Chair and Secretariat

CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR – 2025-2026

 
CESNI elects its Chair and Vice-Chair. The positions are held for two-year terms of office by experts from one of the national administrations that are members of CESNI. The Vice-Chair acts as Chair if the Chair is unable to serve or if the position is vacant.
 
At its meeting on 28 October 2025, the CESNI Committee elected its Chair and Vice-Chair for the period from 2025 to 2026.
 

Chair

Mr Florian Röthlingshöfer

Director of the Swiss Rhine Ports
SWITZERLAND
 
 
 
 

Vice-chair

Ms Monika Niemiec-Butryn

Assistant Director of the Department of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation of the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure
POLAND
 
 
 
 

CESNI SECRETARIAT

The Secretariat of the CESNI and its working groups is provided by the Secretariat of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine.
 
Please find below the contact persons to answer your questions related to CESNI topics.
 

Ms Hester Duursema

Secretary general of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
comite_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ms Anne Kaelbel

Questions related to CESNI coordination
comite_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mr Benjamin Boyer

Questions related to technical requirements (CESNI/PT)
pt_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ms Charline Daloze

Questions related to professional qualifications (CESNI/QP)
qp_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mr Raphaël Le Guillou

Questions related to information technologies (CESNI/TI)
ti_cesni@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ms Lucie Fahrner

Questions related to the communication
info@cesni.eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Previous presidencies

2016-2017
Mr Max Nilles

Policy Adviser
Directorate of Inland Navigation & Logistics
Transport Department
Ministry of Sustainable Development & Infrastructures
LUXEMBOURG
 

2018-2019
Ms Lucia Luijten

Head of Unit for Inland Navigation & Waterways
Ministry of infrastructure & the Environment
NETHERLANDS
 

2020-2021
Mr Vojtech Dabrowski

Head of the Inland Navigation Unit
Rail and Waterborne Transport Department
Ministry of Transport
CZECHIA
 

2022-2023
Ms Marleen Coenen

Head of the Waterways and Inland Navigation Unit at the Mobility and Public Works Department Flanders
BELGIUM
 

2024-2025
Mr Ivan Bilić-Prcić

Naval architect and Inland Navigation Division Manager at the Croatian Register of Shipping
CROATIA