Governance

Sphere is a non-profit association legally established in Geneva. The current legal entity is the successor of the Sphere Project, founded in 1997 as a time-bound initiative of multiple humanitarian agencies.

Read the Sphere statutes and bylaws in English and French

General Assembly

The General Assembly is Sphere’s highest decision-making body. It is composed of all Sphere members. The Assembly meets at least once per year.

A list of the current Sphere members is available online.

Governing Board

Sphere’s Governing Board oversees the organisation’s mission, strategic direction, policies and fiscal integrity. Board members are elected by the General Assembly from Sphere members and also includes co-opted members.

List of the Governing Board members
- ACT Alliance
  - Representative: Niall O’Rourke
- Axel Schmidt (Individual Member)
  - Employed by: Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH)
- Caritas Internationalis
  - Representative: Christian Modino Hok
- Community World Service Asia (CWSA)
  - Representative: Tooba Siddiqi
- Fast Rural Development Program (FRDP)
  - Representative: Nadeem Tahir
- Friar Luciano (Individual Member)
  - Employed by: Fraternity – International Humanitarian Missions (FIHM)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
  - Representative: Nicolas Boyrie
- Jessica Camburn (Individual Member)
  - (Vice President)
- Mercy Malaysia
  - Representative: Normaliza Mohd Nasir
- Plan International
  - Representative: Vanda Lengkong
- RedR International
  - Representative: Bernadette Sexton
- Save the Children
  - Representative: TBD
- Turkish Red Crescent (Türk Kızılay)
  - Representative: Alper Küçük (President)