The Executive Directors Board is appointed by the General Assembly and includes the following members:

Chair, Institute for Marine Research (IMR), Norway

Vice-chair, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany

Member, Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine (SHOM), France

Member, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Italy

Member, Mercator Ocean International, France

Member, Deltares, The Netherlands