It 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 General and the external auditors, and is responsible for fundraising.
 | Donald J. Johnston, Chairman of the Board, former Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
 | Christian Mumenthaler, Member of Group Executive Board, Life and Health, Swiss Reinsurance Company, Switzerland |
 | Pierre Béroux, Senior Vice-President and Risk Group Controller, Electricité de France |
 | John Drzik, Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Wyman, USA |
 | Walter Fust, Chief Executive Officer, Global Humanitarian Forum, Switzerland |
 | Prof. José Mariano Gago, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal |
 | Charles Kleiber, former State Secretary for Education and Research Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs |
 | Prof. Wolfgang Kröger, Founding Rector of IRGC Laboratory for Safety Analysis, Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland |
 | His Excellency Dr Liu Yanhua, Vice-Minister for Science and Technology, People’s Republic of China |
 | L. Manning Muntzing, Energy Strategists Consultancy Ltd, USA |
 | Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute, India |
 | Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland |
