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Governance

Board of Directors

The CDA Board meets twice a year and comprises:

• 4 Members from the CDA Council;
• 2 Members from the Oil & Gas UK Exploration Forum;
• The Oil & Gas UK Chief Executive (the chairman of the board);
• The Oil & Gas UK Operations Director; and
• The CDA Chief Executive.

CDA Member's Council

Each full CDA Member company (all of which must be UKCS licensees) is entitled to place a representative on the CDA Council. These members elect a chair from amongst their number, a post currently filled by Christine McKay of Maersk Oil.

The Council meets quarterly and its role is principally to:

• Actively promote CDA and CDA’s services;
• Promote CDA with industry in general;
• Monitor the performance of CDA;
• Review plans put forward by the Chief Executive;
• Participate in the formulation of company strategy;
• Assist with the development of new initiatives;
• Formulate recommendations for the CDA Board;
• Implement Board decisions; and
• Submit an annual business plan & budget to the Board for approval.

DEAL Governance

DEAL is governed by the DEAL Steering Committee which is chaired by Paul Dymond of Oil & Gas UK and meets twice a year. Other members are the CDA Chief Executive (Malcolm Fleming) and a representative from DECC.