
Board committees
Supporting EITI Board decision-making
The EITI Board committees prepare the working documents for the EITI Board and provide recommendations on upcoming decisions related to implementation, Validation, policy and management. The EITI Board seeks to ensure that committees reflect the multi-stakeholder nature of the EITI Association.
Committees hold meetings via Zoom or get together in person around Board meetings. Committees are re-established every two to three years, after the election of a new EITI Board.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee advises the EITI Board on strategic issues relating to the financing of the International Management of the EITI. This includes advising on the securing of funding to the level agreed by the EITI Board when approving International Secretariat work plans and budgets, financial reporting and investment policy. It is also tasked with reviewing the EITI's expenditure, including ensuring the International Secretariat makes effective and appropriate use of its funding.
Members

Lusine Tovmasyan
EITI National Coordinator, Armenia

Francess Piagie Alghali
Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sierra Leone

Christine Detaille
Head of Unit of Transitional Development and Governance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium

Aliou Ba Coulibaly
President, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Coalition, Mauritania

Mariya Lobacheva
Executive Director, Echo - Public Association, Kazakhstan

Nathalie Mognetti
Senior Vice President Tax, TotalEnergies

Ivanka Mamic
Senior Vice-President, Sustainability, BP
Governance and Oversight Committee
The Governance and Oversight Committee (GOC) addresses issues relating to the governance of the EITI, including decision-making procedures, accountability lines, governance of the International Management of the EITI, the Chair nomination process, risk management and constituency guidelines, among others. The GOC also includes presentation of the audited accounts of the International Secretariat to the EITI Board with a recommendation for approval.
Members

Miguel Angel Díaz
Vice-Minister of Mines, Dominican Republic

Florent Michel Okoko
Permanent Secretary of the National Committee & EITI Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Republic of the Congo

Genci Tërpo
EITI National Coordinator, Albania

Christine Detaille
Head of Unit of Transitional Development and Governance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium

Clancy Moore
Chief Executive Officer, Transparency International, Australia

Kossi Kougblenou
Executive Director, ACOMB, Togo

Matthieu Salomon
Interim Governance Programs Director, Senior Governance Officer, NRGI, France

Olena Pavlenko
President, DiXi Group, Ukraine

Kathryn Casson
Chief Adviser, Civil Society and Outreach, Rio Tinto

Chinonso Emehelu
Senior Director, Public & Government Affairs, Exploration, Strategy & Business Development, ExxonMobil
Implementation Committee
The Implementation Committee (IC) provides oversight by the EITI Board on how the EITI Standard is being implemented and presents recommendations on strategic policy issues related to the EITI Standard. It monitors challenges and opportunities in implementing countries, including overseeing work to document the impact of EITI implementation, highlighting good practice and encouraging efforts to strengthen implementation.
Members

Isabel Chuvambe
EITI National Coordinator, Mozambique

Gregory McGuire
Chair, TTEITI Steering committee, Trinidad & Tobago

Florent Michel Okoko
Permanent Secretary of the National Committee & EITI Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Republic of the Congo

Jürg Vollenweider
Head, Macroeconomic Support Section, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland

Carl Watson
Director, Office of Policy Analysis & Public Diplomacy (ENR/EGA/PAPD), Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State, USA

Diana El Kaissy
Advisory Board Member, Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative (LOGI), Lebanon

Aliou Ba Coulibaly
President, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Coalition, Mauritania

Matthieu Salomon
Interim Governance Programs Director, Senior Governance Officer, NRGI, France

Yessica Prieto Ramos
National Director, Projects and Research, Crudo Transparente, Colombia

Christopher Rice
Executive Vice President, Taxation & Corporate Structure, Shell

Richard Morgan
Head of Government Relations, Anglo American
Outreach and Candidature Committee
The Outreach and Candidature Committee (OCC) guides and monitors outreach to prospective implementing countries and supporters in accordance with the outreach strategy approved by the EITI Board. It also serves as a focal point for the outreach of EITI stakeholders to new countries and companies, ensuring that the Board is fully informed on outreach activities and providing direction to these activities where necessary.
Members

Mohamed Lemine Ahmedou
EITI National Coordinator and MSG Chair, Mauritania

Agus Cahyono Adi
EITI National Coordinator, Indonesia

Samou Sidibe
EITI National Coordinator, Mali

Melissa Säilä
Programme Director, Taxation for Development Action at the Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland

Vanessa Cueto La Rosa
Environmental Lawyer, Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Peru

Tamika Halwiindi
Environmental Governance Officer, Transparency International, Zambia

Olena Pavlenko
President, DiXi Group, Ukraine

James Ensor
Chief Executive Officer, BHP Foundation

James Nicholson
Head of Corporate Responsibility, Trafigura Group
Members

Isabel Chuvambe
EITI National Coordinator, Mozambique

Jean-Jacques Kayembe
EITI National Coordinator, Democratic Republic of Congo

Gregory McGuire
Chair, TTEITI Steering committee, Trinidad & Tobago

Melissa Säilä
Programme Director, Taxation for Development Action at the Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland

Carl Watson
Director, Office of Policy Analysis & Public Diplomacy (ENR/EGA/PAPD), Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State, USA

Diana El Kaissy
Advisory Board Member, Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative (LOGI), Lebanon

Clancy Moore
Chief Executive Officer, Transparency International, Australia

Kossi Kougblenou
Executive Director, ACOMB, Togo

James Ensor
Chief Executive Officer, BHP Foundation

Mike Anderson
Senior Vice President, Sustainability and External Affairs, Kosmos Energy
Validation Committee
The Validation Committee (VC) plays a key role in safeguarding the quality and consistency of assessments of countries’ progress in meeting the EITI Standard. The Validation Committee reviews Validation reports and makes recommendations to the EITI Board on Validation decisions and procedures. It places a priority on the need for comparable treatment between countries and the need to protect the integrity of the EITI brand.
Members

Jean-Jacques Kayembe
EITI National Coordinator, Democratic Republic of Congo

Francess Piagie Alghali
Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sierra Leone

Lusine Tovmasyan
EITI National Coordinator, Armenia

Rinaldo Jeanty
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Lands and Minerals Sector, Natural Resources Canada

Vanessa Cueto La Rosa
Environmental Lawyer, Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Peru

Kossi Kougblenou
Executive Director, ACOMB, Togo

Mariya Lobacheva
Executive Director, Echo - Public Association, Kazakhstan

Tamika Halwiindi
Environmental Governance Officer, Transparency International, Zambia

Nick Cotts
Senior Vice President, Sustainability and External Relations, Newmont Corporation

Roberto Nardi
Head for Consolidated Financial Statements and Reporting, Eni
Observer policy
In accordance with the observer policy for EITI committees, stakeholders may observe committee meetings.
Committees may decide that non-EITI Board members may observe committee meetings and teleconferences, provided that an observer is accepted by all members of the concerned committee and that the committee finds the numbers of observers reasonable. Non-Board members who wish to observe a committee meeting or teleconference should notify the committee chair and the International Secretariat in advance of the Committee meeting and seek the committee’s consent.