Introducing results of the 2025 WTCA BoD Elections

World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 election of its Board of Directors. 

Please join us in congratulating the following newly elected and re-elected directors (listed alphabetically by region):

Asia Pacific Region (2)

• Mr. Mingxing Li (WTC Haikou, newly elected)
• Ms. Pamela Pascual (WTC Metro Manila, re-elected)

Europe Region (5)

• Mr. Ed Allison-Wright (WTC Gibraltar, re-elected)
• Mr. Carles Anglada Casas (WTC Barcelona, newly elected)
• Mr. Antony Georgakis (WTC Cyprus, newly elected)
• Ms. Patricia Moinard (WTC Metz-Saarbrücken, newly elected)
• Ms. Cristina Sbaizero (WTC Trieste, re-elected)

Latin America Region (2)

• Mr. Ignacio Del (WTC Montevideo, re-elected)
• Mr. Eugenio Reyes Guzmán (WTC Monterrey, re-elected)

Middle East & Africa Region (1)

• Mr. Hassan El Kojok (WTC Riyadh, newly elected)

North America Region (2)

• Mr. Scott Center (WTC Savannah, re-elected)
• Ms. Karen Gerwitz (WTC Denver, re-elected)

These new and re-elected Directors will join the following current Directors, whose terms run until 2027:

• Mr. Togbe Afede XIV (WTC Accra)
• Mr. Ivan Barrios (WTC Miami)
• Mr. John E. Drew (WTC Washington, D.C.)
• Mr. Freerk Faber (WTC Twente)
• Mr. Irmohizam Ibrahim (WTC Kuala Lumpur)
• Mr. Vijay Kalantri (WTC Mumbai)
• Ms. Catherine Lee (WTC Suzhou)
• Mr. Luciano Menezes (WTC Curitiba)
• Ms. Christina Shen (WTC Shenyang)
• Mr. Remy Swaab (WTC Panama)
• Mr. Ahmed Tibaoui (WTC Algiers)
• Mr. Vineet Verma (WTC Bengaluru)

WTCA wants to extend its heartfelt thanks to the following departing Directors for their many years of thoughtful service as volunteer Board members and their unwavering dedication to the Association:

• Mr. Ghazi Abu Nahl (WTC Amman) / 2004-2025 / Chair 2008-2017
• Mr. Rolf Draak (WTC Nice) / 1992-2025 / Interim CEO 2014-2016
• Mr. Mehran Eftekhar (WTC Cyprus) / 2012-2025
• Mr. Haluk Kanca (WTC Istanbul) / 2010-2014, 2021-2025
• Mr. Simon Wang (WTC Taipei) / 2021-2025

And finally, we wish to thank the WTCA Members who cast their ballots. 69% of all eligible Members voted in this election, making it the best participation rate since the Association implemented its open-nomination process in 2010. We congratulate you for your commitment to this important democratic process and for playing an active role in WTCA’s governance.

We will miss the comradery of our departing Directors as well as the extensive historical perspective they bring to our organization.