The Executive Committee exercises the authority of the Board and the ILDS in the management of organisational affairs between meetings of the full Board.

Chair: Lars French
Vice-Chair: Hassan Galadari

Brigitte Dréno, Claire Fuller, Roy Chan, Stephen Shumack, Henry Lim

The Awards Committee is responsible for developing processes and assessing nominations for ILDS Awards (Certificates of Appreciation, Young Dermatologist Achievement Awards and the Medal for Achievements in Global Dermatology) and presents its findings to the Board. Through its Awards programme, the ILDS recognises individuals who have made significant contributions to worldwide dermatology.

Chair: Kenji Kabashima
Vice-Chair: María Ivonne Arellano Mendoza

Dan Siegel, Omar Lupi, Ramesh Bhat

The Communications Committee is responsible for advising the ILDS on its communications strategy and providing practical support. This includes advising on the development of communications mechanisms and materials including the ILDS website, social media and exhibits; and editing the ILDS newsletter.

Chair: Hassan Galadari
Vice-Chair: Omar Lupi

Stephen Shumack, Harvey Lui, Venkat Mysore

The Finance and Fundraising Committee is responsible for ensuring that appropriate financial policies and procedures are in place and in practice to comply with UK Charity and Company fiscal and legal requirements. It is also responsible for general budgetary considerations and fundraising.

Chair: Brigitte Dréno
Vice-Chair: Stephen Shumack

Henry Lim, Venkat Mysore

The ILDS-WHO Committee is responsible for ILDS’ interactions with the WHO including maintaining the ILDS’ official relations status and ensuring that there are appropriate plans in place which address ILDS and WHO’s strategic interests. Current areas of work/interest include: revising and rationalising the Classification used in ICD-11 for skin and related diseases; collaboration with the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Department to improve recognition of NTDs by front line health-care workers using skin signs of disease (development of training aids, teaching activities); assistance (by providing specialist input) with revisions to the WHO list of essential medicines; collaboration on ultraviolet radiation (outdoor workers) and skin cancer; interaction around the production of the “Global Psoriasis Atlas”; interaction around optimising healthy skin ageing as part of the WHO ageing and health initiative.

Chair: Lars French
Vice-Chair: Luca Borradori

Claire Fuller, Rod Hay**, Christopher Griffiths**, María Ivonne Arellano Mendoza, Venkat Mysore, Harvey Lui, Henry Lim

The International Foundation for Dermatology (IFD) Committee is chaired by the Chair of the IFD. Its goal is to improve dermatology in under-served areas of the world; to improve the care of patients with skin and sexually transmitted disease who do not have access to specialist skills and to develop financial sustainability through working with the Finance and Fundraising Committee to identify additional funding streams. It oversees the IFD grants programmes including ILDS DermLink.

Chair: Claire Fuller
Vice-Chair: Stephen Shumack

Luca Borradori, Ramesh Bhat, Ncoza Dlova, Rod Hay**

The Membership Committee is responsible for advising the ILDS on its membership strategy. This includes overseeing recruitment of new members and developing member services and member engagement in ILDS activities.

Chair: Dan Siegel
Vice-Chair: Margarita Larralde

Ncoza Dlova, Hassan Galadari, Jin Ho Chung, Nellie Konnikov*

The ILDS World Congress Scientific Programme Committee plans the scientific programme of the World Congress of Dermatology liaising with the National Organising Committee which is responsible for the operational, social and financial management of the Congress.

Chair: Martin Röcken
Vice-Chair: Henry Lim

Christopher Griffiths**, Giovanni Pellacani, Roy Chan, Yen Loo Lim, Lars French, Brigitte Dréno, Kenji Kabashima, Margarita Larralde, Hassan Galadari, Harvey Lui, Ramesh Bhat, Jin Ho Chung

This Committee is responsible for the development of the programme for the World Skin Summit. Information on the 3rd World Skin Summit can be accessed here: https://www.worldskinsummit.com/

Chair: Henry Lim
Co-Chair: María Ivonne Arellano Mendoza
Co-Chair: Claire Fuller

This is a new working group to oversee and advise on the development of ILDS’ engagement with patients’ organisations including the development of a policy and approach on engagement and in specific initiatives and activities.

More information on the Working Group’s activities can be found here.

Chair: Luca Borradori
Vice-Chair: Ramesh Bhat

Claire Fuller, Margarita Larralde, Ncoza Dlova, Omar Lupi

Representing the International Alliance of Dermatology Patient Organizations (IADPO): Jennifer Austin

World Skin Health Day is a collaboration between the ILDS and the International Society for Dermatology (ISD). The Working Group is comprised of members of each society and is responsible for approving World Skin Health Day activity applications and advising on the strategy for the development of World Skin Health Day.

Chair: Lars French
Vice-Chair: Venkat Mysore

Dan Siegel, Jin Ho Chung, María Ivonne Arellano Mendoza, Margarita Larralde, Harvey Lui

Representing ISD: George Reizner, Vangee Handog, Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, Nellie Konnikov