Council Board Member

Position: Founding Council Member, The Global Risks Forum (GRF)Type: Strategic risk-governance and standards council role (non-executive)Board: Council Members may be considered for Board nomination after joining and serving in good standingLocation: International (distributed, hybrid)Term: 3 yearsContext and PurposeToday’s global risk-governance architecture was not built for compounding climate, systemic, technological, and socio-political shocks. Governance is often:Fragmented across institutions, mandates, and sectorsWeak on accountability, with limited follow-through on commitmentsDisconnected from evidence, capital, and operational constraintsThe Global Risks Forum (GRF) is being established as the Nexus Ecosystem’s multilateral governance and assurance institution. Its purpose is to build and steward the governance rail for modern risk management—Council Registers, scorecards, standards, and structured dialogues that make clear who is responsible for what, on what timelines, and under which rules. The Founding Council is GRF’s primary political, regulatory, and institutional leadership community. It defines the ambition, guardrails, and partnerships that will anchor a new era of risk governance and cooperative accountability. The Board will be drawn from, and accountable to, this Council. As a Founding Council Member, you will help set the constitutional, diplomatic, and institutional foundation for GRF.Role PurposeShape GRF’s mission, governance agenda, and standards strategyDefine and uphold standards of legitimacy, independence, and public-interest alignmentAnchor a global coalition of states, regulators, markets, infrastructure operators, academia, and civil society committed to serious risk governanceGuide what GRF focuses on and how it worksHelp design platforms, procedures, and norms that will outlast themAct as connectors between GRF and key public authorities, market rule-setters, and societal stakeholdersCouncil Members in good standing may later be nominated or elected to the GRF Board.Key ResponsibilitiesAs a Founding Council Member of GRF, you will focus on:Mission and priorities: Co-shaping GRF’s mission and initial 3–5 year governance agenda across climate, systemic financial, infrastructure, and technology risks.Registers and scorecards: Helping define the practical design of the Council Register (who is responsible for what) and scorecards (how progress is tracked and surfaced).Standards and assurance: Guiding the creation of concise, usable standards and assurance profiles that align GCRI evidence, GRA programs, and NSF protocol rules into a coherent governance baseline.Dialogue and simulations: Shaping high-value dialogues and simulations where states, markets, and communities can test policies and instruments before crises and agree on clear follow-up actions.Institutional interfaces: Advising how GRF should interact with existing multilateral, regional, and national institutions so work is additive, not duplicative.Access and convening: Opening doors to key governments, regulators, MDBs, standard-setters, industry bodies, and civil-society actors who should sit in GRF’s councils and platforms.Governance culture: Reinforcing expectations of transparency, independence, balanced representation, and accountability across GRF’s processes.Participation and membership growth: Joining as a paid Founding Council Member, actively participating in Council work, and encouraging high-caliber peers and institutions to join GRF in appropriate membership streams.Candidate ProfileWe are seeking frontier leaders in governance, regulation, and system stewardship, typically with 15+ years in one or more of:Government and public finance – ministers or senior officials in finance, planning, environment, resilience, interior, or equivalent portfolios.Central banking, supervision, and regulation – senior roles in central banks, supervisory authorities, or sector regulators.Multilateral and regional institutions – leadership roles in MDBs, UN entities, regional organizations, or standard-setting bodies focused on risk, resilience, or systemic stability.Critical infrastructure and system stewardship – senior roles in utilities, networks, platforms, or industry bodies with system-wide responsibilities.Civil society, academia, and knowledge institutions – leaders who have shaped norms, standards, or institutions in risk governance.You should have a demonstrable track record of building or transforming institutions, coalitions, or governance frameworks, not only operating within them.Capabilities and MindsetStrategic and systems thinker, linking law, policy, regulation, evidence, capital, and operations.Institution and governance-framework builder, interested in designing registers, standards, scorecards, and procedures that multiple institutions will follow.High-integrity public-interest orientation, able to hold a clear societal mandate amid complex interests.Cross-domain convener, able to bring together ministers, regulators, CEOs, community leaders, and experts and move from discussion to agreed rules and commitments.Long-term perspective, seeing GRF as a multi-year effort to re-architect global risk governance and cooperative accountability.Eligibility, Membership, and IndependenceHolds a full-time primary role and can commit sustained Council-level time.Commits to join as a paid Founding Council Member and to remain in good standing (dues, engagement, disclosures).Meets integrity, independence, and professional standards consistent with the GRF Charter & Bylaws.Willing to fully disclose relevant interests and abide by conflict-of-interest, ethics, and recusal policies.Not in a position where Council service creates unmanageable conflicts.