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World Obesity Federation

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 48

  1. Dr Elizabeth Parks 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Dr Daniel H Bessesen 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Dr Ada Cuevas 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Cathy Kotz 2021-2022 Director View profile
  5. Adam James Mccormack 2020-2025 Director View profile
  6. Professor Caroline Apovian 2020-2024 Director View profile
  7. Professor Alafia Samuels 2019-2024 Director View profile
  8. Dr Nathalie Farpour Lambert 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Professor John Wilding 2018-2024 Director View profile
  10. Professor Brian John Oldfield 2018-2022 Director View profile
  11. Dr Karine Clement 2016-2025 Director View profile
  12. Dr Shiriki Kumanyika 2016-2019 Director View profile
  13. Dr David York 2016-2022 Director View profile
  14. Professor Walmir Coutinho 2016-2018 Director View profile
  15. Dr Donna Ryan 2016-2024 Director View profile
  16. Dr Joseph Proietto 2016-2022 Director View profile
  17. Professor Hermann Toplak 2016-2019 Director View profile
  18. Professor Terry Huang 2015-2021 Director View profile
  19. Professor Ian Andrew Macdonald 2014-2020 Director View profile
  20. Professor Ismail Noor 2014-2018 Director View profile
  21. Prof Ian Douglas Caterson 2014-2020 Director View profile
  22. Dr Gema Fruhbeck 2014-2015 Director View profile
  23. Dr Ismail Noor 2014-2016 Director View profile
  24. Ana Margarita Nuila 2011-2012 Director View profile
  25. Professor Kuo-Chin Huang 2010-2014 Director View profile
  26. Professor Oppert Jean-Michel 2009-2014 Director View profile
  27. Walmir Coutinho 2009-2016 Director View profile
  28. Dr Richard L Atkinson 2009-2015 Director View profile
  29. Professor Rafael Gomez Cuevas 2006-2011 Director View profile
  30. Professor Vojtech Hainer 2006-2009 Director View profile
  31. Yuji Matsuzawa 2006-2010 Director View profile
  32. Dr Jennifer Lovejoy 2004-2009 Director View profile
  33. Professor William Philip Trehearne James 2004-2014 Director View profile
  34. Julio Cesar Montero 2003-2006 Director View profile
  35. Dr Hazel June Stevens 2003-2007 Director View profile
  36. Dr Pedro Kaufmann 2002-2006 Director View profile
  37. Prof Arne Vernon Astrup 2002-2010 Director View profile
  38. Professor James Oakley Hill 2002-2004 Director View profile
  39. Dr Maria Teresa Van Der Merwe 2002-2011 Director View profile
  40. Claude Bouchard 1999-2006 Director View profile
  41. Professor David Anthony York 1999-2014 Director View profile
  42. Professor Stephan Rossner 1999-2002 Director View profile
  43. Professor Peter Graham Kopelman 1999-2006 Director View profile
  44. Christine Trimmer 2011-2017 Secretary View profile
  45. Dr Caroline Small 2008-2010 Secretary View profile
  46. Euan Woodward 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  47. Catherine Frances Baillie-Mccully 2000-2007 Secretary View profile
  48. Neville Peter Rigby 1999-2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of professional membership organizations
Incorporated
08/07/1999
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
World Obesity Federation
Previous names
The International Association for the Study of Obesity (until 05/11/2013)
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.

14 directors on the board

2.9y median 2.7y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (14)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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
03802726
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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