Our Governance and Team

General Assembly

SRP seeks to ensure all stakeholders have an equal and transparent opportunity to influence decisions and outcomes on SRP’s policies and operations, and on the design and management of our normative tools.

The foundation for the SRP governance system is its members. The primary authority of members is exercised through the General Assembly, which functions as the SRP’s highest decision-making body and meets annually to perform statutory functions and provide policy guidance. Voting rights and process are defined in the Articles of Association.

Between Annual General Assemblies, four functional entities carry out the operations of the organisation: the SRP Board, the SRP Secretariat, the Technical Committee, and the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee.

SRP Board

The SRP Board is elected by the General Assembly and oversees management of the global organisation on behalf of all members. It has a statutory responsibility for ‘general management and control’ of the organization. The Board is skills-based and comprises elected members representing key stakeholder constituencies. The Board is supported by two Board Committees.

The Board Committee on Governance and Risk (view Terms of Reference) is responsible for: periodic review of statutory and guiding documents notably the Articles of Association and Bylaws; review of legal status and agreements to meet governance requirements; assessing and tracking risk and governance-related issues with respect to SRP’s strategy; review of management, including risk management, structures, including day to day management structures; and advising on and reviewing national implementation structures.

The Board Committee on Finance and Business Development (view Terms of Reference) oversees and provides strategic input and guidance to the Secretariat and Board to support SRP’s finances, operations and business development.  Additionally, the FBDC provides the Secretariat with guidance to facilitate operationalization and review of the SRP 5-Year Strategic Plan 2020-2024 and Annual Action Plans, as well as ad hoc guidance on resource mobilization. Finally, FBDC is responsible for ensuring alignment on governance matters with the Governance and Risk Committee.

Meet our Board Members

Keith Jones

Chair

Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta

Bas Bouman

Vice-Chair

International Rice Research Institute

Bruno Fischer

Treasurer

Foodtech Solutions (Thailand) Co., Ltd

Alan Johnson

Resource Mobilization Committee Chair

International Finance Corporation

Dr. Robert Zeigler

Governance and Risk Committee Chair

NetZeroAg Ltd

Catur Utami Dewi

Board Member

Rikolto

Anoushka Harris

Board Member

ABF UK Grocery Group/Westmill Foods Co Ltd

Dr. Arjumand Nizami

Board Member

Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation

Adrian Sym

Board Member

Alliance for Water Stewardship

Shahid Hussain Tarer

Board Member

Galaxy Rice Mills (Pvt) Ltd.

Jim Whitaker

Board Member

Winrock International

Mark Radka

(Observer)

UN Environment

SRP Secretariat

The SRP Secretariat is currently located in Bangkok, Thailand, and is led by the Executive Director, reporting directly to the SRP Board. The Secretariat manages and coordinates all SRP’s programmes and activities and is responsible for implementing the Annual Workplan under the Board’s oversight. Its roles and responsibilities fall into four broad categories: Operations (administration, membership and finance), Programmes, Communications and Resource Mobilization.

Meet our Team

Wyn Ellis

Executive Director

Natjaree (Nat) Sovajatsatakul

Managing Director of SRP Services

Kongpichit Na Nakhonphanom

Standard and Assurance Manager

Nattarikarn (Pla) Thongsomboon

Monitoring, Reporting and Impacts Officer

Roong Tepkaew

Communications and Membership Manager

Sunantaya (Nam) Pinyopimolporn

Capacity Development Officer

Benyapa (Ben) Lerttrakulchai

Finance and Administration Officer

Technical Committee

The SRP Technical Committee (TC) (view Terms of Reference) is appointed by, and reports to, the SRP Board via the Executive Director. The SRP TC serves in an advisory capacity as a standing committee, providing technical guidance on management and revision of the SRP Standard and Performance Indicators, the Assurance Scheme and other related normative documents, the training program and farmer support tools.

Monitoring and Evaluation Committee

The SRP Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Committee (view Terms of Reference) is appointed by the SRP Board. The M&E Committee is concerned primarily with the collection, aggregation, analysis and reporting of SRP project data generated by members and partner projects around the world. This committee will provide oversight over development of an ICT-based system-wide reporting architecture for SRP, make recommendations to the Board on selection of provider(s) to develop an ICT-based system-wide reporting architecture for SRP; and advise on policies and procedures for data management, data privacy and legal compliance, security and linkages with global reporting frameworks.