The Worldwide Esports Federation (IESF) has elected new board and committee members throughout its sixteenth Peculiar Normal Assembly (OGM).
The assembly occurred on November sixteenth in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and featured 150 delegates from the IESF’s member federations.
The assembly was opened by Saudi Esports Federation’s chairman Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, who was appointed because the federation’s Energetic President final yr. Throughout the first session, contributors voted on the acceptance or rejection of motions submitted by members. Furthermore, Canada, Germany, Latvia and Malta have obtained Full Membership standing.
The second session was devoted to electing the next key positions throughout the IESF Board and committees:
- Board Member: Mr Samart Benjamin Assarasakorn
- Treasurer: Mr Daniel Wen Jun Loy
- Membership Committee Members: Mr Soufiane El Filali and Mr Jaroslav Melishek
- Audit, Danger and Governance Commiittee: Mr Tomas Gabris (Chair), Mr Jacopo Ierussi and Mr Stevan Nenad Rosic
- Regulatory Committee Chair: Mr Ido Orel Brosh
In his OGM concluding assertion, IESF Normal Secretary Borban Totovski shared: “This yr’s meeting demonstrated the energy of our neighborhood and the shared imaginative and prescient that drives IESF ahead. I thank everybody for his or her contributions to a democratic and clean course of, and I look ahead to welcoming extra member federations to our household subsequent yr and even higher success.”
The final assembly coincided with the World Esports Championship 2024 (WEC24), a multi-discipline esports event organised by the IESF. Its sixteenth version kicked off on November eleventh on the SEF Area in Riyadh, that includes occasions in PUBG Cell, Counter-Strike 2, Cell Legends: Bang Bang and Dota 2. Indonesia was topped the general WEC24 Champions.
Esports governance physique IESF was based in 2008 and has since introduced collectively 144 Member Federations throughout six continents. The federation goals to create a united esports ecosystem in addition to help sustainable and accountable improvement. This yr, IESF established the Esports Management Group (ELG) with fellow esports governance physique, the International Esports Federation (GEF), to facilitate collaboration between the organisations.
The host metropolis bidding course of for the World Esports Championship’s 2025 and 2025 iterations was initiated in July this yr.
