Elections to the Senior Staff Advisory Committee (“The Nine”) 2013

The electronic voting process for the Senior Staff Advisory Committee (“The Nine”) was closed on Thursday, 29 August 2013 at 18.00.

Of the 503 Senior Staff members eligible to vote, 316 voted. This represents a participation of 63%, compared to 61% in 2012, 43% in 2011, 44% in 2010, 57% in 2009, 53% in 2008, 63% in 2007, 64% in 2006 and 66% in 2005. The results are:

Electoral group 1 (Research Physicists)

Candidate

Dept

Votes

Result

Augusto CECCUCCI

PH

157

ELECTED

 

Electoral group 2 (Applied Physicists, Engineers, Computer Scientists)

Candidate

Dept

Votes

Result

Ronny BILLEN

BE

32

 

Johan BREMER

TE

35

 

Katy FORAZ

EN

51

 

Malika MEDDAHI

TE

72

ELECTED

Pierre NININ

GS

10

 

Thomas OTTO

TE

15

 

Sandro PALESTINI

PH

17

 

Christoph REMBSER

PH

54

 

Thierry STORA

EN

13

 

 

Electoral group 3 (Administration, Human Resources, Finance and Purchasing)

Candidate

Dept

Votes

Results

Giovanni ANELLI

FP

83

ELECTED

Pierre GILDEMYN

HR

64

 

Jean-Marie LE GOFF

FP

23

 

Erwin VAN HOVE

FP

42

 

 

The elected persons are Giovanni Anelli, Augusto Ceccucci and Malika Meddahi respectively for Electoral Groups 1, 2, and 3. Their mandate is from September 2013 to August 2016.

The Committee will now consist of these newly elected members together with Michael Benedikt (BE), François Duval (EN), Angela Goehring-Crinon (DGS), Marcello Mannelli (PH), Tim Smith (IT) and Jean-Philippe Tock (TE).

My sincere congratulations to all the new elected members. I would also like to thank all other candidates for standing for election, as well as Alberto Pace, the polling officer.

by Jean-Philippe Tock, spokesperson of the "Nine"