AGM and Minutes

President’s Welcome & Report

Minutes of the AGM on Thursday 27 September 2023

Voting required to ratify minutes

Secretary’s Update

• Membership update
• Honorary Member update
• The Future of ESCP update

ESCP Membership Fee Increase

On 10 January 2025 there will be a membership fee increase. The last increase was January 2019; this is equal to a 15% increase.

Voting required to ratify the fee increase

Committees' reports

Written reports for Education Committee, EBSQ, European School of Coloproctology, Communications Committee, Journal, Research Committee, Global Reach Committee, Guidelines Committee, Membership Committee, Regional Events Working Group and Y-ESCP are available.

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Election of New Executive Officers and Ordinary Members of Council

Only the Executive Officers names will be read out to members.

Executive Officers, including new appointments

• President: Antonino Spinelli
• President Elect: Miguel Pera
• President in Waiting: Ayhan Kuzu
• Past President: Oded Zmora
• Secretary: Carolynne Vaizey
• Treasurer: Hagit Tulchinsky
• Communications Committee Chair: Erman Aytac
  • Asst. Communications Committee Chair: Miguel Cunha
• Education Committee Chair: Janindra Warusavitarne
  • Asst. Education Chair: 
• Guidelines Committee Chair: Triantafyllos Doulias
• Global Reach Committee Chair: Dion Morton
• Membership Committee Chair: Frederic Ris
  • Asst. Membership Chair: Rosa Jiménez-Rodríguez
• Programme Committee Chair: Quentin Denost
• Research Committee Chair: Thomas Pinkney
  • Asst. Research Committee Chair: Pamela Buchwald
• UEMS Representative: David Zimmerman
• Y-ESCP Chair: Zoe Garoufalia

Voting required to ratify the new Executive Officers

Executive Officers, demitting office

• Past President: Eloy Espin Basany
• Programme Committee Chair: Gabriela Möslein

New Committee Members

Education Committee Members:

• PPI Representative: Ben Barbanel
• Global Reach Representative: Nicolas Avellaneda

Global Reach Committee Members:

• Elaine Ng
• Hélio Moreira Júnior

Guidelines Committee Members:

• Adele Sayers
• Lisa Massey

Programme Committee Members:

• Andre D’Hoore
• Christianne Buskens
• Patricia Tejedor
• Guillaume Meurette
• Julie Cornish
• Peter Christensen
• Deena Harji
• Isacco Montroni

Y-ESCP Committee Members:

• UEMS Rep: Jasper Stijns
• UEMS Rep: Tina van Loon

Regional Events Working Group Member:

• Research Rep: Mostafa Shalaby

Voting required to ratify new committee members

Regional Representatives (outgoing, incoming)

National Representatives (outgoing, incoming)

*Yusif Aliyarov will stay in post for another 12 months as National Representative for Azerbaijan
**Bjorn Steinar Nedrebo will stay in post for another 3 months as National Representative for Norway

Voting required to ratify Regional and National Representatives

Treasurer's Report

Trustee’s Report

Re-election of Trustees continuing in office:

• Chair: Mike Parker (UK) West
• Giovanni Romano (Italy) Central
• Adam Dziki (Poland) East
• Anna Martling (Sweden) Central
• Sebastiano Biondo (Spain) West
• Thomas Schiedeck (Germany) Central
• Tom Scheinin (Finland) East

Voting required to re-elect the Trustees

Trustees demitting office:

• Julio Leite (Portugal) West
• Evgeny Rybakov (Russia) East

Trustees new in office:

• TBC (xx) West
• Considering an Eastern Trustee in due course

Voting required to elect the new trustees

Election of ESCP’s auditors:

• Whitelaw Wells

Voting required to ratify to re-appoint the auditors

Inauguration of new President: Antonino Spinelli

Date of the next AGM

The next AGM will be held on Thursday 11 September 2025 in Paris, France.