International Regional Elections 2020: North East Asia and Oceania Regions

The positions of Chair and Young Member Representative for the North East Asia Region and the Oceania Region are up for election in 2021.

North East Asia

The nomination period for the North East Asia regional elections officially closed on 5 March 2021. All nominations received have been verified; we can confirm that there are four eligible candidates for the position of North East Asia Regional Chair and Young Member Regional representative.

Candidates for Regional Chair

• Professor Yan Chen
• Chris Cheung.

Candidates for Young Member Representative

• Angie Tai
• Dr Pavlos Dimitriou.

It is the role of the Chair and Young Member Representative to represent the Region and to work with the volunteer groups to raise the profile of the Institution and encourage more people to get involved. This could be through organising or attending events, strengthening links with industry and local institutions and developing the regions strategy in line with the Institutions overall business plan.

Voting for the positions will take place throughout April and those eligible to vote will receive further information shortly.

Oceania Election

It has been brought to our attention that COVID-19 has caused some delays with the delivery of postal nominations letters meaning some of you may have not had the opportunity to submit your nomination.

As a result it has been agreed to extend the deadline by two weeks  to provide you with the opportunity to nominate yourself, if interested. The new deadline will be 29 March 2021 11:59 GMT. This is an ideal opportunity to influence the Institution’s future international development, so please go to the Oceania NearYou page to download the nominee pack where you will find an application form and more information about the criteria and duties for each role.

If you have any questions about the process, please email mary.newton@imeche.org.