The electronic voting process for the Senior Staff Advisory Committee (“The Nine”) was closed on Friday 28 August 2015 at 17:30.
Of the 526 Senior Staff members eligible to vote, 275 voted. This represents a participation of 52%, to be compared to 59% in 2014, 63% in 2013, 61% in 2012, 43% in 2011, 44% in 2010, 57% in 2009, 53% in 2008, 63% in 2007, 64% in 2006 and 66% in 2005. The results are:
Electoral group 2 (Applied Physicists, Engineers, Computer Scientists)
| Candidate | Dept | Votes | Result |
| Sergio CALATRONI | TE | 50 |
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| Marco CATTANEO | PH | 76 | ELECTED |
| Maria DIMOU | IT | 44 |
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| Fabio FORMENTI | TE | 51 |
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| John JOWETT | BE | 68 |
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| Maarten LITMAATH | IT | 26 |
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| John SHADE | IT | 28 |
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| Raymond VENESS | BE | 103 | ELECTED |
| Payol VOITYLA | DGS | 12 |
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| Maurizio VRETENAR | DG | 100 | ELECTED |
Electoral group 3 (Administration, Human Resources, Finance and Purchasing)
| Candidate | Dept | Votes | Result |
| François BRIARD | DG | 99 | ELECTED |
| Andrzej CHARKIEWICZ | PH | 71 |
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The elected persons are Marco CATTANEO, Raymond VENESS and Maurizio VRETENAR for Electoral Group 2 and François BRIARD for Electoral Group 3. Their mandate is from September 2015 to August 2018.
The Committee will now consist of these newly elected members together with Giovanni ANELLI (FP), Augusto CECCUCCI (PH), Malika MEDDAHI (TE), Urs WIEDEMANN (PH) and Jorg WENNINGER (BE).
The new spokesperson for the Nine is Malika MEDDAHI (TE).
My sincere congratulations to all the new elected members. I would also like to thank all other candidates for standing for election, as well as Alberto PACE, the Polling Officer.