
Board committees
Supporting EITI Board decision-making
The EITI Board committees prepare the working documents for the EITI Board and provide recommendations on upcoming decisions related to implementation, Validation, policy and management. The EITI Board seeks to ensure that committees reflect the multi-stakeholder nature of the EITI Association.
Committees hold telephone conferences or get together in person around Board meetings. Committees are re-established every two to three years, after the election of a new EITI Board.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee advises the EITI Board on strategic issues relating to the financing of the International Management of the EITI. This includes advising on the securing of funding to the levels agreed by the EITI Board when approving International Secretariat work plans and budgets, financial reporting, investment of liquidity and accepting of financial operations. It is also tasked with reviewing the EITI's expenditure, including ensuring the International Secretariat makes effective and appropriate use of its funding.
Members

Ms Christine DETAILLE
Head of Unit of Transitional Development and Governance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium

Ms Francess Piagie ALGHALI
Minister of State, Office of the Vice-President, Sierra Leone

Ms Ivanka MAMIC
Senior Vice-President, Sustainability, BP

Mr Oleksiy ORLOVSKY
International Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine

Mr Óscar PINEDA
Project on Organizing Development Education and Research (PODER), Mexico
Governance and Oversight Committee
The Governance and Oversight Committee (GOC) addresses issues relating to the governance of the EITI, including decision-making procedures, accountability lines, governance of the International Management of the EITI, the Chair nomination process, risk management and constituency guidelines, among others. With the merger of the Audit Committee, the GOC now includes presentation of the audited accounts of the International Secretariat to the EITI Board with a recommendation for approval
Members

Mr Oleksiy ORLOVSKY
International Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine

Ms Christine DETAILLE
Head of Unit of Transitional Development and Governance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium

Mr James ENSOR
Sustainability and Public Policy at BHP

Ms Viktoriia GNATOVSKA
Director of Energy and Resource Efficiency Policy Formation Directorate, Ministry of Energy, Ukraine

Mr Erik NÜRNBERG
Legal Manager, Equinor ASA, Norway

Mr Florent Michel OKOKO
Permanent Secretary of the National Committee & EITI Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Republic of the Congo

Mr Óscar PINEDA
Project on Organizing Development Education and Research (PODER), Mexico

Mr Samou SIDIBE
National Coordinator, EITI Secretariat Mali

Mr Simon TAYLOR
Co-founder and Director, Global Witness
Implementation Committee
The Implementation Committee (IC) provides oversight by the EITI Board on how the EITI Standard is being implemented and presents recommendations on strategic policy issues related to the EITI Standard. It monitors challenges and opportunities in implementing countries, including overseeing work to document the impact of EITI implementation, highlighting good practice and encouraging efforts to strengthen implementation.
Members

Mr Ian Chitumba MWIINGA
National Coordinator, EITI Secretariat Zambia

Ms Erica WESTENBERG (on leave)
Director of Governance Programs, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)

Mr Lawrence DECHAMBENOIT
Global Head of External Affairs, Rio Tinto

Ms Christine DETAILLE
Head of Unit of Transitional Development and Governance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium

Ms Diana EL KAISSY
Advisory board member at the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative-LOGI, Lebanon

Mr Mtwalo MSONI
Global Tax Advisor- ActionAid Nigeria

Mr Alan MCLEAN
Executive Vice President Taxation and Controller, Shell plc

Mr Óscar PINEDA
Project on Organizing Development Education and Research (PODER), Mexico

Mr Sampe L. PURBA
Natural Resource Economics Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia

Ms Melissa SÄILÄ
Programme Director, Taxation for Development Action at the Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland

Mr Jürg VOLLENWEIDER
Deputy Head, Macroeconomic Support Section, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland

Mr Daniel KAUFMANN (interim)
President Emeritus, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)

Ms Cielo MAGNO
Undersecretary Cielo D. Magno Fiscal Policy and Monitoring Group (FPMG)
Outreach and Candidature Committee
The Outreach and Candidature Committee (OCC) guides and monitors outreach to prospective implementing countries and supporters in accordance with the outreach strategy approved by the EITI Board. It also serves as a focal point for the outreach of EITI stakeholders to new countries and companies, ensuring that the Board is fully informed on outreach activities and providing direction to these activities where necessary.
Members

Mr James NICHOLSON
Head of Corporate Responsibility, Trafigura Group

Ms Diana EL KAISSY
Advisory board member at the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative-LOGI, Lebanon

Mr Florent Michel OKOKO
Permanent Secretary of the National Committee & EITI Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Republic of the Congo

Mr Richard MORGAN
Head of Government Relations, Anglo American

Mr Cesar GAMBOA
Executive Director, Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos naturales, Perú

Mr Mtwalo MSONI
Global Tax Advisor- ActionAid Nigeria

Mr Sampe L. PURBA
Natural Resource Economics Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia
Members

Mr Richard MORGAN
Head of Government Relations, Anglo American

Ms Christine DETAILLE
Head of Unit of Transitional Development and Governance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium

Ms Mariya LOBACHEVA
Executive Director, Echo - Public Association, Kazakhstan

Mr Brice MACKOSSO
Commission Justice et Paix, Republic of Congo

Mr Ian Chitumba MWIINGA
National Coordinator, EITI Secretariat Zambia

Ms Agnès Solange ONDIGUI OWONA
National Coordinator, EITI National Secretariat Cameroon

Mr Óscar PINEDA
Project on Organizing Development Education and Research (PODER), Mexico

Ms Erica WESTENBERG (on leave)
Director of Governance Programs, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
Validation Committee
The Validation Committee (VC) plays a key role in safeguarding the quality and consistency of assessments of countries’ progress in meeting the EITI Standard. The Validation Committee reviews Validation reports and makes recommendations to the EITI Board on Validation decisions and procedures. It places a priority on the need for comparable treatment between countries and the need to protect the integrity of the EITI brand.
Members

Mr Rinaldo JEANTY
Director General and Chief Inspector of Explosives, Lands and Minerals Sector, Natural Resources, Canada

Ms Francess Piagie ALGHALI
Minister of State, Office of the Vice-President, Sierra Leone

Pr Awa Marie COLL-SECK
Minister of State, Chair EITI National Committee, Senegal

Mr Nick COTTS
Senior Vice President, Sustainability and External Relations, Newmont Corporation

Mr Cesar GAMBOA
Executive Director, Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos naturales, Perú

Mr François GAVE
Special Representative for Corporate Social Responsibility and the Social Dimension of Globalisation at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, France

Mr Matthew GOBUSH
Senior Advisor for Public and Government Affairs, Exxon Mobil Corporation

Ms Mariya LOBACHEVA
Executive Director, Echo - Public Association, Kazakhstan

Mr Sherwin LONG
National Coordinator, EITI Secretariat, Trinidad & Tobago

Mr Brice MACKOSSO
Commission Justice et Paix, Republic of Congo

Ms Agnès Solange ONDIGUI OWONA
National Coordinator, EITI National Secretariat Cameroon

Mr Simon TAYLOR
Co-founder and Director, Global Witness
Observer policy
In accordance with the observer policy for EITI committees, stakeholders may observe committee meetings.
Committees may decide that non-EITI Board members may observe committee meetings and teleconferences, provided that an observer is accepted by all members of the concerned committee and that the committee finds the numbers of observers reasonable. Non-Board members who wish to observe a committee meeting or teleconference should notify the committee chair and the International Secretariat in advance of the Committee meeting and seek the committee’s consent.