Our team Our staff Our governance The governance structure of the APF consists of two bodies, the Governance Committee (GC) and the Forum Councillors (FC). The APF secretariat reports to the Governance Committee, Forum Council and General Assembly through the APF Chairperson. There are currently nine staff in the secretariat and two part-time staff in the West Asia sub-regional office in Doha, Qatar who are employed by the NHRI of Qatar. APF secretariat staff: The APF Governance Committee The APF Forum Council Australian Human Rights Commission (Chairperson) The Forum Council is the decision-making body of the APF. Established by the APF Constitution, the Forum Council operates as the APF’s ‘board of directors’. National Human Rights Commission of Korea (Deputy Chairperson) National Human Rights Commission of India Malaysian Human Rights Commission National Human Rights Committee of Qatar The role of the five-member APF Governance Committee is to consider and make recommendations to the General Assembly on a range of issues. The APF Governance Committee is elected by Forum Councillors. All representatives on the Governance Committee serve a term of two years. Forum Councillors also elect a Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson to lead the Governance Committee. The Forum Council sets the APF’s policies and priorities, decides membership applications and exercises all the powers set out in the constitution. Fasoha Aishath Manager Gender and Pacific Pip Dargan Principal Advisor Capacity Assessments and International Engagement Thuy Doan-Smith Development Manager Kieren Fitzpatrick Director Amy Janowski Communications and Networking Officer Kwame Owusu-Akyeampong Finance Manager Huong Tran IGM Project Manager Kate Turner-Mann Manager of Capacity Development Phillip Wardle Legal and Policy Manager The Forum Council is made up of senior representatives from the APF’s full members. Each full member (or ‘A status’ member) nominates one voting councillor to participate on the Forum Council. Forum Councillors can establish ‘committees of councillors’ to administer different aspects of the APF’s operations. The Chairperson of the Governance Committee automatically serves as APF Chairperson for the twoyear period. Likewise, the Deputy Chairperson of the Governance Committee automatically serves as APF Deputy Chairperson. As far as possible, membership of the APF Governance Committee aims to reflect our regional diversity and promote gender equality. APF West Asia sub-regional office (SRO) staff: Ameera Al-Hedfa Director 30 ASIA PACIFIC FORUM OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS Hamad Al-Hassan Logistics Officer ANNUAL REPORT 2020/21 31