Filipino heritage expert joins ICOMOS board
GABRIEL Victor Caballero of the Philippines is among the newly elected board members of the International Council on Monuments and Sites.
Photograph courtesy of HeritAP
Filipino heritage expert Gabriel Victor Caballero has been elected to the board of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) during its 2026 General Assembly.
The newly elected board is led by president Grainne Shaffrey, with representatives from various countries serving as vice presidents, secretary general, treasurer and board members.
The vice presidents are Faisal Abd-Rahman of Malaysia, Chilangwa Chaiwa of Zambia, Her Royal Highness Dana Firas of Jordan, Marianne Knutsen of Norway and Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy of Australia.
Mariana Pereira of Portugal was elected secretary general, while Cyrill Von Planta of Austria was elected treasurer.
Other board members are Olufemi Adetunji of Nigeria, Antoine Bruguerolle of France, Andreas Georgopoulos of Greece, Xiaofan Huang of China, Yoloxochitl Lucio Origaza of Mexico, Celia Martinez Yanez of Spain, Nupur Prothi of Sweden, Monica Rhodes of the United States, Eva Roels of Belgium, Hee-Kweon Shin of South Korea and Yoshiyuki Yamana of Japan.
ICOMOS is an international organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage sites and monuments.