Consistent with the World Physiotherapy constitution, elections for World Physiotherapy executive committees in three regions will be held via electronic voting.
The following candidates have been nominated for the following regions:
Asia Western Pacific
Chair
- Nehal Shah, member of Indian Association of Physiotherapists
- Leo Wang, member of Chinese Physical Therapy Association
Executive committee member (two positions)
- Holly Brasher, member of Australian Physiotherapy Association
- Shih-fen Hsiao, member of 社團法人臺灣物理治療學會/Taiwan Physical Therapy Association
- Binay Kandel, member of Nepal Physiotherapy Association
- Thanh-Van Le, member of Hội Vật lý trị liệu Việt Nam/Vietnam Physical Therapy Association
- Meredith Perry, member of Physiotherapy New Zealand
- Nicolas Setiabudi, member of Ikatan Fisioterapi Indonesia/Indonesian Physiotherapy Association
North America Caribbean
Chair
- Jenny Audette, member of American Physical Therapy Association
Executive committee member (one position)
- Se-Sergio Baldew, member of Surinaamse Vereniging voor Fysiotherapie/Surinamese Association for Physiotherapy
South America
Vice chair
- Gabriel Peña Zúniga, member of Comisión Profesional de Fisioterapia del Colegio de Terapeutas/Physical Therapy Commission of the Therapist Guild of Costa Rica
- Ignasio Opitz, member of Colegio de Kinesiólogos de Chile/College of Physiotherapists of Chile
- Maria del Rocio de la Rosa, member of Colegio Nacional de Fisioterapia/AMEFI National College of Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy
Executive committee member (one position)
- Maria Jose Paredes Garces, member of Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Fisioterapia/Ecuadorian Society of Physiotherapy
Voting will begin on Sunday 1 June 2025 and close on Sunday 22 June 2025. The results will be announced via email to all member organisations within the relevant region within 10 days of the vote closing.
The new region executive committee members will begin their terms on 1 July 2025.
Board election
A separate vote to elect three board members from the Europe, North America Caribbean, and South America regions is also taking place. Voting for this election will begin on Friday 30 May 2025 and close on Monday 30 June 2025. Find out more about the nominees for this election
