Members of COL's Board of Governors

CHAIR

Chair, COL Board of Governors
Vacant

Deputy Chair
Her Excellency Dr Hajo Sani
Ambassador
Permanent Delegate of Nigeria to UNESCO

MEMBERS

Commonwealth Secretary-General
The Right Honourable Patricia Scotland QC

Appointments by Major Donors:

GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA ^E
Vacant

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA ^E
Mr Arif Lalani
Director–General, International Organizations
Global Affairs Canada

Chair of the Audit Committee

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ^E
Professor Sudhir K. Jain
Vice Chancellor
Banaras Hindu University

GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND^A
Dr Caroline Seelig
Chief Executive
Open Polytechnic

GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ^A
Her Excellency Dr Hajo Sani
Ambassador
Permanent Delegate of Nigeria to UNESCO

Deputy Chair of the COL Board of Governors

GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA ^A
Professor Daniel Kgwadi
Vice Chancellor and Principal
Vaal University of Technology

GOVERNMENT OF UNITED KINGDOM ^AMs Jo Lomas
Commonwealth Envoy
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Regional Appointments

AFRICA ^A
The Honourable Prof. Dr. Alpha T. Wurie
Minister of Technical and Higher Education
Republic of Sierra Leone

ASIA ^AProfessor Datuk Dr Asma Ismail
President
Academy of Sciences Malaysia
Malaysia

CARIBBEAN ^ESenator the Honourable Kay S. McConney
Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training
Barbados

PACIFICThe Honourable Hu’akavameiliku of Ha’asini
Prime Minister
Kingdom of Tonga

Appointment by the Commonwealth Secretary-General

Dr Joanna Newman ^E
Secretary General
Association of Commonwealth Universities

President (Ex-Officio)

Professor Asha Kanwar
President and CEO
Commonwealth of Learning

^E Denotes member of Executive Committee
^A Denotes member of Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is comprised of a minimum of three Governors and the Committee may co-opt other members to bring specific expertise as an External Member. Ms Helen Worth has served in this capacity from February 2015.