BWY Announces Election Results

The British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) is pleased to announce that Di O’Reilly has been re-elected as Chair following a poll at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 9 May. This reaffirms her role in steering BWY through its historic 60th anniversary year and beyond.

In a slight reshuffle within the Training Committee, Clare Gibson will now serve as the Modules Officer, succeeding Tarik Dervish who has stepped down. Alongside Clare, the BWY retains the expertise and dedication of Felicity Leigh, Roberta Jesson, and Robyn Creighton, who will continue to innovate and expand our training and events programmes.

BWY also acknowledges the motion regarding the expulsion of Paul Fox and calls for an independent mediator to review the situation. After a democratic vote, the motion fell short of the required 75% majority (section 283 of the Companies Act 2006 and Article 23.1 of the BWY’s Articles), achieving 58.5% of the 347 votes cast.

Commenting on this outcome, Peter Tyldesley, CEO of BWY said, “We recognise that this result may be disappointing for some members of our community. However, the votes cast for the motion represented less than 4% of our total membership and we must represent our members’ interests.

Thank you to those who voted to help us continue to build a BWY that remains committed to inclusivity, and high governance standards.”

Full details of the election results including a recording can be found on our website under AGM 2004 / AGMs, EGMs and Member meetings / My Resources. Please note, you will need to be logged in to view the link.