The ITF’s independent Ethics Commission has announced the official nominations for the elections for the ITF President and Board of Directors that will be held on Friday 27 September 2019 at the ITF’s Annual General Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. The President, and fourteen members of the Board of Directors, will be elected for four-year terms from 2019-23.
Nominations for election to the ITF Board of Directors have been made by Class B Member Nations who fully meet ITF constitutional criteria. The following nominations have been received:
President
* David Haggerty (USA)
Ivo Kaderka (CZE)
Anil Khanna (IND)
David Miley (IRL)
* Incumbent President
Board of Directors
* Katrina Adams (USA)
Hilmi Onur Binay (TUR)
Carlos Bravo (CRC)
* Martin Corrie (GBR)
Vasco Costa (POR)
Gavin Crookes (RSA)
Miguel Díaz Román (ESP)
Goran Djokovic (SRB)
* Ismail El Shafei (EGY)
Luisanna Fodde (ITA)
Bernard Giudicelli (FRA)
* Jack Graham (CAN)
Razvan Itu (ROU)
Ivo Kaderka (CZE)
Nao Kawatei (JPN)
James Kenani (KEN)
* Anil Khanna (IND)
Ulrich Klaus (GER)
* Thomas Kønigsfeldt (DEN)
David Miley (IRL)
Salma Mouelhi Guizani (TUN)
* Celia Patrick (NZL)
Camilo Perez Lopez Moreira (PAR)
David Rawlinson (GBR)
Attila Richter (HUN)
Gabriel Sánchez-Sierra (COL)
* Alexey Selivanenko (RUS)
* Rene Stammbach (SUI)
Suresh Subramaniam (SRI)
* Stefan Tzvetkov (BUL)
* Bulat Utemuratov (KAZ)
Jonathan Yarom (ISR)
Anton Yuspa (BLR)
Spyros Zannias (GRE)
* Incumbent Board Member
All Candidates are subject to the ITF’s Candidate Rules, found in the Code of Ethics here.
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