Final Results of GPU PHOTO GB Elections, 2024

We are pleased to announce the final results of the GPU Governing Board Election 2024, which were declared on April 13th, 2024, during the governing board meeting in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

Dear members,

The final GPU GB election results were declared on 13th April 2024, during the governing board meeting that was held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The following GPU members were chosen for Extraordinary General Assembly to work on and to control all the votes arrived from members by email and physical voting:

1. Maria Vogiatzaki (president)
2. Costas Chalkiadakis (member)
3. Giasemi Amonachaki (member)

The first seven members with the majority of the votes entered a new governing board, and 8th and 9th positions were chosen as supplementary members. We welcome the new member of the GB Guilhelm Ribart from France, and we thank all 16 candidates for their efforts.

The composition of the new governing board is as follow

Manolis Metzakis – president Greece
Marija Milovanović Maksimović – secretary-general Serbia
Claudio Calosi – vice-president Italy
Saeed Al Shamsi – vice-president UAE
Guo Jing – vice-president China
Daniel De Cort – treasurer Belgium
Guilhelm Ribart – member France

The final voting results:
1. Manolis Metzakis
2. Guo Jing
3. Saeed Al Shamsi
4. Claudio Calosi
5. Marija Milovanovic Maksimovic
6. Guilhem Ribart
7. Daniel De Cort
8. Tony Davies
9. Peteri Mussalo
10. Kazazis Georgios
11. Seargent Anna
12. Sanguineti Hajime
13. Evans Stephen
14. Koprulu Filiz
15. Lim Mahendra Putra
16. Silva Shenal

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