Role of the HAP Board
The Board is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of HAP including budgeting, membership applications and management of the Executive. The Board normally meets twice a year - in April to review the HAP Annual Report and Audit, and in October to review the budget for the following financial year. Special meetings are convened at the request of members of the Board or the Secretariat as required.
The Board consists of a maximum of 14 members. At least one third must be independent. Each full member agency may nominate one representative from its employees, board or trustees. The full members may elect a maximum of 8 of the nominees to be board members. The other four members of the board must be independent, including 2 representatives of humanitarian beneficiaries and 2 persons of high standing. The Executive Director of HAP is an ex officio member of the Board.
The Board may co-opt not more than 2 additional individuals to the board. Individuals co-opted by the Board serve for a fixed period defined at the time of appointment, not to exceed 3 years. Co-opted Board members are appointed for a specific purpose(s) defined in a Terms of Reference.
While Full and associate members may nominate board members, including independent board members, only full members are eligible to vote.
For more information see the HAP Statute
Current Board members
As of April 2012, the HAP Board is composed of the following members:
- Chair: Lisa Henry, Humanitarian Director, DanChurchAid
- Vice Chair: Zainab Raza, Deputy Director, CWS Pakistan/Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Treasurer: Rein Paulsen, Quality, Strategy and Humanitarian Policy Director, World Vision International
- Matthew Carter, Humanitarian Director, CAFOD
- Nick Guttmann, Head of Humanitarian Division, Christian Aid
- Bijay Kumar, Head, International Emergencies and Crises Team, Action Aid
- Dr Manzoor Ahmed, Director Operations, Sungi Development Foundation
- Rezaul Chowdhury, Executive Director, COAST
- Anabel Cruz, Communication and Development Institute, Uruguay (Independent)
Elisabeth Ferris, Senior Fellow Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings Institution, (Independent).
Jemilah Mahmood, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Humanitarian Futures at Kings College London and at KRIS in Malaysia (Independent).
Esther Mujawayo-Keiner, Founder member of AVEGA (Independent).