Governance and Leadership

WNA Members appoint the Director General and elect a Board of Management.

The World Nuclear Association's Director General is Agneta Rising. The Chairman of the Board is Tim Gitzel.

The WNA's Board of Management fulfils all statutory duties pertaining to the organisation's governance, sets WNA policies and strategic objectives subject to approval by the full membership, and instructs the Director General on the membership’s behalf.

To ensure balance among the elected members of the Board, each of the three categories of WNA institutional membership - supplier, generator and general - must be represented by at least two members. In addition, the Board has four distinguished honorary members.

To facilitate the Board's representation of the WNA's entire institutional membership, each Board member performs liaison with a certain portion of the membership in a way designed to give every WNA member a direct channel to the Board. 

Board members act as Mentors for the various WNA Working Groups. This enables the Board to monitor the activities of the Working Groups and to shape the overall agenda of the Working Groups as a whole.

The Board convenes as required, normally at least twice a year, and Board members communicate regularly with the WNA secretariat.

The WNA Board currently has two sub-committees: 

• The Governance & Nominations sub-committee deals with Director General and Senior Staff succession planning, and board nominations. It also maintains oversight on governance. The sub-committee reports directly to the Chair and comprises seven Board members serving a two-year term.
• The Audit and Finance sub-committee carries out a regular review of the financial health of WNA, monitors actual performance against forecast budget, assesses fee levels and guidelines, and holds in-depth dialogue with the appointed WNA Auditor during the preparation of the annual accounts. This sub-committee reports directly to the Chairman and comprises up to three members, serving up to two years from appointment.

The Board of Management is shown below, with the current members of the above two subcommittees indicated:

	Tim Gitzel WNA Chairman President & CEO Cameco Governance & Nominations Audit & Finance
	Paul Bowden Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Audit & Finance
	Yusheng Cai Vice General Manager CGNPC
	Helmut Engelbrecht CEO Urenco
	Jean-Jacques Gautrot Senior Advisor & former CEO Areva UK Governance & Nominations
	S. K. Jain Specialist Advisor NPCIL
	Kyunseop Kim President & CEO Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
	Kirill Komarov Deputy Director General Rosatom
	Klaus Lohrey Managing Director Nukem Audit & Finance
	Yoichi Maeda Senior Advisor Mitsubishi Corporation Governance & Nominations
	Per-Olof Nestenborg Managing Director Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel
	Caroline Reda President & CEO GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
	Amir Shahkarami CEO Exelon Nuclear Partners
	Jiashu Tian Deputy Chief Engineer CNNC
	Hideki Toyomatsu Chief Nuclear Officer KANSAI

Honorary Board Members
	Hans Blix Director General-Emeritus International Atomic Energy Agency
	George Felgate EX Officio member
	Gerald Grandey Former CEO, Cameco Chairman-Emeritus, WNA Governance & Nominations
	Zack Pate Chairman-Emeritus World Association of Nuclear Operators