Management Structure & Governance
The ICMS is jointly owned by the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.
The governance structure of the ICMS consists of:
The Management Committee: with overall responsibility for the management of all funds and resources, for the appointment and management of staff and for the determination of strategy. The Management Committee membership is drawn from staff at the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.
The ICMS Board consists of representatives appointed by the parent universities, nominations by the learned societies and members with a broad range of interests in the mathematical sciences. These positions are appointed after an open advertising process. The ICMS Board is chaired by Maria Esteban. The Board acts in an advisory capacity supporting and advising the Management Committee.
The Programme Committee has responsibility for assessing all workshop proposals, evaluating past programmes and advising the Director on areas of mathematical sciences in which workshops might be encouraged. The Programme Committee is chaired by Giovanni Felder.
The Programme Committee for Mathematics for Humanity who have the same remit as the Programme Committee but focus on the Mathematics for Humanity programmes.
The Nominating Committee reviews applications to join ICMS committees and makes recommendations to the Management Committee who take the final decision. To date the nominating committee have worked on new appointments to the ICMS Board and the Programme Committee.
The Knowledge Exchange Subcommittee has responsibility for assessing all Knowledge Exchange proposals and advising the Knowledge Exchange Manager.
