Call for World Curling Board Director candidates

World Curling is seeking candidates for election at the Annual General Assembly, taking place on Sunday 8 September during the World Curling Congress in Montreal, Canada.

Positions seeking candidacy:

two Vice-Presidents of a four-year term
two Board members of a four-year term

The World Curling Board is a skill-based strategic board. The Board Skills Matrix identifies the 12 specific competencies that the Board, as a whole, will ideally adequately fulfil.

Each Board Director is expected to satisfy not less than three of these specific competencies.

Following a self-assessment of the current Board against the matrix and consideration of the requirements to drive and execute The Way Forward Plan the following competencies would be especially welcome:

Risk Management
Marketing (Commercial Acumen)
Communications
People Management
Stakeholder Relations
Transformational Leadership/Continuous Improvement
Sustainability
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Foundational attributes and personal values are equally important. The Foundational Attribute document describes those qualities that each Board member is expected to satisfy.

All candidates must be sufficiently proficient in both spoken and written English.

Candidates should also have a sound basis in financial literacy.

Candidates for election to the Board who bring with them perspectives and experiences from minority groups will be valued and such perspectives will be treated as additional and equally important competencies.

There is a desire for the Board to be a broadly diverse group from a geographical, cultural and age perspective.

World Curling is striving for equality of representation, with a maximum of 60% coming from any single gender by 2026.

Current Board

The Board consists of eight elected members.

The Secretary General and representative of the Athletes Commission attend as non-voting members.

The term for elected Board members is four years with a maximum of three full terms. The President’s term is additional to the Board term limits.

Positions for election in 2024

Vice-President (two positions) – currently held by Hugh Millikin (AUS) and Graham Prouse (CAN) who both will have reached their maximum term of office.

Director Position two – currently held by Ogawa Toyo (JPN) who will have reached his maximum term of office.

Director Position three – currently held by Kim Forge (AUS) who is eligible for re-election to the Board.

Ongoing positions

Helena Lingham (to 2026)

Sergio Mitsuo Vilela (to 2026)

Robin Niven (to 2026)

Beau Welling – President (to 2026)

Application process

The candidature form, along with information about the application and election process, and the guidelines to promote candidacy can be found in the Call for Nominations here.

All candidacies must be submitted in writing to the Secretary General, Colin Grahamslaw ([email protected]) by 10 June 2024 and accompanied by a complete and signed declaration of candidacy form and the following supporting documentation:

CV (not longer than two pages) detailing their relevant professional, sport and voluntary experience. CVs should highlight the top three skills candidates will bring to the position, from those listed in the Skill Matrix, along with evidence of competency
Recent passport-sized colour photograph
Cover Letter (not more than one page) on candidate’s motivation for seeking election to this position including their thoughts on the values and vision for the organisation
completed Board Skills Matrix self-assessment (template accessible here).

In addition, candidates will be asked to provide a video of maximum five minutes in length. This video should be produced at a low production level, showing the candidate talking about their motivation for the position and what they will add to the work of the Board and World Curling. The deadline for submission of the video is Monday 24 June 2024.

If you would like further information or clarification, please contact any member of the Nominations Committee at [email protected] or Colin Grahamslaw.

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