On October 17, 2014 during the Annual Conference 2014 of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) in Beijing/China, the Committee of Management of the Federation elected Wang Tiankai (China) unanimously as the new President of the Federation for the next two years.
Furthermore, the Committee of Management elected Jaswinder Bedi (Kenya) as Vice President and reconfirmed Peter Gnägi (Switserland) as ITMF Treasurer. Josué C Gomes da Silva (Brasil) was appointed Honorary Life Member of the Federation in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Federation during his six years of service as ITMF Vice President (2008-2012) and ITMF President (2012-2014).