All eligible to vote Principal Investigators (630) from EBMT full membership centres were invited to vote online for the nominated, endorsed and approved EBMT President-Elect and Working Party Chair candidates for 2025, in addition to approving the activity reports (President, Secretary and Treasurer).
Voting took place online from Tuesday 18 March 2025. The elections results were announced live at the General Assembly Meeting on Tuesday 1 April (07:45 am CET), during the 51st Annual Meeting of the EBMT.
Please see the results of this online election below:
EBMT President-Elect
EBMT President-Elect - Ibrahim Yakoub-Agha
272 votes tallied and 2 abstentions
Votes
Percentage
Ibrahim Yakoub-Agha
155
56.99%
John Snowden
117
43.01%
EBMT Working Party Chairs
EBMT Inborn Errors Working Party (IEWP) - Maria Ester Bernardo
258 votes tallied and 16 abstentions
Votes
Percentage
Maria Ester Bernardo
258
99.22%
EBMT Transplant Complications Working Party (TCWP) - Olaf Penack
261 votes tallied and 13 abstentions
Votes
Percentage
Olaf Penack
261
98.85%
EBMT Activity Reports and Bylaw Amendment
In addition to voting online for the nominated candidates, PIs were also asked to approve the President's, Secretary's and the Treasurer's reports and the Bylaw Amendment Approval of Articles 8, The Treasurer and 9, Working Parties, in advance of the Annual General Assembly Meeting 2024.
EBMT President's Activity Report 2024
Yes - I approve the President's Activity Report 2024
252 votes (98.44%)
No - I reject the President's Activity Report 2024
4 votes (1.56%)
256 votes tallied and 18 abstentions
EBMT Treasurer's Annual Report for 2024
Yes - I approve the Treasurer's Annual Report for 2024
239 votes (98.35%)
No - I reject the Treasurer's Annual Report for 2024
4 votes (1.65%)
243 votes tallied and 31 abstentions
EBMT Secretary's Annual Report for 2024
Yes - I approve the Secretary's Annual Report for 2024
251 votes (98.43%)
No - I reject the Secretary's Annual Report for 2024
4 votes (1.57%)
255 votes tallied and 19 abstentions
Bylaw Amendment Approval - formally establish the JACIE Working Party (WP) as part of EBMT's existing WP structure. The appointment of Lynn Manson as Chair of the JACIE WP until the end of her mandate in 2026
Yes - I approve the amendment
239 votes (95.22%)
No - I reject the amendment
12 votes (4.78%)
251 votes tallied and 23 abstentions
Outgoing Board Members
We would like to thank the following outgoing Board Members for their support and commitment to the Scientific Council and Board of Association during their mandates:
Zinaida Peric, EBMT Transplant Complications Working Party Chair from 2021-2025.Bénédicte Neven, EBMT Inborn Errors Working Party Chair from 2021-2025.
