The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has appointed Geert Freling, CFM, president and chief executive officer of Facility Management Schiphol Plc, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, as its 1999-2000 international vice chair.

Gert Freeling has prior international experience. He started the privatised limited company Facility Management Schiphol Plc, a subsidiary of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. He is responsible for the company's strategies, operations and service delivery.

Freling has been a member of IFMA since 1993, and has served as the Association's international secretary and regional vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was chairman of the European Operating Committee and has played an active role in World Workplace-Europe, a Euro FM/IFMA conference and exhibition on facility management.

This appointment follows the one of Philip Roberts, of which we reported on 15th December.