The EITI Board
During the EITI Global Conference in Paris March 2011, the current EITI Board was formed consisting of 20 members representing implementing countries, supporting countries, civil society organisations, industry and investment companies.
Each Board member except the Chair is invited to have an ‘alternate' who is welcome to observe Board meetings and sit in place of absent members.
A list of the members of the EITI Board 2011-2013 can be downloaded here »
Each constituency or sub-constituency determines how they wish to be represented on the Board. Guidance as to how each (sub-)constituency are selecting their Board members in 2011 can be downloaded here ».
Agendas and minutes from all EITI Board Meetings are available here »
July 26th 2011 - 3:06PM ... Anders Tunold Kråkenes
Members of the EITI International Board 2011-2013
Chair
Chair of the Board
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Ms Short was elected Chair of the EITI International Board at the EITI Global Conference in Paris in March 2011.
Implementing Countries
Permanent Secretary
EITI Niger, Niger
Education:
Geologist, Institute for Geoscience, University of Geneva (1982)
Professional Experience:
2007 - present: Appointed to the Prime Minister of Niger's Cabinet in the function as Chairman of EITI Niger.
Alternate
Chairman of the Executive Committee
EITI Congo Rep.
Florent Michel Okoko has been the Head of Oil, Mines, Energy and Hydraulics since 2008 and is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the EITI in the Republic of Congo.
Alternate
Representative of Liberia in EITI International Board
Government of Liberia
Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Mongolia
Mr Dashdorj is also the Deputy chairman of the EITI National Council
Secretary of State for Natural Resources, Timor-Leste
Since 2007, Mr. Alfredo Pires has served as the Secretary of State for Natural Resources in Timor-Leste and is responsible for petroleum and mineral resources.
Executive Director
State Oil Fund, Azerbaijan
On May 15, 2006 Shahmar Movsumov was appointed Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan by the decision of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
Supporting Countries
Director for International Energy and Commodity Policy
State Dep., United States
Alternate
Director General, External Relations, Science and Policy Integration
Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Mark Pearson is the Director General of the External Relations Branch at Natural Resources Canada.
Director General of Planning and Evaluation of Development Policies
Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
Alternate
Governance Adviser, Extractives Growth and Resilience Team
Department for International Development, United Kingdom
Head of the Good Governance Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Alternate
head of operations and deputy head, Economic Cooperation and Development, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Federal Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Switzerland
Civil Society Organizations
Open Society Forum, Mongolia
Mr. Dorjdari Namkhaijantsan is Manager of Open Society Forum Mongolia.
Coordinateur PCQVP
Association Africaine de Défense des Droits de l'Homme, Democratic Republic of Congo
Team leader, Oil Campaign
Global Witness
Diarmid O'Sullivan is Campaign Leader, Oil and Transparency at Global Witness, an international non-governmental organization that campaigns against natural resource-related conflict and corruption and associated environmental and human rights abuses.
Senior Policy Officer
Cordaid, The Netherlands
Eelco holds a bachelor in Business Administration and a master in Sociology.
Chairman of the Governing Board of Revenue Watch Institute, United States
Anthony Richter is the Associate Director of the Open Society Institute.
Companies & Investors
Manager, International Relations
Chevron
Policy coordinator with Chevron since 2002, responsible for international risk analysis and coordination of public policy.
Alternate
Vice President Environmental Affairs
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc
International Council on Mining and Metals
Edward Bickham is ICMM's alternate representative on the EITI Board having previously served on the EITI International Advisory Group (2004-6) and EITI Board (2006-9) on behalf of Anglo American plc.
General Counsel - Upstream International
Royal Dutch Shell
General Counsel for Exploration and Production, Shell International BV, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Head of SRI
Standard Life Investments
Julie McDowell is Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment at Standard Life Investments, one of the UK’s leading fund managers with approximately £139 billion under management (as at 31/12/09).
Head of SRI
AllianzGI Investments Europe
B.A. in Art History from Williams College (Massachusetts, USA) in 1990.
Recent Blog Posts
