On day two of the 2023 BEC Congress held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the delegates of 43 European countries elected Sven Serré from Belgium as the new president of Badminton Europe (BEC), according to the official website for European Badminton.

Serré received 32 out of 43 votes and will be the new BEC President for the period 2023 – 2027. He takes over the position from João Matos, who has served as acting president since Peter Tarcala resigned from the position due to personal reasons in August 2022.

Badminton Europe General Secretary Brian Agerbak congratulated Sven Serré on his victory: ‘Sven has a lot of experience in various areas of badminton. He is quite visionary and presented some interesting plans for the future and ideas on how we can improve’, stated Agerbak and added: ‘I think he is going to come in and bring structure to a lot of the things we are doing. He will add some new ideas, which is always beneficial.’

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency