Chair & Executive Committee
The EPB Executive Committee (EXCOM) members are elected by Plenary and are given the mandate of following key dossiers which they have identified, and organise the work together with the other EPB Representatives and Alternate Representatives, under the guidance of the Chair. The Executive Secretary and the Secretariat provide support to achieve the goals within each dossier. Plans on deliverables and status of completion are presented by the responsible EXCOM member at Plenary Meetings for advice and approval.
Key dossiers are connected with the Mission of the EPB and include:
- Support of scientific areas
- International collaboration
- Cooperation on infrastructures
- Information flow and outreach.
| Prof. Peter Sköld EPB Member Representative for the Arctic Centre (ACUM) at Umeå University, Sweden Professor of history at Umeå University Sweden Swedish delegate of Arctic Council Culture, Economy and Geography Expert Group (SECEG) Deputy Director of the Chinese-Nordic Arctic Research Centre (CNARC) Honorary Consul of Västerbotten to Latvia |
 | Prof. Carlo Barbante Function: EPB EXCOM Member Biography: Professor of Chemistry at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice ERC Senior Grantee Founder and first Director of the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National research Council of Italy President of the International Center for Climate Change Study and Research, Venice, Italy Italian delegate to IASC Scientific Advisor of the CNR Polar Hub |
 | Dr. Marie-Noelle Houssais EPB Member Representative for the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France Senior scientist at the Laboratory of Ocean and Climate (LOCEAN, CNRS-Sorbonne University Joint Unit) French representative at the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks board Scientific Delegate for Polar Affairs at the Institute of Earth Sciences (CNRS-INSU) Member of the CNRS Polar Committee |
Dr. Dragomir Mateev Function: EPB EXCOM Member Biography: | |
 | Mr. Egill Thor Níelsson EPB representative for Rannís, Iceland Senior Advisor at Rannís Representative for IASC Council and the Arctic Science Funders Forum Board Member of the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network Previously, Executive Secretary at the China Nordic Arctic Research Center and a visiting scholar at the Polar Research Institute of China |
 | Dr. Miguel Angel Ojeda EPB representative for the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Deputy Director of Marine Technology Unit (UTM- CSIC) Deputy Manager of Spanish Antarctic National Program in COMNAP Spanish Delegate to Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) |
