ACNAP Board and Nominating Committee Elections 2026-2028

Key dates

Open Positions

Executive Board

• 1 President-Elect

The President-Elect role is an exceptional opportunity for a strategic and visionary cardiovascular nurse or allied professional with a passion and desire to lead ACNAP in Europe and beyond in the 2028-2030 mandate. This is an ACNAP Executive Board position working alongside the President and immediate Past-President to lead and deliver ACNAP’s mission, in partnership with patients and carers, requiring exemplary leadership, communication and building and maintaining strong international networks and collaborations. If this is you, and you are an international cardiovascular nurse or allied professional leader - please apply!

• 1 Secretary-Treasurer

The Secretary-Treasurer is an instrumental member of the ACNAP Executive. Key activities include liaising with ACNAP Board members and committees regarding initiative development and progress, ensuring adherence to procedures and policies and, with expert support from the ACNAP management team, oversee and report on the ACNAP budget. We hope to receive applications from those who are well-organised, collaborative, and a proactive leader! 

Board

• 1 Industry Liaison Officer

Due to the growing success of ACNAPs’ partnerships with industry an industry-specific liaison officer role is open for election for the first time! This dynamic role will work to continue to build our partnerships with industry and identify, initiate and formalise new industry partners. Not only will you work closely with industry but also with ACNAP’s Education and Congress committees to align industry and ACNAP priorities. Strong communication and networking skills are needed that will enable maturation of existing relationships and development of new ones. If this is you, we are looking forward to your application!

• 1 Environmental Liaison Officer

ACNAP takes the environmental impacts on cardiovascular disease and the environmental impact of activities very seriously – ACNAP are the only Association of the ESC to have this position on its Board! This exciting and important role involves championing sustainable cardiovascular care across ACNAP - working across ACNAP Committees to establish and progress environmental objectives associated with ACNAP activities as well as working with the ESC on ACNAP’s behalf on this agenda. If you have expertise and a strong interest in environmental sustainability in cardiovascular health and healthcare, please apply to join us!

• 1 Equity and Inclusion Officer 

New role: This important and meaningful new role will work closely with the ESC, ACNAP Board and ACNAP Committees to develop and implement strategies to promote equity and inclusion across all ACNAP activities. This relates to ensuring patient partnership, promoting the voice and influence of nurses and allied professionals, fostering equity of access and care within clinical practice and encouraging the inclusion of underrepresented groups in scientific and academic work. If you have expertise and a strong passion in leading or supporting equity and inclusion initiatives, we encourage you to apply!

• 2 Ordinary Board Members

Ordinary board members are anything but ordinary! The remit of these dynamic roles is to actively contribute to any ACNAP Board objectives. These roles are a wonderful way to get involved in several areas of ACNAP work depending on your experience and expertise. We are particularly keen to have members that have expertise and enthusiasm in leadership or in the development of ACNAP’s international community partnerships. These are great roles to add value to delivering ACNAP’s strategy in a variety of ways. Please apply if you are proactive and a great team player!

Nominating Committee 

• 5 Nominating Committee Members

The Nominating Committee is an essential part of ACNAP governance with significant strategic influence in selecting ACNAP’s next elected voting members and members of the succeeding ACNAP nominating committee. Members will evaluate candidates with fairness, transparency, and balance and promoting diversity across geography, gender, and disciplines. These roles are time-bound (election-year only) but crucial to ACNAP. If you have knowledge of ACNAP’s governance and strategic needs and would like to contribute to shaping the next ACNAP Board, then please apply!

If you have any questions, please contact ACNAP at ancap@escardio.org 

ACNAP Rules of Governance: eligibility criteria

ESC Associations rules of governance are included in Annex V of the ESC Bylaws, approved by ESC Board in August 2025. The ACNAP election application process and voting will be carried out in accordance with the ESC Bylaws.

Voting Rights

The minimum seniority for ACNAP Members to obtain voting rights is 6 months before the opening of the call for application.  

Are eligible to vote: Only ACNAP Members having settled their membership dues by 19 July 2025 (6 months before the call for candidates opening on 19 January 2026) and with a valid membership subscription at the time the voting starts (30 March 2026) will have the voting rights.

Application Process

Applications are now open and must be submitted by 28 February 2026, 23:59 CET.

The list of candidates will be published on 30 March 2026.

Who can apply ?

Only ACNAP members originating from an ESC member Country with an active ACNAP membership and in good standing, holding voting rights at the date of the opening of the call for applications, are eligible to become a Board member. The minimum seniority for ACNAP Members to obtain voting rights is 6 months before the opening of the call for applications.

Only Nurses & Allied professionals who are ACNAP Members are eligible for a voting Board position.

• Candidates for the post of President-Elect must be FESC and currently serving or have served on the immediate previous or pre‑previous ACNAP Board as voting or appointed members. The elected President‑Elect automatically becomes President after two years.
• Candidates for the post of Scretary-Treasurer must have served on a previous or current ACNAP Board.
• An ACNAP Board member may not hold more than three leadership positions at the same time within the ESC. Sitting on the nucleus/board of an ESC Working Group, Council, or Association (as a voting member) counts as one leadership position. A candidate who already holds three offices may not stand for election, unless one of the terms expires before the new functions start.
• Ex‑officio Board members are eligible for Executive Board positions provided they held another position (not ex‑officio) in previous mandates and meet all other requirements.

Individuals not eligible

• Representatives and employees from healthcare industry companies are not eligible to ACNAP Board positions and Nominating Committee positions.
• Members of the current (2024-2026) Nominating Committee cannot be candidates for the elections organised in 2026.

Before applying please: 

• Check the Full rules and eligibility criteria above
• Read the Job description and profiling document for each elected position
• Read the ESC statutes
• Read the ESC bylaws and ACNAP rules of governance 
• Read the Code of conduct for elections for ESC & ESC Constituent Bodies (Article 7.1 of ESC bylaws)
• Read the ESC Ethical Conduct Policy 
• Read the ESC Declaration and Management of Conflict of Interest Policy 
• Read the ESC Gender Policy  

Additional Requirements 

• Proficiency in English 
• An active professional career at the time of taking office 

Apply today

For more information, refer to the ESC Bylaws or please contact ACNAP at acnap@escardio.org if you have any questions.