[IeSF News] Election of New President of IeSF

As the former President of International e-Sports Federation, Mr. Hyung Hee Lee, has resigned from his position due to personal issue, Mr. Won Suk Oh, the Secretary General currently has performed as the acting President.
In order to execute voting for electing new president without any delay, according to IeSF Statutes, Article 36, Mr. Oh convened Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and sent out Notification of Convocation to all respectful members of IeSF on 15 February.
As responding to the convocation, recommendations from 16 member nations of IeSF which is over one-thirds of its 42 members have been sent to IeSF Secretariat.
With those recommendations from the member countries (Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, France, Israel, Korea, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and Switzerland), Mr. Byung Hun Jun, the president of Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA) was nominated as the candidate for new president.
On 19th of March, with the general consent of attendees to the EGM, Mr. Byung Hun Jun was elected as the president of IeSF.
Besides, for efficient operation of 5 committees (Competition, Certification, Player, Referee and Title), election of the chairs of the committees was added to the agenda of EGM. Mr. Colin Andrew Webster, the president of Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) was elected as the chairman of Player Committee.
Also, Mr. Silviu Stroie, the President of Professional Gamers League Romania (PGL) was elected as the chairman of Referee Committee, and Mr. Constantine Surkont, the General Secretary of Russian e-Sports Federation (RESF) was elected as the chairman of Competition Committee.
For the Certification Committee, Mr. Herman NG was elected as the chairman. Hereafter, these chairmen of committees will lead the Board of IeSF as the Board Members as supporting the new President.
With the new leadership, it is expected that IeSF may take new leap forward to driving e-sports field into the international sports society. Also, as starting full throttle for operation of IeSF’s sub committees, the result of researches which IeSF has been endeavoring is expected to be applied to the reality including IeSF World Championship and other e-sports tournament
within mega-sport event hosted by Olympic Committees.