Board
The ECDPM Board of Governors is composed of highly respected policymakers, practitioners and specialists from Africa, the Caribbean and Europe. The full Board convenes at least twice a year to review ECDPM’s substantial areas of work through the annual work plan and annual report.
From among its members, the Board chooses the Executive Committee, which meets at least three additional times each year. Among other things, it reviews the mid-year and annual balance sheets and income and expenditure statements.
Board members
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Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi
Board Chair
Regional Director for Africa and West Asia Programme, International IDEA
Nationality: Nigerian |
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Mr. Koos Richelle
Vice Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Board Executive Committee
Former Director-General at the European Commission, respectively for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion; EuropeAid Co-operation; and DG Development
Nationality: Dutch |
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Mrs. Ruth Jacoby
Member of the Board, member of the Board Executive Committee
Former Director General for International Development Cooperation at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Former Ambassador of Sweden to Italy and Germany, Former Member of the UN Millennium Project Task Force, Former Chair of the Board Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) of the World Bank
Nationality: Swedish |
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Mr. Richard Dohmen
Member of the Board, member of the Board Executive Committee
Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nationality: Dutch |
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Prof. Alan Hirsch
Member of the Board, member of the Board Executive Committee
Professor of Development Policy and Practice at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town (and Director from 2011-2019)
Nationality: South African |
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Amb. Maria de Jesus Veiga Miranda
Member of the Board
Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabo Verde
Nationality: Cape Verdean |
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Mr. Jean-Claude Boidin
Member of the Board
Former Head of Unit at DG International Cooperation and Development (European Commission), former EU Ambassador to Madagascar
Nationality: French |
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Mrs. Betty Maina
Member of the Board
Former Chief Executive at the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, member of the UN High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Nationality: Kenyan |
Board advisors
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Mr. Dieter Frisch
Honorary Advisor to the ECDPM Board of Governors on European External Affairs
Former Director-General for Development at the European Commission
Nationality: German
Former Vice Chairman of the ECDPM Board, former Chairman of the Board Programme Committee |
