Governing Board
The Governing Board is one of the key decision-making bodies of the International Science Council providing scientific and strategic leadership to oversee achievement of the Council’s vision, mission, principles and values, and to secure the financial and management robustness of the Council.
The Governing Board consists of 16 members: the President, the President-elect (who will assume the Presidency in October 2026) and four Vice-Presidents (collectively constituting the Executive Committee); and ten ordinary members.
Officers (Executive Committee)
Ordinary Members
Governing Board 2021 – 2025
President: Peter Gluckman
Vice-President for Science and Society: Motoko Kotani
Vice-President for Membership: Salim Abdool Karim
Vice-President for Freedom and Responsibility in Science: Anne Husebekk
Vice-President for Finance: Sawako Shirahase
Ordinary Members:
Two Vice-Presidents and five ordinary members of the Governing Board finished their terms in January 2025, at the conclusion of Third ISC General Assembly.
Governing Board 2018 – 2021
The inaugural 2018 – 2021 Governing Board of the International Science Council was elected at the 1st General Assembly in Paris on 4 July 2018 for a designated period of three years. The 2018 – 2021 Governing Board consisted of 16 members, including the President, the President-elect, who assumed the Presidency at the 2nd General Assembly in 2021, as well as four further officers and ten additional ordinary members.
President: Daya Reddy
Vice-President: Jinghai Li
Vice-President: Elisa Reis
Secretary: Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Treasurer: Renée van Kessel
Ordinary Members:
Ex officio: Heide Hackmann