There are new and familiar faces among the five-person board of directors headed by chief executive Henny van Esch of Optimus.

They are technical officer Rainer Prosi (Heidelberg), education and marketing officer Julie Watson (Ultimate Technographics), treasurer and financial officer Jay Farr (EFI), with Australian Mark Wilton (Wilton & Partners Consulting) continuing as

membership officer.

The advisory board - the highest authority of the CIP4 organisation -is made up of one representative of each partner member, five representatives of the full members, and two representatives of the associate members.

They are: from partner members- Claudia Alimpich (Ricoh Company), Joseph Rouhana (Xerox), Markus Schluep (Müller Martini), Mike Scrutton (Adobe), Arjen Van der Meulen (Kodak), Bernhard Wagensommer (Heidelberg) and Craig White (HP); elected by full members- Nick Benkovich (EFI), Joanne David (Ultimate TechnoGraphics), Stefan Meissner (flyeralarm), Jacques Thiebauld (Dalim Software), Henny van Esch (Optimus); and elected by associate members- Mark Bohan (Printing Industries of America) and Stephan Jaeggi (PrePress Consulting).