This Committee is comprised of States and other stakeholders to counsel Executive Committee on membership criteria, issues related to financial capacity to provide remediation, and criteria and names of neutral individuals and independent experts for roster consideration.
Executive Secretary, Inter-Secretarial Commission on Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms, Mexico (States – Latin America and the Caribbean)
Golden Rice Project Leader and Network Coordinator, International Rice Research Institute (Public/Private Research Entities)
Assistant Professor in Biotechnology, Head, Biotechnology Unit, Environment Directorate, Slovenia (States – Europe)
Senior Biotechnology Advisor, Bureau for Food Security, United States Agency for International Development, United States of America (States – North America)
Director, Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS), International Food Policy Research Institute (Public/Private Research Entities)
Deputy Secretary-General and Principal Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration (Stakeholders)
Area Vice President, Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services (Stakeholders)
Director, National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines (States – Asia)
Vice Chair, Compact Executive Committee; Senior Counsel, Product and Trade Regulation, BASF Corporation (Members)
Senior Legal Officer, Environmental Law Centre, International Union for Conservation of Nature (Non-governmental Organizations)
Senior Research Officer (Ecologist/ Conservationist), National Agricultural Research Organisation, National Forestry Resources Research Institute, Uganda (States – Africa)
Executive Director, Excellence Through Stewardship (Stakeholders)
Vice President and General Counsel, Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises)
Director of Genetics Resources, Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, South Africa (States –Africa)
Vice President, Illinois Foundation Seeds; First Vice President, International Seed Federation (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises)
Professor of International Environmental Law, Amsterdam Center for Environmental Law and Sustainability, University of Amsterdam; Former Co-chair of the negotiations of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, The Netherlands (States – Europe)
General Manager, The Grain and Feed Trade Association, representing the International Grain Trade Coalition (Stakeholders)
Director, African Biosafety Network of Expertise, New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (Regional and International Governmental Organizations)
Professor, International Environmental Law; Former Co-chair of the negotiations of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, Colombia (States – Latin America and the Caribbean)
Associate Professor, China Foreign Affairs University, China (States – China)
Professor of International Law, Kobe University, Japan (States – Japan)
Law Professor, Law Faculty, University of Malaya; Director, Center of Excellence for Biodiversity Law (CEBLAW); Advisor, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, Malaysia (States – Asia)
Environmental Lawyer /Biosafety Expert, Department of Human Resources Science & Technology, Biosafety Unit, African Union Commission (Regional and International Governmental Organizations)
Deputy Director of Research, Science and Technology, National Commission on Research, Science and Technology, Namibia (States – Africa)
Secretariat, Public Research and Regulation Initiative (Public/Private Research Entities)