On October 24th, 2025, during the ITMF Annual Conference & IAF World Fashion Convention 2025 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the Committee of Management of the ITMF elected the members of the ITMF Board for the period 2025-2027. Juan Parès (Spain) was unanimously elected as the new ITMF President of the Federation.
Degree in Business administration and management at the University of Cantabria, Parès started at Textil Santanderina in 1980, where he worked as Quality Manager from 1985 to 1989 and Product & Marketing Manager from 1989 to 1993. Parès was appointed Managing Director & CEO in 1994 and Chairman of the Textil Santanderina Group in 2007.
Mustafa Denizer (Türkiye) was re-elected, and Yan Yan (China) was elected as new Vice Presidents of the Federation. Ernesto Maurer (Switzerland) was re-elected as Honorary Treasurer.
The following persons were re-elected as Non-executive Board Members:
Salman Ispahani (Bangladesh)
Yingxin Xu (China)
Suchita Jain Oswal (India)
Tae Jin Kang (Korea)
Anees Khawaja (Pakistan)
Stefan Hutter (Singapore)
Uday Gill (Thailand)
In addition, Ernst Grimmelt (Germany) and Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu (India) were elected as new Non-executive Board Members:
Rafael Cervone (Brazil), Mohammad Kassem (Egypt), Michelle Tjokrosaputro (Indonesia), Loek de Vries (Netherlands), and Muharrem Kayhan (Türkiye) were co-opted to the Board.
K. V. Srinivasan (India) was appointed Honorary Life Member of the Federation in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Federation as Vice President (2018-2023) and as President (2023-2025).