Board of Trustees

The World Agroforestry Centre operates under the authority of a legally constituted Board, charged with overall responsibility for the work of the Centre. The Board has diverse skills in the areas of agroforestry science, business management and accountancy. The Board meets twice a year, once face-to-face and once by teleconference. Additional teleconferences are held for various committees as needed.

The Board of Trustees plays a number of crucial roles:

• Legal: ensuring the best interests of the Centre and its stakeholders.
• Functional: participating in policy setting, delegating responsibility to Centre management and evaluating and overseeing performance.
• Symbolic: assuring stakeholders and securing their goodwill.

Currently the board has six standing committees: Executive and Finance Committee; Programme Committee; Audit Committee; Nominations Committee; Operations Committee; and Resource Mobilization Committee.

The Board of Trustees has delegated implementation of the World Agroforestry Centre Strategy 2008-15 and day to day operations to the Director General and Management Team.