Company
World Federation of Neurology
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Paola Guraieb ChahinDirector · since 2026
- Professor Marianne De VisserDirector · since 2026
- Professor Steven LewisDirector · since 2026
- Professor Tissa WijeratneDirector · since 2024
- Professor Muhammad WasayDirector · since 2023
- Dr Chandrashekhar MeshramDirector · since 2022
- Dr Morris FreedmanDirector · since 2020
Previous officers 38
- Dr Imen Kacem 2024-2025 View profile
- Dr Briseida Feliciano Astacio 2024-2025 View profile
- Dr Maria Benabdeljlil 2023-2024 View profile
- Dr Minerva Lopez Ruiz 2023-2024 View profile
- Dr Riadh Gouider 2022-2023 View profile
- Dr Marco Medina 2022-2023 View profile
- Dr Marco Tulio Medina 2022-2022 View profile
- Dr Guy Rouleau 2022-2025 View profile
- Dr Maged Abdel Naseer 2021-2021 View profile
- Dr Marianne De Visser 2020-2021 View profile
- Professor Alla Guekht 2018-2024 View profile
- Prof Jean Marc Leger 2018-2020 View profile
- Dr Ryuji Kaji 2018-2021 View profile
- Dr Richard Stark 2015-2023 View profile
- Professor Morris Freedman 2015-2018 View profile
- Dr Steven Lewis 2014-2025 View profile
- Professor Riadh Gouider 2014-2020 View profile
- Dr Wolfgang Grisold 2014-2025 View profile
- Carroll, William Macewan, Doctor 2014-2021 View profile
- Professor Amadou Gallo Diop 2013-2018 View profile
- Dr Stephen Sergay 2011-2013 View profile
- Dr Donna Catherine Bergen 2011-2013 View profile
- Dr Gustavo Roman 2011-2014 View profile
- Professor Ryuji Kaji 2007-2013 View profile
- Professor Werner Hacke 2006-2013 View profile
- Dr Vladimir Hachinski 2006-2013 View profile
- Roger Rosenberg 2006-2009 View profile
- Professor Niphon Poungvarin 2006-2009 View profile
- Prof Marianne De Visser 2002-2008 View profile
- Johan Arild Aarli 2002-2009 View profile
- Professor Roberto Ernesto Pedro Sica 2001-2002 View profile
- Julien Bogousslavsky 2001-2006 View profile
- Jun Kimura 1998-2005 View profile
- Dr James Francis Toole 1998-2001 View profile
- Dr Theodore Munsat 1998-2001 View profile
- Raad Shakir 2007-2018 View profile
- Richard Bertram Godwin-Austen 1999-2006 View profile
- Dr Frank Clifford Rose 1998-1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 30/01/1998
- Also a registered charity
- World Federation of Neurology
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Raad Shakir ceased 2018-01-01
significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-07
Group
- World Federation of Neurology
is controlled by Raad Shakir
Evidence
ceased significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-07, ceased 2018-01-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Raad Shakir.
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
7 directors on the board
- Professor Muhammad Wasay Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Tissa Wijeratne Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Steven Lewis Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Morris Freedman Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Marianne De Visser Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Chandrashekhar Meshram Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Paola Guraieb Chahin Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Morris Freedman Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Professor Muhammad Wasay Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Tissa Wijeratne Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Steven Lewis Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Morris Freedman Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Marianne De Visser Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Chandrashekhar Meshram Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Paola Guraieb Chahin Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Steven Lewis Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2025
- Dr Guy Rouleau Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Dr Imen Kacem Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Dr Wolfgang Grisold Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2025
- Dr Briseida Feliciano Astacio Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03502244
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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