Board and Council Member Nominations
We are delighted to present the final list of nominees for the WFSA Board and Council, for service from April 2026. We are grateful to all the nominees for their offer to serve and dedication to the WFSA in fulfilling our vision and mission. We thank them for standing for these positions in 2026.
Please note that the Board and Council will be elected by the WFSA General Assembly in Marrakech on Wednesday 15 April 2026. Member Societies will receive further details regarding their General Assembly delegate entitlements in the new year.
Please contact the WFSA Secretary on secretary@wfsahq.org and our Governance Manager on olivia.o’mahoney@wfsahq.org with any queries.
Nominees for regional representatives of the Council will first be elected by Delegates representing Member Societies from within their own geographical regions. The results of the pre-voting by region will be shared with the wider General Assembly for ratification. Additional details regarding the elections of regional representatives of the WFSA Council (including information regarding regional pre-voting and protected seats within regions) can be found below:
- Background – voting for regional representatives + protected seats for ‘Africa and the Middle East’ and ‘Asia’.
- WFSA Member Societies – Country groupings by region / Sub-regional groupings
- Protected seats for Africa and the Middle East and Asia (applied to 2026 ballot)
Nominations for Board Positions
President-Elect
Balavenkatasubramanian Jagannathan, India
Secretary
Luiz Fernando Falcão, Brazil
Treasurer
Kathleen Ferguson, Great Britain and Ireland
Director of Memberships
Pedro Ibarra, Colombia
Director of Partnerships
Faye Evans, USA
Director of Programmes
Sean Chetty, South Africa
Nominations for Council Geographical representatives
Africa and the Middle East
Number of seats available for the region: 3
Nesrine Refai, Egypt
Vanda Abi Raad, Lebanon
Mohamed Adnane Berdai, Morocco
Elizabeth Ogboli Nwasor, Nigeria
Abdullahi Said Hashi, Somalia
Sompwe Mwansa, Zambia
Asia
Number of seats available for the region: 4
Hailong Dong, China
Naveen Malhotra, India
Hiroshi Morimatsu, Japan
Hasmizy Bin Muhammad, Malaysia
Kumudini Ranatunga, Sri Lanka
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
Number of seats available for the region: 1
Christopher Bowden, Australia
Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands
Number of seats available for the region: 2
Nicolás Sergi, Argentina
Catia Govêia, Brazil
Rodrigo Rubio, Mexico
Europe
Number of seats available for the region: 3
Vladimir Cerny, Czech Republic
Leonard Azamfirei, Romania
Miodrag Milenovic, Serbia
Marina Varela Duran, Spain
Aykut Saritas, Türkiye
North America
Number of seats available for the region: 2
Ronald George, Canada
Elizabeth T. Drum, USA
Information about membership of WFSA Committees for 2026-2028
