Ownership and Governance

Ownership
Founded and originally owned by Peter Eigen and Burkhard Gnärig, the Center’s ownership is being transferred to some of the most eminent global CSOs. Presently the following organisations each hold a 10% share of the Center:

Amnesty International – owner since 2009
CBM – owner since 2009
ChildFund Alliance – owner since 2011
Oxfam International – owner since 2009
Plan International – owner since 2010
SOS Children’s Villages International – owner since 2012
Transparency International – owner since 2009
World Vision International – owner since 2009
WWF International – owner since 2012

The remaining share of the Center will also be transferred to one additional global civil society organisation so that eventually the Center will be fully owned by its primary users.

Governance
The Shareholders constitute the Center’s highest decision making body. They meet once a year in a Shareholders’ meeting. The last Shareholders’ meeting took place in November 2012.

The role of the Center’s Board of Trustees is to monitor the management of the organisation. Presently the Board consists of the CEOs of each of the Center’s owners, one of the founders and the CEO of a prospective owner. The current Board members are as follows:

Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International
Allen Foster, President, CBM
Jim Emerson, Secretary General, ChildFund Alliance
Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director, Oxfam International
Nigel Chapman, CEO, Plan International
Caroline Harper, Chief Executive, Sightsavers International
Richard Pichler, Secretary General, SOS Children’s Villages International
Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director, Transparency International (Chair)
Kevin Jenkins, President, World Vision International
Jim Leape, Director General, WWF International
Peter Eigen, founder
Burkhard Gnärig, Executive Director

Board meetings are held twice a year, the last meeting took place in November 2012.