Diana Al Shaer and Klaus Roeser Run for Chair of FEI Dressage Committee

Dressage

FEI

Two candidates, Diana al Shaer and Klaus Roeser, have stepped forward and are officially running for the position of Chair of the FEI Dressage Committee. The position will be voted upon at the 2025 FEI General Assembly in Hong Kong on 7 November 2025.

FEI Dressage Committee

The FEI Dressage Committee is the most powerful body for shaping international competition and mapping the future of competitive dressage sport. The committee meets on regular times throughout the year mainly via teleconference as well as has several in-person meetings.

The committee includes six members: a chair and deputy chair and four members. In principle the members should reflect different stakeholder groups (judges, riders, trainers, show organizers), but in practice judges have been the ones found more willing to put in the work.

The current committee is chair by judge Maribel Alonso (MEX), while Monica Theodorescu (GER) is deputy chair. The four other committee members are judges Peter Storr (GBR) and Frederico Pinteus (POR), athletes representative Yvonne Losos de Muniz (DOM), and show organizer Thomas Eyckmans (BEL).

Members are elected for two terms of four years.

New Chair to be Elected

At the 2025 FEI General Assembly a new chair will be elected as Maribel Alonso has chosen not to run for a second term.

Alonso was voted as chair of the committee at the 2021 GA in Antwerp, successfully running against Martin Richenhagen (GER - former AGCO-FENDT ceo, former judge and current president of the German Equestrian Federation) and Ulf Helgstrand (DEN - former Vice President of the European Equestrian Federation (EEF) and former president of the Danish Equestrian Federation).

Two Candidates

Klaus Roeser at the 2025 European Championships

Only two candidates have officially applied for the position.

Diana al Shaer (PLE) is a former international Grand Prix rider who has competed at the World Championships, and at over 80 CDIs in Western Europe, including the CHIO Aachen. She is chair of the FEI Regional group VII Dressage Committee, chair of the regional group at the Asian Equestrian Federation, FEI Solidarity Expert and coach. She is responsible for the international relations at Palestine NF, Board Member, Vice-President. In her professional life she is Founder of Palirus media (cultural diplomacy) and is involved in several media companies. She is co-founder of the Russian charity equestrian foundation "Vanya" which helps riders that faced any kind of injuries or diseases.

Klaus Roeser (GER) is deeply engrained in the structures of the German Equestrian Federation (FN), German Olympic Equestrian Committee (DOKR) and already within the FEI. He is chair of the German Dressage Committee (DOKR) & Chef d’Equipe German Dressage Team. He is Secretary General of the IDRC, member of the EEF Dressage Working Group, member of the FEI Dressage Strategic Working Group, and member of the EEF Board as Athlete Representative. He was member of the FEI Dressage Committee in 2015 - 2019. For almost thirty years he worked for Paul Schockemöhle and currently works as CEO of Equine Supplement Service GmbH and CFO of Equine Clinic Lüsche.

Election in Hong Kong

The FEI Dressage Committee will soon meet to discuss and announce its recommended candidate at the General Assembly. However, the chair is elected by a majority vote (50% + 1) by the individual representatives of all National Equestrian Federations.

Peter Storr's position is also up for re-election. He has indicated that he wants to run a second term and his position will be (re-)appointed by the FEI board on 4 November 2025.