As of October 2004, the IBA will be divided into two Divisions – the Public and Professional Interest Division (PPID) and the Legal Practice Division (LPD).   The two new Division Councils will be elected at the General Meetings of each Division at the IBA’s annual conference in Auckland.  New IBA Officers will be elected at the IBA Council meeting in Auckland as well as the Officers for the newly formed Bar Issues Commission (BIC).  The nominations are listed below:

Nominations for IBA Officers

President:                    Francis Neate

Vice President:             Fernando Pombo

Secretary General:        Fernando Pelaez-Pier

Nominations for Officers of LPD

Chairman:                    Michael Reynolds

Vice-Chairman:             David Rivkin

Secretary/Treasurer:     Charles Lawton

Nominations to serve on the LPD Council (18 members)

Michael Greene

Hendrik Haag

Johann Scholtz

Andrew Soussloff

Claus von Wobeser

Peter Rees

Alan Dunlop

Stephen Revell

Sylvia Khatcherian

Julia Onslow-Cole

Almudena Arpon de Mendevil

John Heaps

Selinda Melnik

Clive Elliott

Charles Henri de Pardieu

Bruno Cova

Oswaldo Marzorati

E T Hunt Talmage III 

Nominations for Officers of PPID

Chairman:                    Thomas Forbes

Vice-Chairman:             Martin Solc

Secretary/Treasurer:     Robert Stein

Nominations to serve on the PPID Council (12 Members)

Michael Clancy

Dirk Kolvenbach

Claire Miskin

Richard Oma Ahonaruogho

Graeme Kirk

Mary Frances Edwards

Heinz Weil

Peter Maynard

Kadhim Lami

Arturo Alessandri

Olufunke Adekoya

Jacqueline Leong 

Nominations for Officers of BIC

Chairman:                    Akira Kawamura

Vice-Chairman:             Alain de Foucard

Vice-Chairman:             Malcolm Wallis

Officer at large:            Michael Kutschera