International Senate

The International Senate is comprised of 20 representative members from the General Assembly, plus the President and the Vice-President. Four continents are represented, as are the eight member associations that make the largest financial contributions to the international activities of the federation.

Meeting annually, the Senate has several functions. These include formulating policy changes and drawing up of procedural guidelines. The current Senate was elected at the SOS Children’s Villages International General Assembly in Innsbruck, Austria, in June 2016.

Three Senate Committees have specific tasks in terms of programme and financial auditing, as well as leadership selection.

Mr Siddhartha KAUL
President, SOS Children's Villages International

Dr Gitta TRAUERNICHT

Vice-President, SOS Children's Villages International;
Board Member, SOS-Kinderdorf e.V., SOS Children's Villages Germany

Mr Andreas KOVAR

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, SOS Children's Villages Austria

Ms Doris ALBISSER

Chairperson of the Board, SOS Children's Villages Switzerland

 Ms Reem Atalla HABAYEB

Member of the Board, SOS Children's Villages Jordan

Mr Norawat CHAROEN-RAJAPARK

President, SOS Children’s Villages Thailand

Ms Martha ESCALERA GUZMAN

President, SOS Children's Villages Mexico

Mr Mikhail BARRANIKOV

President, SOS Children's Villages Russia

Mr Michael KARLSSON

Chairman, SOS Children's Villages Sweden

Mr Daniel BARROY

President, SOS Children's Villages France

Ms Mariza KATAVIĆ

President, SOS Children's Villages Croatia

Ms Maria Grazia LANZANI

President, SOS Children's Villages Italy

Ms Maria Angeles LAPENA

President, SOS Children's Villages Philippines

Mr Lars Henrik MUNCH

Chairman, SOS Children's Villages Denmark

Dr Martin ODUOR-OTIENO

Chairman, SOS Children's Villages Kenya

Mr Francesc Torralba ROSELLO

Board member, SOS Children's Villages Spain

Mr Maximo P. SPERONI

President, SOS Children's Villages Argentina

Mr Erik GARAAS

Chairman of the Board, SOS Children's Villages Norway

Mr Philip Willem van VERSCHUER

Board member, SOS Children's Villages Netherlands

Mr Kay VORWERK

Chairman, SOS-Kinderdorf e.V., SOS Children's Villages Germany

Ms PETRA HORN

Member of the Executive Board, HGFD

Mr Gordon NZALO
Chairperson, SOS Children’s Villages South Africa

Ex officio: Management Team

Mr Steffen BRAASCH

Chief Exective Officer (Interim) and Chief Financial Officer

Mr Michael PÖLTL

Chief Operating Officer