Q&A WADA Presidency
What do WADA’s Statutes say about the Agency’s presidency and vice-presidency?
WADA’s Statutes stipulate that members of the Foundation Board are appointed for a period of three years, and that they may be re-appointed for further three-year periods. Members are appointed by their respective group of stakeholders—the Olympic Movement and Governments. There is a rotation policy which ensures that one third of the members’ terms end annually.
WADA’s Foundation Board appoints the president and the vice-president from its members or from outside its structure. WADA’s Foundation Board is composed in equal parts of representatives from the Olympic Movement and from governments. There are currently 36 WADA Foundation Board members, plus a president and a vice-president.
Who can be nominated for these positions?
WADA’s Foundation Board members are nominated by each of the two sets of stakeholders—the Olympic Movement and Governments.
What is the procedure for the appointment of the president and the vice-president?
The protocol established is for Governments and the Sports Movement each to establish a process whereby they nominate one candidate to be appointed by WADA’s Foundation Board to the president and vice-president positions respectively based on the principle of rotation.
What is the current status of nominations?
A circular was sent by WADA management to all members on 4 June 2013 outlining the procedure and calling for nominations. The deadline for proposal of candidates for the positions expired on 19 September 2013 and the following nominations were received:
- Chair – Sir Craig Reedie, IOC
- Vice Chair – Rev. Makhenkesi Stofile, South Africa
WADA Statutes see article 7.
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Interventions
The interventions which will be made at the Conference will be posted after their delivery.
Session 3
Sport Movement Perspective - Interventions on the Code
- Richard Pound, International Olympic Committee Member
- Felipe Contepomi , WADA Athlete Committee Member
- Jordi Segura, World Association of Anti-Doping Scientists
- Todd Nicholson, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council
- Abby Hoffman, International Association of Athletics Federations
- Beatrice Pfister, International Skating Union
- Michel Léglise, International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)
- Matt Dunn, WADA Athlete Committee Member
- Toni Pascual, International Paralympic Committee
- Victor Figueroa, Dominican Republic National Olympic Committee
- Claudia Bokel, International Olympic Committee Athlete Commission
Session 4
Public Authority Perspective - Interventions on the Code
- Vincent Meriton, Minister Seychelles
- Fikile. A Mbalula, WADA Executive Committee Member, Minister for Sport and Recreation, the Republic of South Africa
- Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, WADA Foundation Board Member and Deputy Secretary General for the Council of Europe
- Elvinas Jankevicius, Vice Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, representing current Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- Shaw Kgathi , WADA Foundation Board Member for Africa, Honorable Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture for Botswana
- Justice Warwick Gendall, On behalf of the WADA Foundation Board Member for Oceania, the Honorable Murray McCully, Minister of Sport and Recreation, New Zealand
- Jarmo Linden, State Secretary for Finland
- Leon-Alfred Opimbat, Honorable Minister of Sports and Physical Education of the Republic of Congo
- Marcos Diaz, The Vice Minister of Sports of the Dominican Republic
- Albino-da Conceicao José, Secretary of State of Sports, Republic of Angola
- Vanja Udovicic, Minister of Youth and Sport of Serbia
- Per Kristian Aasmundstad, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Culture, Department of Sport Policy
- David Kenworthy, Chairperson of iNADO
- Gerhard Bohm, Director General of the Federal Ministry of the Interior for Germany
- Judith Joseph, Legal Officer of the Ministry of Sport for Trinidad and Tobago
- Charalampos Stylianou, President of the Cyprus Sport Organisation
- Eduardo GUTIÉRREZ, National Anti-Doping Commission of Venezuela
- Paul Melia, President and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Ethics and Sport
- Bart Zijilstra, Director of Sport, Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
- Beckie Scott , WADA Executive and Foundation Board Member, WADA Athlete Committee member, Member IOC and IOC Athlete Commission
- Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Chairperson of Anti-Doping Norway
- Felix Andre Wilson, President of the National Anti-Doping Organization Inc of Dominica, President of the Dominica Olympic Committee
- Hidenori SUZUKI, President of the Japanese Anti-Doping Organisation (JADA)
- Dr Saleh Konbaz, WADA Foundation Board Member for Asia; President of the Saudi Sports Medicine Association and Saudi Anti-Doping Committee
- Minister F.A. Mbalula, WADA Executive Committee Member, Minister for Sport and Recreation, Republic of South Africa
- Mr. Travis Tygart, Chief Executive Officer of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Session 5
Sport Movement Perspective - Interventions on the Code
- Kelly Fairweather, International Hockey Federation (FIH)
- Matthieu Reeb, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
- Inge Andersen, Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
- Matsontso Mathebula, International Association for Sport for Para-Athletes with an Intellectual Disability (INAS)
- Niels Nygaard, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
- Ahmed Awal Elgamel, Sudan National Olympic Committee
- Sandra Camargo, International Motorsport Federation (FIA)
- Bob McCormack, Canadian National Olympic Committee
- Rustu Guner,Turkish National Olympic Committee
Session 6
Public Authority Perspective - Interventions on the Code
- Andrew Godkin, On behalf of the newly appointed Minister for Sport for Australia, Mr Peter Dutton, the WADA Executive Member for Oceania
- Mr Ole Sorensen, On behalf of the WADA Foundation Board Member, the Minister of State (Sport) for Canada, the Hon. Bal Gosal
- Duan Shijie, WADA Foundation Board Member for Asia, Former Deputy Minister of the General Administration of Sport for China, Deputy President of the National Olympic Committee of China
- The Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, Minister with responsibility for Sport, Jamaica
- Bruno Genevois, President of AFLD France
- Mallam Alhassan Yakmut, Director of Grassroots Sport Department for Nigeria
- Hitesh Patel, On behalf of the newly appointed Minister the Hon. Helen Grant MP, the UK Government Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities
- Lotfali Pourkazemi, President of Iran Sports Medicine Federation and the Secretary General of the National Anti-Doping Agency of Iran
- Adrian Lorde, Chairman of the Caribbean RADO
- Graeme Steel, Chief Executive, Drug Free Sport New Zealand
- Bente Skovgaard Kristensen, On behalf of the Minister for Culture of Denmark, Ms Marianne Jelved
- Arjuna De Silva, Head of the Sri Lankan Anti-Doping Agency (SLADA)
- Cydonie-Mothersill, WADA Athlete Committee Member
- Yoshitaka Sakurada, WADA Executive Committee Member for Asia and Minister in Charge of Sport for Japan
- Andy Parkinson, Chief Executive of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD)
- Mr. Michael Gottlieb, WADA Foundation Board Member for the Americas
Media
Media Contact
For queries relating to media, please contact WADA’s Communications Department:
Mr Terence O’Rorke
Senior Manager, Media and Communications
World Anti-Doping Agency
Email: media@wada-ama.org
Contact details for the Media during the Conference will be communicated widely immediately prior to the start of the Conference.
All media enquiries are to be directed to the aforementioned, and WADA will redirect as required.