IFHE LEADERSHIP
committee members
The activities and direction of the International Federation of
Healthcare Engineering (IFHE) are steered by an executive committee.
Steve Rees Steve Rees is the former chief program officer of Capital Management at Alberta Health Services. He is a certified facility manager, holds three trade certificates and is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s construction administration programme. He has worked in healthcare facilities management for over 40 years and is a past president of the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society.
Kevin Poggenpoel Kevin Poggenpoel was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, where he joined the civilian force of the South African Navy in 1978 as a shipbuilder apprentice. His career in the navy spanned 12 years, during which time he served as artisan and design draughtsman. In 1990, he joined the Mediclinic group –
who, at the time, owned four private hospitals – as Technical Manager at the Mitchells Plain private hospital. Since then, he has been promoted to regional positions overseeing multiple hospitals. At present, he is responsible for the
maintenance of the group’s 52 hospitals comprising 8,700 inpatient beds in Southern Africa. His responsibilities include the maintenance of the complete facility between the foundation and the roof. Kevin has overseen upgrades to numerous facilities as Mediclinic – currently the third largest private healthcare provider in Southern Africa – took over smaller hospital groups. Most of the hospitals are acute general hospitals providing specialist-led care by independent medical practitioners.
Walt Vernon Walt Vernon is the CEO of Mazzetti, an international programme management, strategic advisory services, consulting and
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Steve Rees Canada IFHE President
engineering firm. He serves on, and is the former chair of, the NFPA99 Electrical Systems Technical Committee. He is a founding member of the Built
Environment Network. In addition, Walt is a member of The Center for Health Design’s Research Coalition, served on the board of both Practice Greenhealth and Health Care without Harm and wrote the section on hospitals for CALGreen. He also served as principal author for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health in the Green Economy, as well as developing and leading AHA’s Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals – A guide to achieving your sustainability goals.
Daniela Pedrini
Daniela Pedrini is an engineer. She has had a long career in health, holding important roles in technical hospital management, including director of the technical, planning and investment department at The Bologna University Hospital. She directed a multi- million pound PFI contract for the total renovation of the hospital’s energy production. She is project manager for renovations and new hospital construction,
Darryl Pitcher Darryl Pitcher is chief executive officer of Bethsalem Care and GreenBriars Village in Australia. Darryl has many years of experience in hospital engineering in the public and private sectors. He is a past president of the Institute of Hospital Engineering, Australia (IHEA). Previously he oversaw a ‘revamp’ of the IHEA website and The Australian Hospital Engineer journal.
Kevin Poggenpoel South Africa IFHE First Vice President
co-founder and president of the Italian Association of Architects and Engineers for Healthcare (SIAIS) and president of IFHE- EU. She has been awarded the Italian Republic Order of Merit.
Gunnar Baekken Gunnar Baekken is a past president of IFHE and past vice-president of the Norwegian Association of Biomedical Engineering and a past president of the Norwegian Association of Hospital Engineering (FSTL). He has also participated in national and international committees concerning hospital technology and facilities management, including the World Health Organization.
IFHE executive
Walt Vernon USA IFHE Second Vice President
Daniela Pedrini Italy IFHE Immediate Past President IFHE DIGEST 2024
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