Committees/Commissions

The BWF has seven Council Committees, a number of Commissions and Working Groups.

The Council Committees are:
 

 

Administration Committee	Chair - Peter Gacheru Deputy Chair - Gregory Verpoorten
Finance Committee	Chair - Dato' Lim Teong Kiat Deputy Chair – Mehdi Karbasian
Marketing & Communications Committee	Chair - Etienne Thobois Deputy Chair - Peter Gacheru
Development & Sport for All Committee	Chair - David Cabello Deputy Chair – Nigel Skelt
Events Committee	Chair – Paisan Rangsikitpho Deputy Chair – Peter Tarcala
IOC & International Relations Committee	Chair –Torsten Berg Deputy Chair – Li Lingwei
Continental Confederations Committee	Chair – Dr Kang Young Joong Deputy Chair – Paisan Rangsikitpho

 

Para-Badminton Committee                Chair - Paul Kurzo

                                                             Deputy Chair - Torsten Berg

The main role of Council Committees is to focus on the development of policy. New policies / procedures or amendments to existing policies are drafted by Committees with input from Working Groups and staff. Proposals are then presented to the BWF Council for consideration.

There are a number of other standing Committees of the BWF. These are:

• Disciplinary Committee
• Appeals Committee
• Doping Hearing Panel

BWF Commissions are specialist groups who review current practice and regulations, develop procedures and provide advice to Council Committees or directly to the Council. The BWF has the following Commissions:

• Athletes Commission
• Para-Badminton Commission
• Awards Commission
• Technical Officials Commission
• Medical Commission
• HR Commission

Working Groups are formed by Committees to complete specific tasks for the Committees.

 

The BWF Strategic Plan (2012 – 2016) guides the Council, Committees, Commissions and BWF staff in the preparation of policy and annual work plans.