The electronic voting process for the Senior Staff Advisory Committee (“The Nine”) was closed on Monday 22 August 2016 at 23:59.
Of the 544 Senior Staff members eligible to vote, 270 voted. This represents a participation of 50% to be compared to 52% in 2015, 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, and 64% in 2006. The results are:
- Total votes: 270
- Valid votes: 268 (of which 4 blanks)
- Null votes: 2
Electoral group 1 (Research Physicists)
| Candidate | Dept | Votes | Result |
| David Enterria | EP | 31 |
|
| Andreas Hoecker | EP | 107 | ELECTED |
Electoral group 2 (Applied Physicists, Engineers, Computer Scientists)
| Candidate | Dept | Votes | Result |
| Latchezar Betev | EP | 16 |
|
| Maria Dimou | IT | 34 | |
| Vittorio Parma | TE | 86 | ELECTED |
| Achille Petrilli | EP | 37 |
|
| Wayne Salter | IT | 75 |
|
Electoral group 3 (Administration, Human Resources, Finance and Purchasing)
| Candidate | Dept | Votes | Result |
| Andrzej Charkiewicz | EP | 62 | |
| Geneviève Guinot | HR | 139 | ELECTED |
The elected persons are Andreas Hoecker for Electoral group 1, Vittorio Parma for Electoral group 2 and Geneviève Guinot for Electoral group 3. Their mandate is from September 2016 to August 2019.
The Committee will now consist of these newly elected members together with [end of mandate in brackets]:
François BRIARD (IR) [2018]
Marco Cattaneo (EP) [2018]
Raymond Veness (BE) [2018]
Maurizio Vretenar (ATS) [2018]
Urs Wiedemann (TH) [2017]
Jorg Wenninger (BE) [2017]
The new spokesperson for the Nine is Urs Wiedemann.
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.