „GIQS in meat chains“ and until february 2005 the scientific accompaniment of the project „GIQS in food processing SMEs“. Afterwards she coordinates the administrative project process of the Interreg IIIC program PromSTAP and was responsible for the scientific accompaniment of the project "Risk Control".
She is in charge of the Department for Preventive Animal Health Management at the agricltural faculty of the University of Bonn since 1991 with the following main research:

• Development of computer based informationssystems and prognosis models for the support of descriptive, analytical and prognostic epidemiology
• Development of concepts and instruments for indipendent operational and chain related health management- and quality management systems.

Secretary:

Dr. Rien Komen
Wageningen University
Social Sciences Group
Hollandseweg 1
NL 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-317-482 025
Fax: +31-317-484 763

Rien Komen is the secretary of GIQS since June 2007. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Wageningen University (in 2000). After a short scientific career he is occupied in managerial functions since 2003. From 2005 onwards he is Director Management of the Social Sciences Group, consisting of

• the Department of Social Sciences of Wageningen University and
• the LEI in The Hague (350 employees).
  

Finances:

Dr. Peter van der Wolf
Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren
P.O Box 9, 7400 AA Deventer, The Netherlands
Tel.: +31-570-660 378
Fax: +31-570-660 345 

Dr. Van der Wolf acts as financial manager of GIQS and as a head of the working group „GIQS in meat chains“ until the end of 2005. Later he participates within the project "Risk Control", too.
He is working for the department of pig health of the "Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren" in Deventer/ The Netherlands since 1992. The main focus of his work is on

• Gastrointestinal-Pathogenes and
• Zoonoses, mainly salmonellae.