It is IRGC’s main oversight and decision-making organ. Board members, all of whom hold honorary office on an individual basis, are drawn from governments, industry, science and non-governmental organisations. The Foundation Board is responsible for IRGC’s strategy. It approves the business plan and budget, the annual report and financial statements. It appoints members of the Scientific and Technical Council and Advisory Committee. It is responsible for overall fundraising.

- Charles Kleiber
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Charles Kleiber, Chairman of the Board, Former State Secretary for Education and Research Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs, Switzerland |

- John Drzik
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John Drzik, Vice-Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Oliver Wyman, USA |

- Walter Fust
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Ambassador Walter Fust, Former Head of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland |

- Prof. Jose Mariano Gago
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José Mariano Gago, Former Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Laboratory for Particle Physics (LIP), Portugal |

- Philippe Gillet
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Philippe Gillet, Vice-President and Provost, Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland |

- C. Boyden Gray
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Ambassador C. Boyden Gray, Gray & Schmitz LLP, USA |

- Dr Liu Yanhua
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Liu Yanhua, Counsellor, Counsellors’ Office of the State Council, People’s Republic of China |

- Michel Maila
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Michel Maila, President, MIGEM Consulting Inc., Canada |

- Christian Mumenthaler
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Christian Mumenthaler, Chief Executive Officer Reinsurance and Member of the Executive Committee, Swiss Reinsurance Company, Switzerland |

- Michael Oborne
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Michael Oborne, Former Director, International Futures Programme, OECD, France |

- Margareta Wahlström
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Margareta Wahlström, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Switzerland |