Leadership

WNA Members appoint the Director General and elect a Board of Management.

The World Nuclear Association's DG is John Ritch. The Chairman of the Board is Andy White and the Vice Chairman is Chris Crane. 

The WNA's Board of Management fulfils all statutory duties pertaining to the organisation's governance, sets WNA policies and strategic objectives subject to approval by the full membership, and instructs the Director General on the membership’s behalf. 

To ensure balance, the 15-member Board has at least two members from each of the three categories of WNA institutional membership: supplier, generator and general.

To facilitate the Board's representation of the WNA's entire institutional membership, each Board member performs liaison with a certain portion of the membership in a way designed to give every WNA member a direct channel to the Board.

Board members also act as Mentors for the various WNA Working Groups. This enables the Board to monitor the activities of the Working Groups and to shape the overall agenda of the Working Groups as a whole.

The Board convenes at least three times each year, and Board members communicate regularly with the WNA secretariat.

The Board of Management currently comprises:

	Andy White WNA Chairman President and CEO Trilliant Inc.
	Chris Crane WNA Vice-Chairman and Chairman-elect (to take office in April 2010) President and Chief Operating Officer Exelon
	George Assie Senior Vice-President, Marketing and Business Development Cameco
	Aris Candris President and CEO Westinghouse
	Raul Deju Chief Operating Officer EnergySolutions
	Danny Einbund Vice President New York Nuclear Corp
	Jean-Jacques Gautrot Chairman and CEO Areva UK
	Alexey Grigoriev CEO TENEX
	Ralph Güldner Vice Chairman, Board of Directors E.On Kernkraft
	David Jones Site Vice President - Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Southern Nuclear
	Maurice Lenders Executive Director, Commercial Urenco
	Masahiko Saito General Manager, Nuclear Fuel Mitsui
	Georges Serviere Senior Nuclear Advisor to the Chairman and CEO EDF
	Ichiro Takekuro Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer TEPCO
	John Welch President & CEO USEC
Honorary Board Members
	Hans Blix Director General-emeritus International Atomic Energy Agency
	Zack Pate Chairman-emeritus World Association of Nuclear Operators