Executive Board:
President: Lea Sedlmayr (Germany)
Vice-presidents: Dr. Sándor Szakács (Romania), Vytautas Kirka (Lithuania), Bernd Wachter (Austria)
Manager: Lea Sedlmayr (Germany)
Lea Sedlmayr
Lea has been actively involved in Catholic youth work since her youth and served as World President of FIMCAP from 2010 to 2013.
After completing her Master’s degree in Educational Sciences, Psychology, and Nordic Studies at LMU Munich, she further expanded her qualifications through studies in Philosophy at the Munich School of Philosophy (HFPH Munich) and training in Theatre Education in Heidelberg.
Professionally, she worked for seven years as a Policy Advisor on European Affairs in Brussels and Munich, among other roles.
Since January 1, 2026, she has been serving as Federal Managing Director of KEB Germany, together with Eva Schubert.
Address: KEB Deutschland, Rheinweg 34, 53113 Bonn Germany
Phone: +49 163 2122679
Email: sedlmayr@keb-deutschland.de
Photo Credit: Daniel Köberle
Dr. Sándor Ferenc Szakács
Vytautas Kirka
07/2024 – Director, Kolping University of Applied Sciences
https://www.kolpingokolegija.lt
01/2023 – Lecturer at Kolping University of Applied Sciences
(Child Protection Law, Social Policy, Sociology, Professional Internship)
05/2017 – 08/2023 – Senior Specialist (Lead Case Officer)
State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Address: Kolping University of Applied Sciences,Raguvos str. 7
44275 Kaunas,Lithuania
Email: vytautas.kirka@kolpingokolegija.lt
Photo Credit: Gintarė Simanavičienė
MMag. Bernd Wachter
- Studied Theology, Religious Education and History at the University of Innsbruck
- Trained in journalism at the Catholic Media Academy (KMA) in Vienna
- Completed a diploma programme in Social Management at the Centre for Science and Continuing Education Schloss Hofen, Vorarlberg
- Qualified as a certified adult educator at the Adult Education Training Institute in Salzburg
Worked for many years as a journalist and freelance contributor in print and radio.
Lecturer in Media Communication at the University of Innsbruck.
Lecturer and speaker at, among others, Kufstein University of Applied Sciences, the Centre for Science and Continuing Education Schloss Hofen, and Danube University Krems.
Secretary General of Caritas Austria from 2009 to 2020.
Since 2020, Federal Managing Director of the Forum of Catholic Adult Education in Austria, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Social Academy Austria, and Chair of the Austrian Conference of Adult Education (2023–2025).
Adress: Erdbergstraße 72/8, 1030 Wien, Österreich
E-Mail: wachter@forumkeb.at
Photo Credit: Forum KEB
