We are pleased to announce that following the recent Governing Board election Isabelle Boutron, Director of Cochrane France and Moriam Chibuzor, Senior Research Officer at Cochrane Nigeria have been elected.
The election attracted a strong field of candidates, and the willingness of members to put themselves forward for governance roles reflects the strength of engagement across Cochrane.
For transparency, details of the election outcome, including the voting results, are set out below.
Election results explained
A total of 919 valid votes were cast using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system and the result was determined through a series of vote transfers based on members' ranked preferences.
The candidates were ranked as follows:
- Isabelle Boutron (elected)
- Moriam Chibuzor (elected)
- Malgorzata Bala
- Anju Sinha
- Amin Sharifan
- Arohi Chauhan
The table below shows the voting results in full for all candidates.
| Candidates | First preferences | Stage 2 Exclusion of Arohi Chauhan | Stage 3 Exclusion of Amin Sharifan | Stage 4 Exclusion of Anju Sinha | ||||
| Malgorzata Bala | 208 | 3 | 211 | 13 | 224 | 24 | 248 | |
| Isabelle Boutron | 289 | 4 | 293 | 17 | 310 | 310 | Elected | |
| Arohi Chauhan | 37 | -37 | - | - | - | |||
| Moriam Chibuzor | 192 | 9 | 201 | 28 | 229 | 46 | 275 | Elected |
| Amin Sharifan | 94 | 3 | 97 | -97 | - | - | ||
| Anju Sinha | 99 | 9 | 108 | 4 | 112 | -112 | - | |
| Non-transferable | 9 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 42 | 86 | ||
| Totals | 919 | 919 | 919 | 919 | ||||
