The Executive Council is the decision-making body of WFME. It meets annually to set the strategy and work plan which is managed by the Presidency (President, Vice President and Past President), and delivered through its staff and advisers. Individual profiles of the members of the Executive Council, WFME staff and advisers are published under People.
Voting members
- Six regional associations for medical education:
- Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
- Association for Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (AMEEMR)
- Association of Medical Schools in Africa (AMSA)
- Pan-American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools (PAFAMS)
- South East Asian Regional Association for Medical Education (SEARAME)
- Western Pacific Association of Medical Education (WPAME)
- Two founding members:
- Three executive members:
- WFME President
- WFME Vice-President
- WFME Past President
Risk Committee
- Membership: Otmar Kloiber – WMA (in chair), Marcon Núñez – PAFAMS, William Pinsky – ECFMG, Ahmed Rumayyan – AMEEMR, Liz Butler – external adviser
- Committee Secretary: Jana Cohlová
Finance Committee
- Membership: Titi Savitri – SEARAME (in chair), David Gordon – WFME Past-President, Emiola Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa – AMSA, William Pinsky – ECFMG, Liz Butler – external adviser
- Committee Secretary: Barbora Hrabalová
Regional Assocations Presidents’ Forum
- Membership: Presidents of the six Regional Associations for medical education
WFME Executive Council meeting, April 2021
(L-R) top row: Romana Kohnová (WFME), Anne-Marie Delage (WFME), Professor David Gordon (President), Dr Otmar Kloiber (WMA), Professor Janet Grant (Senior Adviser to the President)
(L-R) second row: Professor Titi Savitri (SEARAME), Professor Trevor Gibbs (AMEE), Professor Ducksun Ahn (Vice-President), Mark Dexter (Senior Policy Adviser), Professor Ricardo Leon-Bórquez (PAFAMS)
(L-R) third row: Professor William W Pinsky (ECFMG), Dr Yassen Tcholakov (JDN), Dr Abdullah Al-Khafajy (IFMSA), Barbora Hrabalová (WFME), Professor Emiola Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa (AMSA)
(L-R) bottom row: Dr Giorgio Cometto (WHO), Dr Ahmed Al-Rumayyan (AMEEMR), Professor Stefan Lindgren (Past President), Dr Dujeepa Samarasekera (WPAME)