Rotary International President Francesco Arezzo declared on 4 December six Rotary members to be RI directors for 2027-29.

The RI Bylaws provide that if the general secretary does not receive a duly proposed challenge to the selection of a zone's nominating committee for director by 1 December, the president shall declare the selection of the nominating committee to be the director-nominee from the zone.

There were no proposals of additional candidates from the following zones. Therefore, in accordance with the RI Bylaws, President Arezzo declared the following Rotary members to be the directors-nominee from their respective zones to serve on the Board beginning on 1 July 2027:

Zone 4
Gurjeet Singh Sekhon — Amritsar Civil Lines, India

Zone 15
Birgitta E. Radermacher — Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Zone 19
Stephen Martin — North Wales and Northwest England Passport Club

Zone 24A
Paulo Eduardo de Barros Fonseca — São Paulo, Liberdade, Brazil

Zone 26
John Chase — Boulder City, Nevada, United States

Zone 30
Mike Kelly — Mason-Deerfield, Ohio, United States

The general secretary received challenges to the nominating committee's selection in Zone 10A (Philippines). No candidates in Zones 6 (Bhutan, eastern India, Nepal) and 12 (southern Republic of Korea) received the required number of votes to be nominated during their respective zone's committee meeting.

An electronic ballot is being prepared for clubs in these zones to select their respective director-nominee. The ballot will be distributed by 31 December and will run until 1 February per the RI Bylaws.