Greater Gender Balance and Diversity in FEI Board

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FEI

The FEI President Ingmar De Vos advised the FEI Board at its final meeting of the FEI Online General Assembly on 25 November 2020 that the recent elections and the promotion to full Board Member status of the Medical, Para Equestrian and Vaulting Committee Chairs, has resulted in an improved gender equality balance on the Board.

The percentage of female Board members has now risen to 38% and 62% male. “The recommendation from the IOC is 30% female representation”, Ingmar De Vos said, “but even 38% is not enough and we will keep working on the gender balance.”

The inclusion of Amanda Bond (HKG), Chair of the Para Equestrian Committee as a full Board member brings additional diversity to the Board.

The President welcomed the four new FEI Board members elected by the FEI Online General Assembly: Brigitte Mathias (NAM), Chair of FEI Regional Group IX; Christian Lozano (FRA), Chair of the FEI Endurance Committee; Pavla Krauspe, Chair of the FEI Vaulting Committee; and Janice Shardlow (GBR), Chair of the FEI Audit and Compliance Committee.

Outgoing Board members Mary Binks, former Chair of the Group IX and Brian Mangan, former Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee, have been appointed as Honorary FEI Board Members for their dedicated service to the FEI.

In an update on the FEI Online General Assembly on 23 November, the Secretary General informed the Board that the total count of National Federations now stands at 136 as the National Federation of Brunei (BRU) has been excluded from FEI membership due to nonpayment of dues for the past two years.

In a further update following the announcement at the FEI Online General Assembly that 10 National Federations had been suspended for non-payment of dues, Armenia (ARM), Azerbaijan (AZE), Georgia (GEO) and Turkmenistan (TKM) have now been reinstated and are members of good standing following full payment of their dues.