Pan-European indies trade body IMPALA have just announced who is on their new board. You're all dying to know who's on it, I know, so here's the full list:
Stéphan Bourdoiseau, Wagram
Larry Bringsjord, Fono
Johan Ekelund, SOM
Claudio Ferrante, PMI
Tony Harlow, V2
Emil Joergensen, DUP
Martin Goldschmidt, Cooking Vinyl
Eva Kiltz, VUT
Michel Lambot, PIAS
Martin Mills, Beggars Group
Yann Padron, UFI
Jérôme Roger, UPFI
Jonas Sjoström, Edel and Playground
Helen Smith, IMPALA Secretary General
Horst Weidenmueller, !K7
Alison Wenham, AIM
Hein van der Ree, Epitaph
Wally van Middendorp, CNR
Patrick Zelnik, Naïve
Patrick Zelnik and Martin Mills will continue as President and Chairman respectively until January 2008, with Hein van der Ree and Horst Weidenmuller as Vice Presidents. Helen Smith, as you probably saw in the list, was appointed Secretary General, taking over from Philippe Kern.