A process, endorsed by ExCo and the 2008 Annual General Meeting, was designed that created a tripartite group of representatives from donors, the Alliance and partners to search and select Consortium board members. The Search and Selection Committee (SSC) has been chaired by Julio Berdegue (CIMMYT Board) and consisted of Pierre Fabre (France), Marco Ferroni (Syngenta), Andrew Bennett (CIFOR Board), Margaret Catley-Carlson (IWMI Board), Emmy Simmons (ILRI and IITA Board), Ayman Abou Habib (nominated by AARINENA) and Mario Allegri (FORAGRO). Spencer Stuart, a consultant specialising in the recruitment of high-level Boards has supported this Committee.
An open and inclusive nomination process for Consortium Board members was initiated in July by the SSC and managed by Spencer Stuart.
The leader of the search team, Mr. Andrea Pecchio (APecchio@SpencerStuart.com, telephone + 39 06.80207.222) contacted Centers and Members during August and September, as well as investigated other networks for potential candidates. Solicitation for candidates was not limited to this approach. The Search and Selection Committee welcomed nominations from all sources and encouraged others to reach out to Andrea with suggestions.
The basic elements that they have considered in the search and selection are:
A. Qualifications:
B. Skill sets that should be the first-order criteria to fill in the Board positions:
C. Balance criteria to be fulfilled for the collective:
In addition the SSC included three other factors in their selection:
By mid-October SpencerStuart had a list of 530 nominations from which they defined a long list of potential candidates and gave a detailed report of the process to the Alliance at their October 29-31, 2009 meeting.
The Alliance decided on selecting the Board Chair and Vice-Chair as the first stage and did this based on a "ticket" process containing names of appropriate, interviewed and confirmed candidates. The election and announcment of the Chair and two Vice-Chairs was done in December 2009. Announcement on the Board Chair and Vice-Chairs.
The election of the remaining six non-executive members of the Consortium Board will be done in early January 2010 and announced shortly thereafter. The first meeting of the Consortium Board is intended to be held in mid-February 2010.
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