Nominations for positions on the IFEM Board and Council 2026

The President of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, Dr Saleh Fares Al Ali, invites nominations for the following positions on the IFEM Board and Council:

  • President-Elect (1 position)
  • Member-elected Director (Board Member – 2 positions)
  • Regional Representative (Council Member – 6 positions)

Nominations must be received by the IFEM Secretariat via [email protected] by 23:59 UTC on Sunday 3rd May 2026.

President-Elect

The President of IFEM is the Federation's leader, representing IFEM to external stakeholders and serving as Chair of the IFEM Assembly and the IFEM Council. The President-Elect serves for two years under the President, then two years as President, and finally two years as Immediate Past President (a total of 6 years). Whilst President-Elect and President, they are a Director on the IFEM Board, which is responsible for running IFEM as a corporation registered under Australian Law. They also serve as a member of the IFEM Council, which advises the IFEM Board on the activities of IFEM including its committees and the IFEM Global Congress on Emergency Medicine, held each year.

The President-Elect also serves as Chair of the Nominations Committee, which is responsible for reviewing the eligibility of candidates for elected positions within IFEM.

Nominations may be made by a Full or Founding Member organisation of IFEM, which is in good standing at the time of nominations and the election of these positions.

The eligibility criteria for nominees are as follows:

  1. Nominees must be members in good standing of the organisation nominating them at the time of nomination and election.
  2. Nominees must be a specialist emergency physician as recognised in the jurisdiction they are practising or have recently practised in.
  3. Nominees must meet at least one of the following criteria:
      a. Be a current or immediate past Board and/or Council member
      b. Be a current or immediate past Chair of a committee of IFEM and have served in that role for at least 12 months (at the time of election)
      c. Be a current or past IFEM Assembly representative within 5 years of service.
  4. Nominees must be eligible for or in possession of an Australian Business Registry Services Director Identification Number (“director ID”). More information is available through the following link: Director identification number | Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS)

Member-elected Director

Under the IFEM Constitution, at least 2 Directors on the Board must be specialist emergency physicians nominated by a member organisation and elected by members. Directors serve for 2-year terms, and under clause 12.4.2 of the IFEM Constitution may serve as follows:

Any Director, other than the President or President Elect serving their terms in those positions, shall be eligible to serve up to two consecutive terms as a Director, after which they will be ineligible to serve as a Director unless a meeting of IFEM Members appoints the Director for a further period of up to two (2) years.

Incumbent Directors must be re-elected (if eligible) at the end of each term served.
Under clause 12.5 of the IFEM Constitution, at the discretion of the Board and/or Assembly, one or more Directors (except the President and President-Elect) may be appointed for a shorter or longer term to stagger the terms of office of Directors.

Nominations may be made by a Full or Founding Member organisation of IFEM, which is in good standing at the time of nomination and the election of these positions.

The eligibility criteria for nominees are as follows:

  1. Nominees must be members in good standing of the organisation nominating them at the time of nomination and election.
  2. Nominees must be a specialist emergency physician as recognised in the jurisdiction they are practising or have recently practised in.
  3. Nominees must meet at least one of the following criteria:
    a. Be a current or past member of the Board or Council who is eligible under clause 12.4.2 of the Constitution, or
    b. Be a current or immediate past Chair or a current Vice Chair of a Standing Committee, Special Interest Group or Taskforce and has served in that role for at least 12 months, or
    c. Be a current or past IFEM Assembly representative within 5 years of service.
  4. Nominees must be eligible for or in possession of an Australian Business Registry Services Director Identification Number (“director ID”). More information is available through the following link: Director identification number | Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS).

Regional Representative to Council

Regional Representatives to the Council are elected to perform the following functions:

  • Facilitate a two-way exchange of information between the region which they represent and IFEM.
  • Proactively seek opportunities for collaboration and information-sharing between IFEM and members in their region.

IFEM has 6 regions defined as follows:

  • Africa: all its component countries.
  • Asia: all the continental Asian countries as well as Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines and Brunei.
  • Australasia and the Pacific: Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, Micronesia, and the other island states in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Central and South America: Mexico and every country south of it, plus all the Caribbean countries except those that are primarily English speaking
  • Europe: all the countries west of the Urals, also including Iceland, Cyprus, Turkey, Russia, and Israel.
  • North America: USA, Canada, Bermuda, Bahamas, and other English-speaking islands in that region.

Nominations may be made by a Full or Founding Member organisation of IFEM, which is in good standing at the time of nominations and the election of these positions.

Only organisations within an individual region may nominate or vote for representatives for that region.

The eligibility criteria for nominees are as follows:

  1. Nominees must be members in good standing of the organisation nominating them at the time of nomination and election.
  2. Nominees must be a specialist emergency physician as recognised in the jurisdiction they are practising or have recently practised in.
  3. Nominees must meet at least one of the following criteria:
    a. Be a current or past member of the Board or Council who is eligible under clause 12.4.2 of the Constitution, or
    b. Be a current or immediate past Chair or a current Vice Chair of a Standing Committee, Special Interest Group or Taskforce and has served in that role for at least 12 months, or
    c. Be a current or past IFEM Assembly representative within 5 years of service.

Important information for all positions

Nominations must be received by the IFEM Secretariat via [email protected] by 23:59 UTC on Sunday 3rd May 2026.

Nominations must include the following:

  1. The names and contact details of the nominating organisation and the nominee.
  2. A “consent to act if elected” from the nominee.
  3. A one-page document addressing each of the above eligibility criteria for the position(s) being nominated to.
  4. A current Curriculum Vitae of the nominee.

Precedence will be given to nominees for Board positions who already hold a “director ID”. Nominees, if elected, will not be able to assume their position until they confirm they have a “director ID” and provide it to the IFEM Company Secretary.

Individuals may be nominated for more than one position if they are eligible for each nominated position as above. At the election, the positions will be appointed in the following order: President-Elect, Member-elected Director, and Regional Representative to Council. Once a nominee is elected to a position on the Board or Council, they will no longer be eligible for any other elected position for which they were nominated.

Once received, each nomination will be reviewed by the Nominations Committee, which will recommend to the Board the eligibility of each nominee for each position nominated. For each position, if there is only one eligible nominee, they will be duly declared elected. If there is more than one nominee for any single position, an election will be held, with any Full or Founding members in good standing invited to vote for each position requiring an election. For the position of Regional Representative, only members in the relevant region will be invited to vote for that position.

Any queries can be directed to the IFEM Secretariat via [email protected].