FIG Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land Management

Officers 2023–2026

Commission Chair
Dr. Rohan Bennett
Senior Geodetic Consultant, Kadaster International
AUSTRALIA
Commission Secretary
Dr. Kirsikka Riekkinen
FINLAND
Working Group Chair
Working Group 7.1 – Framework for Effective Land Administration (FELA)
Amalia Velasco Martín-Varés
SPAIN
Working Group Chair
Working Group 7.2 – Fit for Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA)
Mr. Israel Taiwo
NIGERIA
Working Group Chair
Working Group 7.3 – LADM and 3D Land Administration (LADM/3D)
Prof. Peter van Oosterom
NETHERLANDS
Working Group Chair
Working Group 7.4 – Artificial Intelligence for Land Administration (AI4LA)
Dr Mila Koeva
BULGARIA
Working Group Chair
Working Group 7.5 – Women’s Land Rights Advocacy (S4HL)
Dr. Marisa Balas
MOZAMBIQUE
Working Group Chair
Working Group 7.6 – Digital Transformation for Integrated Land Management
Msc. Claudia Stöcker
GERMANY
Working Group Chair
Working Group 7.7 – Land Administration Education
Simon Hull
SOUTH AFRICA
Working Group Chair
Working Group 7.8 – Comparative Land Administration
Mr. Charl-Thom Bayer
NAMIBIA

 

National Delegates and Correspondents

ALGERIA
Mr. Sebti SIDHOUM
Engineer
Order of Land Surveyors Expert - ALGERIA - (O.G.E.F)
MA-10001, Order of Land Expert Surveyors (OGEF)
ARMENIA
Ms. Anna Karapetyan
Chief specialist at Geospatial information management division of Geomatics Center
Cadastre Committee of Armenia

Ms. Nane Khudaverdyan
Chief specialist at Geospatial information data division of Cadastre Committee
Cadastre Committee of Armenia

Ms. Armenuhi Yeghiazaryan
Chief specialist at Geospatial information management division of Geomatics Center
Cadastre Committee of Armenia

AF-20073, Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia
AUSTRALIA
Dr Daniel Paez
Technical Director
INECA Pty Ltd

Ms Narelle Underwood
Surveyor General & Director Survey Operations
Department of Finance, Services & Innovation (NSW)

MA-10004, Geospatial Council of Australia
Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Director of Centre for SDI and Land Administration
The University of Melbourne

Dr Davood Shojaei
Senior Lecturer
The University of Melbourne

AC-40002, The University of Melbourne
Dr Serene Ho
Geospatial Science, RMIT University
AC-40003, RMIT University
AUSTRIA
Ms. Gerda Schennach
BEV-Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying
MA-10005, Austrian Society for Surveying and Geoinformation
AZERBAIJAN
Mr. Jeyhun Azizli
Assistant to Director of Cadastre and Land Structure Project Research Center LLC of the Real Estate Cadastre and Address Registry Service under the State Committee on Property Issues of the Republic of Azerbaijan
The State Committee on Property Issues of the Republic of Azerbaijan
AF-20069, State Committee on Property Issues of the Republic of Azerbaijan
BELGIUM
Mr. Francis Gabele
c/o Union Belge des Geometres-Experts Immobiliers
MA-10008, Union Belge des Géomètres-Experts Immobiliers
BENIN
Mr. Dieudonné MONTCHO
MA-10113, Order of the Expert Geometricians of Benin
BHUTAN
Mrs Kiba
Chief Survey Engineer
CID,DoSAM,NLCS
AF-20074, National Land Commission Secretariat
BOLIVIA
Ing. Pedro Flores Cruz
Jefe de Seccion
IGM

Topografo Pedro De La Cruz Quispe
Operador
IGM

AF-20076, Instituto Geográfico de Militar
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Ivan Lesko
MA-10112, Geodetic Association of Herceg-Bosnia
BULGARIA
Mr. Kiril Stoyanov
Union of Surveyors and Land Managers
MA-10013, Union of Surveyors and Land Managers in Bulgaria
CANADA






MA-10016, Canadian Institute of Geomatics
Francis Roy
AC-40092, Université Laval
Jacynthe Pouliot
AC-40092, Université Laval
CHINA
Mr. Fan Jingsheng
Deputy Secretary General
CSSMG
MA-10017, Chinese Society for Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography (CSGPC)
COLOMBIA
PhD in geography Luz Angela Rocha Salamanca
Titular professor
Faculty of Engineering
AC-40016, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
Mr. Seraphin Matshitshi
Admistrateur gérant
societé de génie, géomatique et de topographie (GIT sarl)

Mukeba Kankonde Andre
expert
division du castre

MA-10101, Federation of Geometers and Surveyors
CROATIA
Prof. PhD. Miodrag Roic
Full professor
University of Zagreb - Faculty of Geodesy

PhD. Nikola Vucic
State Geodetic Administration

MA-10020, Croatian Geodetic Society
Prof. Miodrag Roić PhD
University of Zagreb Faculty of Geodesy
AC-40020, University of Zagreb
CYPRUS
Dr. Elikkos A. Elia
Cyprus Department of Lands and Surveys
MA-10022, Cyprus Association of Rural and Surveying Engineers
Dr Demetris Demetriou
Lecturer
Cyprus University of Technology
AC-40160, Cyprus University of Technology (Civil Engineering and Geomatics)
CZECH REPUBLIC
Dipl. Ing. LiborTomandl
Director
Cadastral Office
MA-10024, Czech Union of Surveyors and Cartographers
DENMARK
Mr. Christian Thellufsen
Danish Geodata Agency
MA-10025, The Danish Association of Land Surveyors
Associate Professor Esben Munk Hansen,
Aalborg University, Geomatics and Land Management
AC-40021, Aalborg University
EGYPT
Eng. Fatma Abdel Kader
Egyptian General Survey Authority
MA-10026, Egyptian Committee of Surveying and Mapping
ETHIOPIA
Dr. Moges, Melkamu
Assistant Professor
Bahir Dar University, Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
AC-40103, Bahir Dar University - Institute of Land Administration
FIJI
Mr. Mike Lenz
Wood & Jepsen Consultants
MA-10028, Fiji Institute of Surveyors 
FINLAND
Mr. Kirsikka Riekkinen
Aalto university
MA-10029, Finnish Association of Geodetic and Land Surveyors MIL
FRANCE
Mr. Jean-Philippe Lestang
IGN FI
MA-10031, Ordre des Géomètres-Experts (OGE)
Ms. Claire Galpin
Géomètres Sans Frontières
MA-10032, French Association of Topography (AFT)
GEORGIA
Ms Elene Grigolia
Project Manager (PMP Certified), WB
National Agency of Public Registry
AF-20072, National Agency of Public Registry - LEPL
GERMANY
Dr.-Ing. Markus Seifert
Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
MA-10033, DVW - German Association for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management
GHANA
Mr. Samuel Larbi Darko
Ghana Institution of Surveyors
MA-10034, Ghana Institution of Surveyors
Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Offei Akrofi
Lecturer
Department of Geomatic Engineering, KNUST, Kumasi
AC-40136, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
HONG KONG SAR, CHINA
Sr. Jerry Chi Leong YEUNG
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineering Surveyors
MA-10100, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineering Surveyors
Dr Conrad Tang
Associate Professor
Department of Land Surveying and Geoinformatics
AC-40033, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
HUNGARY
Mr. Gyula Iván
Advisor
Lechner Knowledge Center
MA-10038, Hungarian Society of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing
Dr János Katona
Assistant professor
8000 Székesfehérvár, Pirosalma u. 1-3
AC-40034, Obuda University, AMK, Instutute of Geoinformatics
Mr. Gyula Iván
Government Office of the Capital City Budapest / Department of Geodesy, Remote Sensing and Land Offices
AF-20009, Government Office of the Capital City Budapest
ICELAND
Mr Tryggvi Már Ingvarsson
Head of Geoinformation department
Registers Iceland
AF-20010, Registers Iceland
IRAN
Mr. Hamid Berenjkar 
Deputy of Cadastre General Office
Registration Organisation of Deeds &Properties/Cadastre General Office
MA-10040, Iranian Professional Society of Surveying Engineers (ISS)
ISRAEL
Yoav Coller
MA-10043, Association of Licensed Surveyors in Israel
Mr. Shimon Barazani
Head of cadaster division
Survey of Israel
AF-20040, Survey of Israel
ITALY
Mr. Enrico Rispoli
Consiglio Nazionale Geometri e Geometri Laureati
MA-10044, National Council of Italian Surveyors
JAMAICA
Mr. Valentine McCook
The Land Surveyors Association of Jamaica
MA-10045, The Land Surveyors Association of Jamaica (LSAJ)
JAPAN
Mr. Masaru Kaidzu
PASCO Corporation
MA-10046, Japan Federation of Surveyors
KENYA
Ms. Emily Njeru
Terragis Africa Ltd
MA-10047, Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK)
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Ms. Aee Lee, Oh
Executive Officer
Cadastral Survey Headquaters, LX
MA-10048, Korea Confederation of Surveyors
KOSOVO
Prof.dr.sci. Hamit Basholli
Manager
Geoconsulting S&H
MA-10049, Kosova Association of Surveyors
LATVIA
Mr. Rinalds Smilga
Latvian Association of Surveyors
MA-10050, Latvian Association of Surveyors (LMB)
Mr. Oskars Gabrusenoks
Deputy Director General

Mr. Vents Priedolins
Cadastre Development manager

AF-20057, The State Land Service of Latvia
LEBANON
Dr. Adib Fares
Technical Adviser
Order of Surveyors – Lebanon
MA-10051, Order of Surveyors
LUXEMBOURG
Mr. Marc Didier
Administration du Cadastre et de la Topographie
MA-10054, Lëtzebuerger Associatioun fir Geodäsie & Geoinformatik
MALAYSIA
DR TENG CHEE HUA
Member
Association of Authorised Land Surveyors Malaysia
MA-10055, Association of Authorised Land Surveyors Malaysia
MALI
Mr. M Samba NDONGO
Ordre National Des Geotetres Experts du Senegal (ONGES)
MA-10117, Ordre des Geometres Experts du Mali (OGE)
MONGOLIA
Mr. S. Enkhtuya, Senior Officer in Geodesy
Division of Cadastar
MA-10098, Mongolian Association of Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography (MAGPC)
NEPAL
Mr. Buddhi Narayan Shrestha
Member
Nepal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
MA-10110, Nepal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (NICS)
NETHERLANDS
Dr. Rohan Bennett
Senior Geodetic Advisor
Kadaster

Msc. Paula Dijkstra
Regional Manager
Kadaster

MA-10060, Geo-Information Netherlands
Director Markus Koper
Sales Application Specialist
Trimble Germany GmbH

Director Mark Sawyer
Director
Construction Industry Strategy

CM-30005, Trimble
General Manager, Surveying & Geospatial Division Ron Bisio
Trimble
CM-30005, Trimble
NEW ZEALAND
Mr Anselm Haanen
NZ Surveyor-General
Land Information New Zealand
MA-10061, Survey and Spatial New Zealand
Mr Anselm Haanen
Surveyor-General
Office of the Surveyor-General

Mr Jeff Needham
Deputy Surveyor-General
Office of the Surveyor-General

AF-20059, Land Information New Zealand
NIGERIA
SURV. OPOOLA OLUWASEUN GBENGA
Nigerian Institute of Surveyors
MA-10062, Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS)
Dr. Muhammad Bashar Nuhu
Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
MA-10118, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers
NORTH MACEDONIA
Mr. Fisnik Loshi
Managing board member, branch in Kosova
South-East European Research Institute on Geo Sciences
AC-40150, South-East European Research Institute on Geo Sciences
Mr. Zorancho Mukanov
State Adviser for Real Estate Cadastre Matters
Agency for Real Estate Cadastre, Republic of North Macedonia
AF-20019, The Agency for Real Estate Cadastre (AREC)
NORWAY
Mr. Leiv Bjarte Mjøs
Department of Civil Engineering

Mrs Leikny Gammelmo
Norwegian Mapping Authority

MA-10064, Norwegian professionals for the built environment - GeoForum
Dr. Leikny Gammelmo
Chief Engineer
The Norwegian Mapping Authority
AF-20023, Norwegian Mapping Authority
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Mr. Bill McKibben
MA-10066, Association of Surveyors of Papua New Guinea (ASPNG)
POLAND
dr. Ludmiła Pietrzak
INTERTIM Sp. z.o o
MA-10067, Association of Polish Surveyors
PORTUGAL
Ms. Virgínia Manta
Coimbra Municipality
MA-10068, Order of Engineers - College of Geographical Engineering
ROMANIA
Mircea Stoian
MA-10105, Romanian Association of Private Surveyors
DEAN Prof. Gheorghe BADEA
Prof. PhD. Hab.Eng.
Faculty of Geodesy BUCHAREST

Prof. Ana Cornelia BADEA
Prof. PhD. Hab. Eng.
Faculty of Geodesy BUCHAREST

AC-40134, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
Ph.D. Eng. Cosmin Alin Popescu
Prof.
University Of Life Sciences
AC-40158, University of Life Sciences
Mrs. Ioana ȘTEFAN
Cadastre counsellor
National Mapping Center
AF-20020, National Agency for Cadastre and Land Administration
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Mr. Sergey Nikolaevich Volkov
Rector of the State University on Land Use Planning
Ministry of Agriculture
MA-10071, The Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr)
Mr. Sergey Nikolaevich Volkov
Rector of the State University on Land Use Planning
Ministry of Agriculture
MA-10121, Association “Self-regulated organization of activity of cadastral engineers”
SAUDI ARABIA
MR Hameed AlShehri
Supervisor of the cadastral specifications and permits section
KSA- Riyadh
MA-10133, General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information
SERBIA
PhD. Rajica Mihajlović
Belgrade University, Faculty of Civil Engineering
MA-10072, Serbian Union of Surveyors
PhD Miro Govedarica
Full Professor
Faculty of Technical Science

PhD Aleksandra Radulovic
Associate Professor
Faculty of Technical Science

PhD Dubravka Sladic
Associate Professor
Faculty of Technical Science

AC-40097, University of Novi Sad
SLOVAKIA
Dr.Ing. Lubica Hudecova
SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN BRATISLAVA,Faculty of Civil Engineering
MA-10074, Slovak Union of Surveyors and Cartographers
SLOVENIA
Mr. Aleš Šuntar, MSc
IGEA d.o.o.
MA-10076, Association of Surveyors of Slovenia
Anka Lisec
UL FGG
AC-40062, University of Ljubljana
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Mr Alfred Soaki
Director
Azimuth Surveys Ltd
MA-10138, Association of Surveyors of the Solomon Islands
SOUTH AFRICA
Mr. Mmuso Riba,
Chief Surveyor General
Private Bag X954
MA-10077, South African Geomatics Council
Dr. Jennifer Whittal
Associate Professor
University of Cape Town

Mr Simon Hull
Senior Lecturer
University of Cape Town

AC-40063, University of Cape Town
SPAIN
Prof. Angel Collado
Lecturer of Geomatics Engineering
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain

PhD Ricardo Rodríguez Cielos
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain

MA-10078, Colegio Oficial de Ingeniería Geomática y Topográfica
Dr Manuel Alcázar Molina
Ingenieria Cartografica, Geodesica y Fotogrametria
AC-40122, University of Jaen Spain
Dr. Carmen Femenia-Ribera
AC-40162, Universitat Politècnica de València, UPV
SRI LANKA
H M Karunaratne
“Samadi”, Bulugahawatta
MA-10079, Institute of Surveyors Sri Lanka
Dr. N.M.P.M. Piyasena
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Geomatics, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
AC-40135, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
SWEDEN
Mr. Gunnar Ersbo
Styrelseledamot med inriktning på internationella frågor
Lantmäteriet

Mrs. Marija Juric
Lantmäteriet

MA-10080, Swedish Professionals for the Built Environment
Mr. Gunnar Ersbo
Lantmäteriet

Marija Juric

AF-20027, Lantmäteriet - The Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority
SWITZERLAND
Dr. Jürg Lüthy
Director
Geomatics + Survey

Dr. Daniel Steudler

MA-10081, Swiss Association for Geomatics and Landmanagement
Daniel Steudler
Seftigenstrasse 264
AF-20033, Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Dr. Craig Hill
VP Marketing & Services
Leica Geosystems AG
CM-30003, Leica Geosystems AG
TONGA
Ms Malia Savelina Pale
Head of Land Administration Department
Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
AF-20077, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles
The University of the West Indies
Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management

Dr. Sunil Lalloo
The University of the West Indies
Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management

MA-10085, Institute of Surveyors of Trinidad and Tobago
Dr Charisse Griffith-Charles
AC-40085, University of the West Indies
TÜRKIYE
Prof. Dr. Volkan CAGDAS
Yıldız Technical University
MA-10087, Chamber of Surveying and Cadastre Engineers of Türkiye
UGANDA
Mr Edrisa Kabiswa
Land Surveyor
Kampala Capital City Authority
MA-10132, Institution of Surveyors of Uganda
UKRAINE
Prof. Dr.hab. Lev Perovych
Public Union
MA-10088, Public Union, Ukrainian Society for Geodesy and Cartography
UNITED KINGDOM
Dr. Paul Munro-Faure
Chief, Land Tenure Service, SDAA
FAO

Mr. Tim Viney
Atlantic Geomatics Limited

Mr. Richard Otto MInstCES
The Old Stables

MA-10090, CICES
Mr. James Kavanagh
RICS
MA-10091, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
UNITED STATES
Ms. Amanda Allred
Dudek
Survey Director
MA-10092, National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
Mr. Brent Jones
Global Manager, Cadastre/Land Records
Washington DC, USA

Mr Brandon Tourtelotte
Business Development – Land Administration
880 Blue Gentian Rd, Suite 200, St Paul, MN 55121 USA

CM-30001, Esri
URUGUAY
Ing. Agrim. Daniela Cuentas
MA-10094, Surveyors Association of Uruguay
VIETNAM
Dr. Tran Thuy Duong
Dean of Faculty of Surveying and Mapping
Hanoi University of Mining and Geology Faculty
MA-10095, Vietnam Association of Geodesy - Cartography - Remote Sensing
ZIMBABWE
Mr. Emmanuel Mathe
Principal Land Surveyor
E. Mathe Land Surveyors
MA-10097, Survey Institute of Zimbabwe