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The Board

The Board is IRGC’s highest decision-making organ. Board members, all of whom hold office on an individual basis, are drawn from governments, industry, science and non-governmental organisations. The Board is responsible for IRGC’s strategy, approves the annual budget, business plan, annual report and annual accounts, appoints members of the Scientific and Technical Council and Advisory Committee, the Secretary Genral and the external auditors, and is responsible for fundraising.

Donald J. Johnston, Chairman of the Board Formerly Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Christina MumenthalerChristian Mumenthaler, Member of Group Executive Board, Life and Health, Swiss Reinsurance Company, Switzerland
Pierre BérouxPierre Béroux Senior Vice-President and Risk Group Controller, Electricité de France
John DrzikJohn Drzik Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Wyman, United States
Walter FustWalter Fust Chief Executive Officer, Global Humanitarian Forum, Switzerland
Jose Mariano GagoJosé Mariano Gago Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
Charles KleiberCharles Kleiber Formerly State Secretary for Education and Research Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Wolfgang KrogerProfessor Wolfgang Kröger, Founding Rector of IRGC Laboratory for Safety Analysis, Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Liu YanhuaLiu Yanhua Vice-Minister for Science and Technology, People’s Republic of China
Manning MuntzingL. Manning Muntzing Energy Strategists Consultancy Ltd, United States
Rajendra PachauriRajendra Pachauri Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute, India
Bjorn StigsonBjörn Stigson President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland