In the framework of oriGIn 2025 Biennial Meeting – held in Morelia (Michoacán, Mexico) on 8-10 October, the Statutory General Assembly re-elected Riccardo Deserti, Director General of Consorzio del Parmigiano Reggiano, as President of oriGIn.
Deserti and the oriGIn team will be supported by an outstanding Board. In recognition of oriGIn status as a global GI alliance, all major GI sectors – wines, spirits, agricultural products, and crafts – are represented in the oriGIn Board for the 2026-2027 biennium.
The new oriGIn Executive Committee is composed by (in alphabetical order):
- SÉBASTIEN BRETON, Conseil National des Appellations d’Origine Laitières (CNAOL),
- FERNANDO CANO TREVIÑO, Consejo Regulador del Tequila (CRT),
- AMANDINE DUTHILLEUL, Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC),
- VALERY ELISEEFF, Comité interprofessionel du Comté (CIGC),
- ALAIN FARINE, Association Suisse des AOP et IGP,
- CHARLES GOEMAERE, Comité Champagne,
- GIANLUIGI LIGASACCHI, Salumitalia,
- CESARE MAZZETTI, Associazione Nazionale Industriali Distillatori di Alcoli e di Acquaviti (AssoDistil),
- FEDERICO MONCUNILL GALLO, Asociación española de denominaciones de origen (Origen España),
- ALAN PARK, Scotch Whisky Association (SWA),
- ANDREA ROSSI, FEDERDOC, Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano,
- MARIA JOSÉ SANCHEZ, Federación Nacional Cafeteros de Colombia (FNC),
- VINCENT STAUFFER, Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH).
Likewise, Deserti and the oriGIn team will benefit from an amazing group of Vice-Presidents, who will help further expanding the global network in their respective regions.
The new oriGIn VPs are (by world region / alphabetical order):
AMERICAS:
- CASTOR ESTRADA ROBLES, Casa de Artesanías de Michoacán de Ocampo (CASART)
- MARCO ANTONIO HUAJA ESTRADA, Consejo Regulador de la DO Café Villa Rica.
ASIA:
- LI ZHIPING, China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS).
EUROPE:
- SOPIO SANIKIDZE, oriGIn Georgia,
- Klaus HOFFMAN, Bavaria Brewers Association,
- DAMIANO ANNUNZIATO, Associazione “Le Mani di Napoli”,
- TERESA PAIS COELHO, QUALIFICA/oriGIn Portugal,
- ANGEL PACHECO CONEJERO, Asociación española de denominaciones de origen (ORIGEN España).
With such a team, oriGIn is poised to respond to the main challenges facing GIs on the global stage, such as the erosion of the multilateral, rules-based, free, fair, and transparent global trading system and the rise of new, subtle forms of infringements. Likewise, oriGIn is equipped to seize the emerging opportunities for GIs in promising fields such as sustainable development, tourism and promotion.
