Governing Board

Governing Board


GRC participants confer on the Governing Board primary responsibility for:

  • Developing the appropriate processes and identifying procedures required for all GRC activities
  • Identifying priority work areas for GRC activities
  • Determining the host countries for GRC Annual and Regional Meetings
  • Defining the roles and responsibilities of the two Co-Chairs of the Executive Support Group as well as the Executive Secretary
  • Amending the terms of the GRC’s foundational document 

The Governing Board consists of up to twelve heads of national research councils that are active participants in the GRC. Ex officio members can be added by the members of the Governing Board. The Governing Board members are elected for three years, successive terms are possible. Nomination and selection of the twelve regular Governing Board members is the responsibility of each of the five world regions according to the following numbers:

  • Three from the Americas
  • Three from the Asia-Pacific
  • Three from Europe
  • One from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Two from Sub-Saharan Africa
Americas 
Ana Franchi
 
President, National Scientific and Technical Research Council
(CONICET)
Argentina

Alejandro Adem
(Chair)

President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 
(NSERC)
Canada

Sethuraman Panchanathan

Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
United States

 

Asia-Pacific

 
Tsuyoshi SuginoPresident, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Japan
Prue WilliamsGeneral Manager Science Investments, Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
New Zealand
Wiparat De-ong

Executive Secretary, National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
Thailand

 
Europe 
Marc SchiltzPresident, Science Europe,
Chief Executive Officer, The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
Belgium
Katja Becker
(Vice Chair)
President, German Research Foundation (DFG)
Germany
Mari Sundli TveitChief Executive, The Research Council of Norway (RCN) 
Norway
Matthias Egger

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Switzerland

MENA 
Munir Eldesouki
(Vice Chair)
President, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Saudi Arabia
 
Sub-Saharan Africa 
Yaya SangareSecretary General
Fonds pour la Science, la Technologie et l'Innovation (FONSTI)
Ivory Coast
Fulufhelo Nelwamondo

Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Foundation (NRF)
South Africa