President:

HRH The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO

Chairman:

Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire GCB DFC AFC DL DSc FRAeS

Deputy Chairman:

Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman KCMG CBE FBA

Board Members:

Guy Black Esq

Christopher Fisher Esq

Sir Thomas Harris KBE CMG FRSA

Professor Sir Miles Irving DSc FRCS

Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely KCB MC

Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas DBE

Sir Francis Richards KCMG CVO

Admiral the Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC

Nick Williams Esq

Bill Woodrow Esq RA

Tom Wright Esq CBE

One vacancy

His Excellency Mr John Dauth LVO (Australian High Commissioner)

His Excellency James Wright (Canadian High Commissioner)

His Excellency Mr Shiv Shankar Mukherjee (Indian High Commissioner

His Excellency Mr Derek Leask (New Zealand High Commissioner)

His Excellency Mr Wajid Shamsul Hasan (High Commissioner for Pakistan)

Her Excellency Lindiwe Mabuza (South African High Commissioner)

His Excellency Nihal Jayasinghe (Sri Lankan High Commissioner)

The Sovereign appoints the President of the Board.  The Prime Minister appoints ten members, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs two (Sir Thomas Harris and Sir Francis Richards), the Secretary of State for Defence one (vacancy) and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport one (Mr Black).  Their High Commissioners represent seven Commonwealth Governments ex officio.

November 2008
JMC
Secretary and Director of Finance