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World Curling Media

30 April 2026

Call for World Curling Board candidates

World Curling is seeking candidates for election at the Annual General Assembly, taking place on Sunday 6 September during the World Curling Congress in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Positions seeking candidacy

World Curling are seeking candidates for the following positions:

  • President — four-year term
  • Board Director (x3) — four-year term

The World Curling Board is a skill-based, strategic board. The Board Skills Matrix identifies the 14 specific competencies that the Board, as a whole, will adequately strive to fulfil.

Each Board Director is expected to satisfy not less the 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 World Curling Forward Plan, the following competencies would be especially welcome:

  • Financial Literacy and Operational Controls
  • Marketing / Branding (Commercial Acumen)
  • People Management / Human Resources
  • Risk Management

Candidates should also have a sound basis in stakeholder relations, transformational leadership/continuous improvement and governance.

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 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 the 2026 elections.

Candidacies and Board elections are subject to the World Curling Election Policy.

Current Board

The World Curling Board consists of eight elected members, two Independent Directors appointed by the Board and the World Curling Athlete Commission Chair. The Secretary General attends as a non-voting member.

The term for 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 2026 election

  • President — currently held by Beau Welling (USA)
  • Director (position one) — currently held by Rob Niven (SCO) who is eligible for re-election to the Board.
  • Director (position four) — currently held by Helena Lingham (SWE) who is eligible for re-election to the Board.
  • Director (position five) — currently held by Sergio Mitsuo Vilela (BRA) who is eligible for re-election to the Board.

Ongoing positions

  • Morten Soegaard (NOR) — Director (to 2028)
  • Kim Forge (AUS) — Director (to 2028)
  • David Sik (CZE) — Director (to 2028)
  • Jill Officer (CAN) — Director (to 2028)
  • Tyler George (USA) — Athlete Commission Chair (to 2026 Athlete Commission Election)
  • Andrew Ryan (ENG) — Independent Director (to 2029)
  • Zhang Hong (CHN) — Independent Director (to 2029)

Application Process

All candidacies must be submitted in writing to the Secretary General, Colin Grahamslaw ([email protected]) by 17:00 British Summer Time (BST) — which is Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) +1 — on Monday 8 June 2026 and be 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 the candidate will bring to the position from the Skills Matrix, along with evidence of competency. No supporting documentation will be accepted.
  • Recent passport-sized colour photograph
  • Cover Letter (not more than one page) on the 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

In addition, candidates will be asked to provide a video of no more than 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 17:00 British Summer Time (BST) on Monday 15 June 2026.

If you require further information or clarification, please contact any member of the Nominations Committee ([email protected]) or Colin Grahamslaw.

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