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
Ms Eva AMBACHER
Member of the Supervisory Board of SOS Children’s Villages Austria
Ms Doris ALBISSER
Chairperson of the Board, SOS Children's Villages Switzerland
Mr Mikhail BARRANIKOV
President, SOS Children's Villages Russia
Mr Daniel BARROY
President, SOS Children's Villages France
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 Michael KARLSSON
Chairman, SOS Children's Villages Sweden
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 Halvor STENSTADVOLD
Chairman, 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
Mr Wilfried VYSLOZIL
Chairman, SOS-Kinderdörfer Weltweit Hermann-Gmeiner-Fonds, SOS Children's Villages Germany
Mr Steffen BRAASCH
Chief Exective Officer (Interim) and Chief Financial Officer
Mr Michael PÖLTL
Chief Operating Officer
