This is the management board of the ESA, carrying out executive functions on behalf of the membership. The Executive Committee is composed of Company presidents, directors and senior managers, elected from across the membership. The composition of the Executive Committee reflects deliberately both the breadth of European culture and also the width of sealing technology of the membership. Each Executive Committee Member stands normally for a 3 year term of office, and the present Executive Committee is comprised of:
| ESA office | Affiliation | |
| Chairman | Dr Wolfgang Bommes | Burgmann Packings GmbH |
| Vice Chairman | Alberto Rocca | W.L. GORE & Associati S.r.l. |
| Darren Turner | Beldam Crossley Ltd | |
| David Mitchell | Flexitallic Ltd. | |
| Harald Poppke | Garlock GmbH, Sealing Technologies | |
| Stephen Shaw | AESSEAL plc | |
| Secretary General | Dr Brian S Ellis | ESA |
Previous Members of the Executive Committee include:
| Years | Affiliation | |
| 96 - 2007 | Professor Elmar F Baur | Burgmann Industries GmbH & Co. KG |
| 2005 - 09 | Ettore Betto | John Crane Italia |
| 2004 | Ray Dorey | John Crane EAA |
| 94 - 97 | Brian D Halligan | James Walker & Co. Ltd. |
| 92 - 94 | Bob Henson | Beldam Crossley Ltd. |
| 92 - 95 | Lothar Jentzsch | ESA |
| 99 - 2001 | Dr Thomas Klinger-Lohr | Klinger Administration AG |
| 2002 - 04 | Dr Jürgen Koch | Klinger Holding Deutschland GmbH |
| 92 - 2004 | Cyril X Latty | Latty International s.a. |
| 2004 - 08 | Božidar Likar | Donit Tesnit d.d. |
| 2007 - 10 | Robert Michels | SGL Technologies GmbH |
| 97 - 2004 | Colin Millington | Beldam Crossley Ltd. |
| 92 - 2006 | Francisco J Montero | Fibras y Elastomeros S.A. |
| 96 - 99 | Frits Mühlenbruch | Klinger Picoff B.V. |
| 93 - 2003 | Dr Amrat Parmar | John Crane EAA |
| 2009 - 10 | Stuart Phythian | Garlock (Great Britain) Ltd. |
| 92 - 96 | Dr Edgar Schmid | Reinz Dichtungs GmbH |
| 2001 - 11 | Michael Werner | Teadit International Produktions GmbH |

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