Governing Council

The WEO Governing Council is comprised of the members of the Executive Committee, Standing Committee Chairs and the Presidents of WEO’s zones.

Executive Committee 2024-2026

President
Lars Aabakken (Norway)
President-Elect
Asadur Jorge Tchekmedyian (Uruguay)
Past President
Hisao Tajiri (Japan)
Secretary General
Mário Dinis-Ribeiro (Portugal)
Treasurer
Yutaka Saito (Japan)

Zone Presidents

President A-PSDE
Seigo Kitano (Japan)
President ESGE
Ian M. Gralnek (Israel)
President SIED
Augusto Vera Calderón (Perú)

Standing Committee Chairs 2024-2026

Colorectal Cancer Screening
Evelien Dekker (Netherlands)
Documentation and Standardization
Koji Matsuda (Japan)
Education
Douglas Faigel (USA)
Outreach
Kulwinder Dua (USA)
Research
Anthony Teoh (Hong Kong SAR)
Standards of Practice, Chair
Edward Despott (UK)
Stomach and Duodenal Diseases
Mitsuhiro Fujishiro (Japan)
Surgical Endoscopy
Philip Chiu (Hong Kong SAR)