David Wood

Co-Chair

World Heart Federation – President

Fahad Omar Baslaib

Co-Chair

Emirates Cardiac Society – Board Member

Alawi Alsheikh-Ali

Member

Emirates Cardiac Society – Board Member

Kadhim Sulaiman

Member

Gulf Heart Association – President

Mohammad Zubaid

Member

Gulf Heart Association – Board Member

Tony Duncan

Member

World Heart Federation – Vice President

Nooshin Bazargani

Member

World Heart Federation – Vice President-Elect

Jagat Narula

Member

World Heart Federation – SPAC Chair

Staffan Johansson

Member

World Heart Federation – Secretary & Treasurer

Jean-Luc Eiselé

Member

World Heart Federation – Chief Executive Officer

Andrew Forrester

Member

World Heart Federation – Finance Director

Heather Sheppard

Member

MCI Geneva – PCO Integration & Performance Manager

Jennifer Díaz

Supporting staff

World Heart Federation – Congress and Events Manager

Andreea Dragus

Supporting staff

World Heart Federation – Membership Manager and Events Coordinator

Jagat Narula

Chair

World Heart Federation – SPAC Chair

Wael Al Mahmeed

Co-Chair

Emirates Cardiac Society – Board Member

Jassim Al-Suwaidi

Co-Chair

Gulf Heart Association – Board Member

Abdulmajeed Al Zubaidi

Co-Chair

Emirates Cardiac Society – Vice President

Adel Khalifa

Co-Chair

Gulf Heart Association

Karen Sliwa

Co-Chair

World Heart Federation – President-Elect

Mouaz Al-Mallah, Saudi Arabia

Topic Group Leader – Cardiac Imaging

Eloisa Arbustini, Italy

Topic Group Leader – Genetics / Epigenetics / Technology / E-health

Javed Butler, USA

Topic Group Leader – Heart Failure / Left Ventricular Function / Myocardial Pericardial Disease / Chagas Disease

Y. Chandrashekhar, USA

Topic Group Leader – Ischaemia / Coronary Artery Disease / Coronary Interventions / Acute Coronary Syndrome

Albertino Damasceno, Mozambique

Topic Group Leader – Hypertension / Obesity / Dyslipidemia / Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders

Dirk Deleu, Qatar

Topic Group Leader – Stroke / Peripheral Circulation / Non-coronary Interventions / Aorto-arteritis

Yvonne Garcia Richaud, Mexico

Topic Group Leader – Heart Disease in Women

Ahmed Hersi, Saudi Arabia

Topic Group Leader – Arrhythmias

Francisco Lopez Jimenez, US

Topic Group Leader – Epidemiology / Prevention / Health Promotion / Physical Activity / Advocacy

Catriona Jennings, UK

Topic Group Leader – Allied Health Professionals

Ana Olga Mocumbi, Mozambique

Topic Group Leader – Paediatrics / Adolescent / Congenital Heart Disease

Murat Tuzcu, UAE

Topic Group Leader – Valvular Disease / RHD / Pulmonary Circulation / Valvular Intervention

Pablo Perel

Member

World Heart Federation – Senior Science Advisor