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title: "WADA Foundation Board Members listed (as at Sep 2026); Three-year terms start on change notification"
sdDatePublished: "2026-09-04T13:26:00Z"
source: "https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2026-09/fb_exco_composition_chart_sept_2026_eng_final.pdf"
topics:
  - name: "sport organisation"
    identifier: "medtop:20001125"
locations:
  - "Tanzania"
  - "Germany"
  - "Saudi Arabia"
  - "Switzerland"
  - "Venezuela"
  - "Brazil"
  - "Palau"
  - "Estonia"
  - "Argentina"
  - "Ghana"
  - "Jamaica"
  - "Mexico"
  - "Sweden"
  - "Burundi"
  - "Cape Verde"
  - "China"
  - "Namibia"
  - "Greece"
  - "Japan"
  - "Austria"
  - "New Zealand"
  - "Fiji Islands"
  - "Croatia"
  - "Peru"
  - "Poland"
  - "Armenia"
  - "Botswana"
  - "Panama"
  - "France"
  - "Singapore"
  - "Samoa"
  - "Romania"
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WADA Foundation Board Members listed (as at Sep 2026); Three-year terms start on change notification

1
Witold BAŃKA
President
Poland
1-Jan-26
31-Dec-28
2
Yang YANG
Vice President
China
1-Jan-26
31-Dec-28
3
Olle DAHLIN
President, IBU (biathlon)
Sweden
1-Jan-26
31-Dec-28
5
Santiago LANGE
Member, Athletes Commission, Argentina National Olympic Committee
Argentina
1-Jan-25
31-Dec-27
6
Benedict TAN
Vice President, Singapore National Olympic Council
Singapore
1-Jan-24
31-Dec-26
7
Damaris YOUNG
IOC Member, President, National Olympic Committee of Panama
Panama
16-May-25
15-May-28
4
Cathy WONG
President, Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC)
Fiji
29-May-26
28-May-29
8
Fabio AZEVEDO
President, FIVB (volleyball)
Brazil
1-Jan-26
31-Dec-28
9
David LAPPARTIENT
IOC Member, President, UCI (cycling)
France
1-Jan-25
31-Dec-27
10
Petra SÖRLING
President, ITTF (table tennis)
Sweden
1-Jan-26
31-Dec-28
11
Filomena FORTES
IOC Member, President, Cabo Verde National Olympic Committee
Cabo Verde
1-Jan-24
31-Dec-26
12
Heike GROESSWANG
Secretary General, IBSF (bobsleigh and skeleton)
Germany
1-Jan-26
31-Dec-28
13
Lydia NSEKERA
IOC Member, President, Burundi National Olympic Committee
Burundi
1-Jan-26
31-Dec-28
14
Paula BELÉN PARETO
IOC Member
Argentina
1-Jan-25
31-Dec-27
15
Baklai TEMENGIL
IOC Member, Vice President, Oceania National Olympic Committees
Palau
1-Jan-25
31-Dec-27
16
Husein A. ALIREZA
IOC Athletes Commission
Saudi Arabia
5-May-26
4-May-29
17
Cheick Sallah CISSÉ
IOC Athletes Commission
Ivory Coast
5-May-26
4-May-29
18
Maja WŁOSZCZOWSKA
IOC Member, IOC Athletes Commission (First Vice-Chair)
Poland
5-May-26
4-May-29
19
Yunjong WON
IOC Member, IOC Athletes Commission
Republic of Korea
5-May-26
4-May-29
20
Miki MATHESON
Member, IPC Governing Board
Japan
5-Dec-25
4-Dec-28
21
Gaby AHRENS
WADA Athlete Council
Namimbia
20-Jan-26
19-Jan-29
22
Ivan COSIC
WADA Athlete Council
Croatia
20-Jan-26
19-Jan-29
Africa Representatives
ASOIF Representatives
IOC Representatives
IOC Athletes Commission Representatives
Current Term
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ATHLETE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
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23
Kofi Iddie ADAMS
Minister of Sports and Recreation
Ghana
19-Mar-25
18-Mar-28
24
Jacob KELEBENG
Minister of Sport and Arts
Botswana
6-Feb-25
5-Feb-28
25
Paul Christian MAKONDA
Minister for Information, Culture, Arts, and Sports
Tanzania
30-Jan-26
29-Jan-29
26
Franklin Amilcar CARDILLO ROMERO
Minister of Sports
Venezuela
3-Mar-25
2-Mar-28
27
Olivia GRANGE
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports
Jamaica
31-Aug-23
30-Aug-26
28
Sergio Luis LUDEÑA VISALOT
President, Peruvian Institute of Sport
Peru
15-May-26
14-May-29
29
Rommel Aghmed PACHECO MARRUFO
Director General, National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE)
Mexico
4-Jun-25
3-Jun-28
30
Abdulaziz bin Turki AL SAUD
Minister of Sports
Saudi Arabia
1-Jan-24
31-Dec-26
31
Dae-hyun KIM
Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Republic of Korea
28-Aug-25
27-Aug-28
32
Yingchuan LI
Former Vice Minister, General Administration of Sport
China
1-Jan-24
31-Dec-26
33
Hiroyuki NAKAMURA
State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Japan
18-Nov-25
17-Nov-28
34
Alain BERSET
Secretary General, Council of Europe
Switzerland
1-Sep-26
31-Aug-29
35
Karen GILOYAN
Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports
Armenia
1-Jan-25
31-Dec-27
36
Heidy PURGA
Minister of Culture
Republic of Estonia
29-Sep-25
28-Sep-28
37
Constantin Bogdan MATEI
Secretary of State, President of the National Agency for Sport
Romania
1-Jul-26
30-Jun-29
38
Ioannis VROUTSIS
Alternate Minister of Sports
Greece
1-Jan-25
31-Dec-27
39
Peter MISKIMMIN
Head of Sport Diplomacy, Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ)
New Zealand
17-Feb-25
16-Feb-28
40
Seuamuli Fasi TOMA
Minister of Sports and Recreation
Samoa
28-Sep-25
27-Sep-28
41
Michael CEPIC
Chief Executive Officer, National Anti-Doping Agency Austria (NADA Austria)
Austria
30-Mar-26
29-Mar-29
42
Rachel Jeongah KWON
Director, International relations, Korea Anti-Doping Agency (KADA)
Republic of Korea
30-Mar-26
29-Mar-29
Americas Representatives
Asia Representatives
Europe Representatives (Council of Europe)
Europe Representatives (Member States of the European Union)
NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTATIVES
Foundation Board terms are for three years and are attributed to an individual, not to the country or representative body (per Swiss Authority regulations concerning Foundations). Until 2021, WADA was registering members based on their country or representative body, and when there was a
member change, the new member would only fulfill the remainder of the previous member's three year term in effect. This was incorrect. Three-year terms now start on the day WADA is advised of a change in membership, which may not always take effect at the beginning of a calendar year as
was previously the case. Given this shift in practice, some terms still appear to be aligned with the calendar year (where there has been no member change prior to the three-year term ending), whereas members who have changed prior to the three-year term ending will have a different term
start and end date, depending on when they were appointed during the year.It is important to note that notwithstanding the above, as concerns Public Authorities, each region is responsible for the process of appointing its representatives to the Foundation Board. Similarly, the Sport Movement,
Athlete Council and National Anti-Doping Organizations also determine the appointment of their representatives. WADA recognizes that members may be replaced before the end of a three-year term based on long-standing rotation agreements or positions held within their country or
representative body, however, the start and end dates of terms are reflected as three years in duration (as indicated in the table above), in accordance with WADA 's Statutes. The total number of years of service on the Foundation Board for certain members goes beyond the nine-year limit due
to a transition rule in effect between 2021 and 2023 following the first round of governance reforms. However, they will never exceed 12 years as a member.
Oceania Representatives
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