Executive board members from February 1997 to October 1998
Carlos Afonso, Brazil (chair)
Paul Wilson, Australia
Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa
Mark Surman, Canada
Txema Laullon, Spain
Stefan Hackenthal, Germany
Karen Banks, UK
Executive board members from November 1998 to May 2000
Roberto Roggiero, Ecuador (chair)
Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa
Marci Lockwood, USA
Stefan Hackenthal, Germany
Vasek Klinkera, Czech Republic
Eric Bachman, Croatia (until February 2000)
Moussa Fall, Senegal (March to May 2000)
Executive board members from May 2000 to November 2001*
Stefan Hackenthal, Germany (chair)
Karen Banks, UK
Magela Sigillito, Uruguay
Julián Casasbuenas, Colombia
Executive board members from November 2001 to November 2003
Stefan Hackenthal (chair)
Chris Nicol, Spain
David Barnard, South Africa
Julián Casasbuenas, Colombia
Magela Sigillito, Uruguay
Pavel Antonov, Bulgaria
Toshimaru Ogura, Japan
Executive board members from November 2003 to October 2005
Julián Casasbuenas, Colombia (chair)
Olinca Marino, Mexico (vice-chair)
Natasha Primo, South Africa (secretary)
Chris Nicol, Spain (treasurer)
Danijela Babic, Croatia
Oh Byoung-il, South Korea
Danilo Lujambio, Argentina
John Dada, Nigeria
Executive board members from October 2005 to November 2007**
Natasha Primo, South Africa (chair until July 2007)
Mark Graham (acting chair August-October 2007)
Olinca Marino, Mexico (vice-chair)
Danijela Babic, Croatia (secretary)
Mark Graham, USA (treasurer)
Mihaly Bako, Romania
Danilo Lujambio, Argentina
Kong Sidaroth, Cambodia
Valentina Pellizzer, Italy
Alternates: Andrew Garton, Australia; John Dada, Nigeria
Executive board members from November 2007 to November 2010
Danilo Lujambio, Argentina (chair)
Janine Moolman, South Africa (vice-chair)
Andrew Garton, Australia (secretary)
Magela Sigillito, Uruguay (treasurer)
Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (executive director)
Alan Alegre, Philippines
Michel Lambert, Canada
James Nguo, Kenya
Valentina Pellizzer, Italy
Board of directors members from November 2007 to November 2010
Danilo Lujambio, Argentina (chair)
Janine Moolman, South Africa (vice-chair until January 2010)
Andrew Garton, Australia (secretary)
Magela Sigillito, Uruguay (treasurer)
Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (executive director)
Valentina Pellizzer, Bosnia and Herzegovina (vice-chair from February 2010)
Alan Alegre, Philippines
Michel Lambert, Canada
James Nguo, Kenya
Board of directors members from November 2010 to March 2011
Danilo Lujambio, Argentina (chair)
Valentina Pellizzer, Bosnia and Herzegovina (vice-chair)
Andrew Garton, Australia (secretary)
Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (executive director)
Alan Alegre, Philippines
Michel Lambert, Canada
James Nguo, Kenya
Board of directors members from April to December 2011
Danijela Babic, Croatia (chair)
Valentina Pellizzer, Bosnia and Herzegovina (vice-chair)
Andrew Garton, Australia/Indonesia (secretary)
Julian Casasbuenas, Colombia (treasurer)
Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (executive director)
Shahzad Ahmad, Pakistan
Graciela Selaimen, Brazil
Liz Probert, United Kingdom
Board of directors members in 2012
Danijela Babic, Croatia (chair) (until October)
Valentina Pellizzer, Bosnia and Herzegovina (vice-chair and chair from October)
Andrew Garton, Australia/Indonesia (secretary)
Julian Casasbuenas, Colombia (treasurer)
Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (executive director)
Shahzad Ahmad, Pakistan
Graciela Selaimen, Brazil
Liz Probert, United Kingdom
Board of directors members in 2013
Valentina Pellizzer, Bosnia and Herzegovina (chair)
Andrew Garton, Australia/Indonesia (secretary)
Julian Casasbuenas, Colombia (treasurer)
Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (executive director)
Shahzad Ahmad, Pakistan
Graciela Selaimen, Brazil
Liz Probert, United Kingdom
Board of directors members from 2014 to 2017
Julián Casabuenas G., Colombia (chair)
Valentina Pellizzer, Bosnia and Herzegovina (vice-chair)
Liz Probert, United Kingdom (secretary)
Osama Manzar, India (treasurer)
Anriette Esterhuysen, South Africa (executive director)
Chim Manavy, Cambodia
John Dada, Nigeria
Lillian Nalwoga, Uganda
Board of directors members from 2017 to 2019
Bishakha Datta, India (chair)
Leandro Navarro, Spain (vice-chair)
Liz Probert, United Kingdom (secretary)
Sylvie Siyam, Cameroon (treasurer)
Chat Garcia Ramilo, Philippines (executive director)
Michel Lambert, Canada
Julián Casabuenas G., Colombia
Osama Manzar, India
* 2001 - Changes in APC governance and organisational development: In 2001, six new organisations became APC members, which significantly increased APC’s membership. APC members generally become very interested and involved in the direction of APC’s activities. However, current requirements placed a lot of responsibility with Council members, without there being a great deal of accompanying accountability. This led to a proposal that would allocate greater responsibility in decision making to APC’s Executive Board, a smaller, more easily convened group of representatives. Based on input from the Council, this proposal was modified and the following amended motion was approved. The motion for the APC Council Meeting 2001 (Uruguay) reads as follows: “The current change of APC to an organisation with broader outreach and more members makes it necessary to rethink the details of governance of the APC. With this motion we aim to improve the work and the output of APC without harming the member representation and their right to determine the direction of the organisation. We propose a (small) change in the division of responsibilities between Council and Executive Board. The change will enable the EB to follow the development of the organisation much better and support the staff in implementing the Actions Plans decided by Council. It will relieve the Council from work and make it possible to concentrate on the whole organisation and its development.”
** 2007 - Changes in denomination, role of executive director and duration of mandate: In accordance with new bylaws approved by the APC Council in November 2007, the executive board is now known as the board of directors, the length of a term on the board increased from two years to three, and the executive director is a board member ex-officio.