Thursday 3rd December, 2015

Esa Tihilä, CEO of Basware, was re-elected as Chair of the European E-Invoicing Service Providers Association (EESPA) at its Annual General Meeting.

Marcus Laube, Managing Director of crossinx, was elected as Co-Chair and Charles Bryant, formerly Co-Chair, was appointed in the new position of Secretary General.

EESPA acts as a trade association at European level for a large community of e-invoicing service providers which are its members. EESPA encourages and drives the adoption of e-invoicing and works to support the vision and implementation of public policy towards compliant e-invoicing.

"The adoption and awareness towards e-invoicing have increased significantly over the recent years, and a critical mass of e-invoicing has already been reached in several countries. This has been well supported by those e-invoicing service providers, which support an operator-driven model, ease of use of e-invoicing, performant technologies, as well as the Business to Government (B2G) e-commerce initiatives that are being increasingly encouraged and mandated across the world," said Esa Tihilä, CEO of Basware.

"Interoperability, harmonisation of standards and e-invoicing ‘go-to-market’ approaches continue to be the focus areas for EESPA. EESPA has made considerable progress over the past years in terms of building both membership and governance. We will need to continue to influence policy makers, industry analysts and influencers, provide an accurate picture of our industry capabilities, and increase awareness to accelerate the adoption of e-invoicing," added Marcus Laube, Managing Director of crossinx.