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DFID Management Board
The DFID Management Board is chaired by the Permanent Secretary. Its membership includes the three Directors-General and two non-Executive Directors. The non-Executive Directors provide an external perspective on DFID's work, while knowing and understanding DFID as an organisation.
Biographical information on the current members of the Management Board
The Management Board provides strategic direction to the management of DFID's operations, staff and financial systems, within the parameters of policies set by and in consultation with the Secretary of State.
The main focus of the Board's work is monitoring DFID's performance, and ensuring DFID's financial resources and staff are allocated and managed effectively. To do so, the Board meets every 8-12 weeks with an agenda typically contain 2-4 items.
DFID staff can feed in comments on the papers either through the author of the paper or through their Director-General. From time to time, the Board may hold an informal consultation with staff on a specific agenda item, prior to the meeting.
The Management Board is supported by three Committees:
- Development Committee, chaired by the Director-General for Policy and International;
- Audit Committee chaired by a non-Executive Director;
- Human Resources Strategy Committee, chaired by the Director-General for Corporate Performance.
Last updated: 1 July 2008