On Sunday 27th of April,  at the 21st  Council meeting of the European Federation of Critical Care Nurses, held in Florence, Italy, a new Board of officers was elected. The newly elected president, Rosa Thorsteinsdóttir has been the Federation's vice-president for the past three years and takes over from Wouter De Graaf. Mr De Graaf's vision and leadership enabled the Federation to progress and achieve a number of objectives. These include establishing a number of sub-committees that are addressing a number of important issues on both professional and clinical practice, building alliances with other key groups such as the European Specialist Nurses' Organisation and increasing the profile and reputation of EfCCNa within European Commission and beyond.  Wouter de Graaf will continue to be involved with EfCCNa as an advisor and facilitator.