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 the Eastern Mediterranean Region (AMEEMR)
- Association of Medical Schools in Africa (AMSA)
- Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE)
- 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:
- Four 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 2023

(L-R) top row: Professor Emiola Olapade-Olaopa (AMSA), Dr Marcos Núñez (PAFAMS), Professor William Pinsky (ECFMG), Dr Otmar Kloiber (WMA), Professor David Gordon (Past-President)
(L-R) bottom row: Professor Titi Savitri (SEARAME), Jana Cohlová (WFME), Professor Ricardo León-Bórquez (President), Dr Geneviève Moineau (Vice-President), Liz Butler (WFME adviser)
(L-R) on the screen: Romana Kohnová (WFME), Kosha Gala (IFMSA), Dr Uchechukwu Arum (JDN), Barbora Hrabalová (WFME), Professor Ahmed Al-Rumayyan (AMEEMR)
Relevant documents
Executive Council meetings
- 1997 Vienna, Austria
- 1998 Kandy, Sri Lanka
- 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2002 Irbid, Jordan
- 2003 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2004 Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2005 Alcalá, Spain
- 2006 Philadelphia, USA
- 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2009 Irbid, Jordan
- 2010 Bangkok, Thailand
- 2011 Malmö, Sweden
- 2012 Cape Town, South Africa
- 2013 Quito, Ecuador
- 2014 Istanbul, Turkey
- 2015 Cairo, Egypt
- 2016 Melbourne, Australia
- 2017 Ferney-Voltaire, France
- 2018 Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- 2019 Seoul, South Korea
- 2020 Ferney-Voltaire, France
- 2021 Online
- 2022 Ferney-Voltaire, France
- 2023 Québec, Canada