Nominees for ILDS Board of Directors
On this page you will find an overview of all nominees for the position on ILDS Regional Director and ILDS International Director.
Below you will find a quick overview of all nominees for each position. If you scroll further down, you will find more information including the supporting documents for each nominee for the position of ILDS Regional Director.
Election Process
Read up on the full election process for the ILDS Board of Directors here. Among other things, it outlines when voting will take place and who is eligible to vote.
Find out moreILDS Regional Director for Asia Pacific
Chrang-Shi Lin (Chinese Taipei)
Dedee Murrell (Australia)
Manabu Fujimoto (Japan)
Xing-Hua Gao (China)
ILDS Regional Director for South Asia, the Middle East and Africa
Abel Onunu (Nigeria)
Mohammad Al Otaibi (Kuwait)
Indira Kahawita (Sri Lanka)
Shahidullah Sikder (Bangladesh)
Rashmi Sarkar (India)
ILDS Regional Director for Europe
Antonio Torrelo (Spain)
Beatrix Volc-Platzer (Austria)
Giuseppe Argenziano (Italy)
Iris Zalaudek (Italy)
Ketty Peris (Italy)
Lajos Kemény (Hungary)
Lidia Rudnicka (Poland)
ILDS Regional Director for USA and Canada
George Hruza (United States of America)
Jane Margaret Grant-Kels (United States of America)
Mark Kaufmann (United States of America)
Marta Jane Van Beek (United States of America)
Murad Alam (United States of America) Murad Alam_CV
ILDS Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Jose Enrique Ollague Sierra (Ecuador)
Ricardo Romiti (Brazil)
ILDS International Director
Abeer Al Bazzali (Kuwait)
Abel Onunu (Nigeria)
Alireza Firooz (Iran)
Almut Boer-Auer (Germany)
Angelo Marzano (Italy)
Antonio Costanzo (Italy)
Antonio Torrelo (Spain)
Arti Nanda (Kuwait)
Atlal Al Lafi (Kuwait)
Barbara Horváth (Netherlands)
Bruce Thiers (United States of America)
Carlo Pincelli (Italy)
Chikodili Olomukoro (Nigeria)
Chrang-shi Lin (Chinese Taipei)
Dieter Metze (Germany)
Giuseppe Argenziano (Italy)
Giuseppe Micali (Italy)
Gonca Elcin (Turkey)
Horacio Antonio Cabo (Argentina)
John McGrath (United Kingdom)
Jose Enrique Ollague Sierra (Ecuador)
José Luis López Estebaranz (Spain)
Ketty Peris (Italy)
Kiran Godse (India)
Lidia Rudnicka (Poland)
Manabu Fujimoto (Japan)
Maria Hordinsky (United States of America)
Marta Szell (Hungary)
Martin Sangueza (Bolivia)
Matthias Schmuth (Austria)
Michael Hertl (Germany)
Moez Ben Salem (Tunisia)
Mohammad Al Otaibi (Kuwait)
Ncoza Dlova (South Africa)
Nick Reynolds (United Kingdom)
Paola Pasquali (Spain)
Qianjin Lu (China)
Rashmi Sarkar (India)
Riad Mashal (Palestine)
Ricardo Romiti (Brazil)
Shigaku Ikeda (Japan)
Tammie Ferringer (United States of America)
Victor Prieto (United States of America)
Yu-Hung Wu (Chinese Taipei)
Regional Director Nominees
Below you can find more information, including their Nominee Form and CV of each nominee for the positions of ILDS Regional Director of all 5 regions
Overview of all Nominees
Here you can find a PDF list of all nominees for the position of ILDS Regional and International Director.
Access the list hereAsia Pacific
South Asia, the Middle East and Africa
Europe
USA and Canada
An email with an unique voting link has been sent to all Presidents and Organisation Liaision of ILDS Member Societies (excluding Affiliated and Observer Member Societies) to submit their society's vote for the ILDS Regional Director in their region. The three nominees in each region who have received the highest number of votes, will be included on the short list for the 2nd round of voting. The short list will be voted on by Member Societies and Affiliated Member Societies on 5 July 2023 during the Ordinary Meeting of the Assembly of Delegates.
The deadline to submit your vote for the long list of nominees for ILDS Regional Director is 31 March 2023.