- Promoting PEDro at professional events, meetings and conferences
- Raising awareness of PEDro within national physiotherapy communities
- Helping secure PEDro’s long-term sustainability
- Advocating for partnerships and support with physiotherapy organisations and other potential funders
PEDro Representatives are volunteer physiotherapy clinicians, researchers, academics, or leaders appointed by the PEDro Committee based on their application for the role. PEDro Representatives include PEDro Lead Representatives, PEDro Associate Lead Representatives, PEDro Representatives, PEDro Representative Advisors, PEDro Representative Mentors and PEDro Representative Partners to a region.
The 2026 PEDro Representatives span across 32 countries in eight global regions. The PEDro Partnership appreciates worldwide support through local initiatives that contributes to the ongoing sustainment of PEDro.
Africa region
Cameroon: Dilane Landry Nsangou Muntessu (Lead), Dountio Dzoffou Gildas, Kouam Dimitri, Soh Fongang Elie Emmanuel, Tchinda Ndeconfo Etienne
Ethiopia: Berihun Demissie, Sisay Deme
South Africa: Sandy Lord
West Africa: Davidson Okwudili John (Lead), Christiane von der Heiden (Associate Lead), Taofik O. Afolabi (Associate Lead), Awhen Peter Agba, Valeriano Kapingala
Partner to the Africa region: Alexandre Lopes
East Asia region
Advisor to the East Asia region: Alice Jones
China: Sayed Shah
Hong Kong: Shahnawaz Anwer
Japan: Takashi Ariie
Taiwan: Ong Lip Qin
South Asia region
Advisor to South Asia region: Cynthia Swarnalatha
India: Cynthia Swarnalatha (Mentor), Amit Patel, Amrit Kaur, Danesh Chinoy, Dhara Chavda, Dipti Patil, Hanzala Shaikh, Heta Patel, Kalpana Zutshi, Mayank Sharma, Megha Sheth, Praveen Kumar J, Reema Joshi, Ruth Boyle, Sai Kishore, Sri Shankar Marimuthu
Pakistan: Mahboob Rahman, Mubasher Ur Rehman Haseeb
Sri Lanka: Asha Wettasinghe, Chathurika Nilangani
Europe region
Advisor to West Europe: Arianne Verhagen
France: Matthieu Guémann (Lead), Stefano Berrone
Netherlands: Arianne Verhagen (Advisor), Remco Baggen
Poland: Joanna Tokarska (Lead), Tomasz Jurys
Turkey: Gul Oznur Karabicak
Ukraine: Mykola Romanyshyn (Lead), Kostiantyn Kalinkin (Associate Lead), Dmytro Chopovskyi, Iryna Harmash
United Kingdom: Cynthia Swarnalatha (Mentor), Matthew Prescott (Lead), Jayanti Rai
Middle East region
Egypt: Lilian Hugrass (Lead), Ghada Zakaria Farahat
Iran: Zinat Ashnagar
Lebanon: Gergi Antoun (Lead), Jana Hamzeh (Associate Lead), Pierre Khazen, TBC
United Arab Emirates: Ashokan Arumugam
North America region
Angela Lis (Lead), Alexandre Lopes (Associate Lead), Jena Ogston (Associate Lead), Clara Luz Perez Quiroga, Fernanda Alva, Guadalupe Desireé López Gómez de Pineda, Luis Lizardi, Walaa Mohammad
South America region
Daniela Abreu (Lead), André Cabral (Associate Lead), Sonia Roa-Alcaino (Associate Lead), Deivid Jone de Souza Correa, Fábio Vale, Gerardo José Salvador Candoni, Gislene Silva, Guilherme Silva, Julio Miranda, Mariana Celeste Dantas, Regiane Rocha Costalunga
Global region
International Association of Physical Therapists working with Older People (IPTOP): Melanie Farlie, Lead
International Neurological Physiotherapy Association (INPA): Melissa McConaghy, Advisor
International Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy Association (ISEPA): Eva Uršej, Advisor
