Structure

The Global Islands Network is a charitable company limited by guarantee, controlled by members rather than shareholders, and governed in accordance with a Memorandum and Articles of Association under the laws of the United Kingdom. The founder members and present Board of Directors who manage the company are as follows:

Dr Godfrey Baldacchino, Canada Research Chair in Island Studies, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada

Prof Lino Briguglio, Director, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta

Dr Arthur Lyon Dahl, Senior Advisor, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Christian Depraetere, Hydrologist and Geomorphologist, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, France

Prof Grant McCall, Director, Centre for South Pacific Studies, University of New South Wales, Australia and President, International Small Islands Studies Association

Dr Irene Novaczek, Director, Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada

Iain Orr, Founder, BioDiplomacy, London, UK

Bruce Potter, President, Island Resources Foundation, Washington D.C. USA

Dr Robert Read, Senior Lecturer in International Economics, Lancaster University Management School, UK

Graeme Robertson, Director, Habitat Scotland, Isle of Skye, UK and Joint Secretary, International Small Islands Studies Association

Dr Clyde Sakamoto, Chancellor, Maui Community College, University of Hawaii

Dr Elaine Stratford, Co-Founder and Principal Researcher, Sustainable Communities Research Group, University of Tasmania, Australia

Registered in Scotland as a limited company No. SC234513
Recognised as a Scottish charity No. SC033395