Our 16-member Executive Committee is delegated by WADA’s Foundation Board (Board) to manage the running of the Agency, including the performance of activities and the administration of assets. This also includes taking all decisions that are not reserved by WADA’s Statutes to the Board. Representatives of the Olympic Movement and of the Public Authorities are appointed by their respective constituency groups.
[Currently, almost half (7/16) of the Executive Committee is made up of active or former international-level athletes.]
Independent President and Vice-President
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Witold Bańka
President -
Yang Yang
Vice-President
Independent Members
Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni
Italy
- Former Deputy Secretary General, Council of Europe (2012-2021)
- Former Director General of Programmes, Council of Europe (2011-2012)
- Former Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, Council of Europe (2004-2011)
- Recipient, Order of Merit, Italy; Knight, Legion of Honour, France; Order of Saint Agatha, Republic of San Marino; Order of the Rising Sun, Japan
Venetia Bennett
Australia
- Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
- Member, National Sports Tribunal
- Past-President, Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association
- Panel Member, Immediation (on-line dispute resolution platform)
Patricia Sangenis
Argentina
- Director of Sport and Health of Buenos Aires
- Fellow Member of the American College of Sports Medicine
- Former Executive Committee Member, International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
- Former Member, IOC Medical and Scientific Commission
- Former Chair, Women in Sport Commission of the Argentina Olympic Committee
Athlete Council Chair
Ryan Pini
Papua New Guinea
- Four-time Olympian in swimming (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
- Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist (2006); Silver Medalist (2010)
- Executive Board Member, Papua New Guinea National Olympic Committee
- Chair, Papua New Guinea Athletes Commission
- Executive Board Member, Pacific Games Council
- Athletes Committee Member, World Aquatics
Olympic Movement
(In alphabetical order by organization)
ANOC Representative
Jiri Kejval
IOC Member
President, Czech Olympic Committee
Czech Republic
- Former international-level rower
- Member of ANOC Medical Commission
- Member, IOC Commissions (Chair, Marketing; IOC Television and Marketing Services; Coordination for the XXV Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
- Member, WADA Risk and Audit Committee
ASOIF Representative
Ingmar De Vos
IOC Member
FEI President
Belgium
- Executive Committee Member, SportAccord
- Council Member, ASOIF
- Member, ASOIF Governance Taskforce
- Member, IOC Commissions (Legal Affairs; Coordination of the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad Los Angeles 2028; Women in Sport)
- President, International Horse Sports Confederation (IHSC)
- Member, Board of Directors of the National Olympic Committee of Belgium
IOC Representatives
Ugur Erdener
IOC Member
World Archery President
Republic of Türkiye
- Member, IOC Commissions (Chair, Medical and Scientific Commission; Commission for the Coordination of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Paris 2024)
- President, Turkish Olympic Committee
Nenad Lalovic
IOC Member
UWW President
Serbia
- IOC Executive Board Member, Member of IOC Olympic Solidarity Commission, Member of Olympic Movement Unit on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions
- Executive Board Member, ASOIF
- Executive Board Member, Olympic Committee of Serbia
IOC Athletes' Commission Representative
Humphrey Kayange Emonyi
IOC Member
IOC Athletes' Commission Member
Kenya
- Olympian in rubgy (rugby sevens) (2016)
- Champion (Kenya) of the 2016 Singapore Sevens of the 2015-16 World Rugby Sevens Series
- Member, WADA Athlete Council
Public Authorities
(In alphabetical order by region)
Africa Representative
Minata Samate Cessouma
Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development
African Union
- Former State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation, in charge of Regional Cooperation, Burkina Faso
Americas Representative
Rahul Gupta
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
United States
Asia Representative
Koji Murofushi
Commissioner, Japan Sports Agency
Japan
Four-time Olympian in hammer throw (2012, 2008, 2004, 2000); Gold Medalist (2004); Bronze Medalist (2012)
World Championships in Athletics Gold Medalist (2011); Silver Medalist (2001); Bronze Medalist (2003);
Asian Games Gold Medalist (2002, 1998); Silver Medalist (1994)
Senior Specially Appointed Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Europe Representative
Roxana Maracineanu
France
- Former Minister of Sport
- Former international-level swimmer (backstroke)
- Olympian Silver Medalist, 200m backstroke (2000)
- Gold Medalist, 200m backstroke, World Aquatics Championships (1998)
- Officer of the National Order of Merit (France)
Oceania Representative
Chris Bishop
Minister of Sport and Recreation
New Zealand