{"id":1029859,"date":"2026-01-03T01:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/?post_type=job_listing&amp;p=1029859"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:38:24","slug":"chair-of-the-board-nexus-councils-grf","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/nexus-agency\/job\/chair-of-the-board-nexus-councils-grf\/","title":{"rendered":"Chair of the Board &#8211; Nexus Councils"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"970\">Position: <strong data-start=\"10\" data-end=\"49\">Board Council Chair (founding member)<\/strong> \u2014 Global Risk Forum (GRF) \/ Nexus Governance System<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"970\">Type: Founding governance leadership role (<strong data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"179\">global \/ regional \/ national<\/strong>) responsible for a <strong data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"216\">helix council<\/strong> and its standing committees; <strong data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"287\">non-executive; strictly non-executing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"970\">Eligibility Path: <strong data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"341\">Join the GRF Council Registry<\/strong> as a subscribing member in good standing \u2192 <strong data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"412\">serve as Council Member<\/strong> \u2192 eligible for appointment as <strong data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"460\">Council Chair<\/strong> (global \/ regional \/ national) and committee chairing authority<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"970\">Location: International (distributed, hybrid; <strong data-start=\"573\" data-end=\"627\">in-person cadence during Switzerland Flagship Week<\/strong> and quarterly governance sessions)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"970\">Term: <strong data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"682\">3 Years<\/strong> (renewable once, subject to performance, independence, and seat-completion requirements)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"970\">Time commitment: <strong data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"817\">~12\u201326 hours per month<\/strong> (build-year cadence; surge periods around <strong data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"896\">quarterly Nexus Reports issuance<\/strong>, dispute windows, and consortium actions)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"970\">Apply here:\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/work\/job\/chair-of-the-board-nexus-councils-grf\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"994\">Context and Purpose<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1541\">Risk is now the operating constraint of growth. Climate volatility, infrastructure fragility, cyber and outage cascades, health shocks, supply-chain disruptions, misinformation, and state fragility are increasingly coupled. Yet decisions still fail for the same reason: <strong data-start=\"1266\" data-end=\"1312\">the work cannot be relied upon fast enough<\/strong>. Claims are contested, evidence is fragmented, accountability is unclear, and corrections happen late\u2014if they happen at all. Capital is available globally, but it moves only where risk is <strong data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1540\">legible, governable, and defensible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"2070\">GRF exists to remove the trust bottleneck. The Founding Council Chair role is for leaders who want to <strong data-start=\"2131\" data-end=\"2182\">build the institutions the next decade requires<\/strong>. Chairs set the governance standard for the federation: they convene decision-makers, integrate technical work into policy-usable outputs, run disputes on a clock, and enforce <strong data-start=\"2359\" data-end=\"2391\">correction-first credibility<\/strong>. Chairs do not \u201cadvise\u201d markets; they build the <strong data-start=\"2440\" data-end=\"2477\">neutral governance infrastructure<\/strong> markets and governments can safely rely on.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2523\" data-end=\"2739\">This is <strong data-start=\"2531\" data-end=\"2559\">governance\u2014not execution<\/strong>. GRF does <strong data-start=\"2570\" data-end=\"2577\">not<\/strong> procure, select vendors, endorse products, operate markets, underwrite\/place\/custody, issue ratings, provide regulated advice, or make regulatory determinations.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2741\" data-end=\"2791\"><strong>Council System and Chair Seats (Helix Councils)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2793\" data-end=\"3003\">GRF is structured around <strong data-start=\"2818\" data-end=\"2841\">five helix councils<\/strong> to ensure all-of-society legitimacy. Founding Chairs may be appointed at the <strong data-start=\"2919\" data-end=\"2952\">global, regional, or national<\/strong> level depending on experience and portfolio needs.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-start=\"3008\" data-end=\"3145\"><strong data-start=\"3008\" data-end=\"3053\">State & Public Authorities Council (SPC):<\/strong> sovereign legitimacy, lawful-basis posture, public accountability, disclosure constraints<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3149\" data-end=\"3273\"><strong data-start=\"3149\" data-end=\"3188\">Industry & Operators Council (IOC):<\/strong> operational realism, critical infrastructure readiness, implementation feasibility<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3277\" data-end=\"3411\"><strong data-start=\"3277\" data-end=\"3315\">Academia & Research Council (ARC):<\/strong> scientific credibility, reproducibility, methods discipline, research-to-readiness conversion<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3415\" data-end=\"3537\"><strong data-start=\"3415\" data-end=\"3455\">Civil Society & Media Council (CMC):<\/strong> transparency, public trust, misinformation resilience, communications integrity<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3541\" data-end=\"3673\"><strong data-start=\"3541\" data-end=\"3584\">Communities & Indigenous Council (CIC):<\/strong> legitimacy, do-no-harm safeguards, local knowledge, protected participation and remedy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-start=\"3675\" data-end=\"3872\">Chairs may establish <strong data-start=\"3696\" data-end=\"3719\">standing committees<\/strong> under their council mandate (sector committees, methods committees, incident committees, regional committees) to scale participation and output quality.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"3874\" data-end=\"3912\"><strong>Mandate of a Founding Council Chair<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"3914\" data-end=\"4098\">A Founding Council Chair is accountable for one outcome: the council produces <strong data-start=\"3992\" data-end=\"4020\">governance-grade outputs<\/strong> that others can rely on\u2014<strong data-start=\"4045\" data-end=\"4056\">on time<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"4058\" data-end=\"4076\">under scrutiny<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"4078\" data-end=\"4097\">without capture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"4176\" data-end=\"4359\">Design and chair a scalable committee structure aligned to the council mandate (e.g., sector committees for energy\/water\/health\/food\/finance; or methods and publication committees).<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4362\" data-end=\"4533\">Recruit, seat, and retain high-integrity members; ensure seat completion, credible diversity of viewpoints, and balanced representation across regions and risk contexts.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4536\" data-end=\"4670\">Enforce <strong data-start=\"4544\" data-end=\"4571\">member-in-good-standing<\/strong> rules: fit-and-proper standing, disclosures, participation expectations, and <strong data-start=\"4649\" data-end=\"4667\">influence caps<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4737\" data-end=\"4858\">Run <strong data-start=\"4741\" data-end=\"4777\">monthly virtual council meetings<\/strong> focused on profile review: priorities, accuracy, and publishability decisions.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4861\" data-end=\"5014\">Prepare the council for <strong data-start=\"4885\" data-end=\"4918\">quarterly governance sessions<\/strong>: decisions ready, disputes pre-processed, corrections logged, and distribution posture clear.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5017\" data-end=\"5198\">Lead council contributions into the <strong data-start=\"5053\" data-end=\"5094\">annual General Assembly (Switzerland)<\/strong>, where the federation finalizes major outputs, mutual recognition actions, and the next-year program.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5258\" data-end=\"5378\">Oversee the council\u2019s role in reviewing and improving the national portfolio readiness content published each quarter.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5381\" data-end=\"5559\">Ensure every output is <strong data-start=\"5404\" data-end=\"5422\">decision-ready<\/strong>: clear scope, what can be claimed, what evidence supports it, what limits apply, what must remain protected, and how corrections work.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5562\" data-end=\"5716\">Ensure corrections are treated as <strong data-start=\"5596\" data-end=\"5622\">institutional strength<\/strong>: versioned updates, redistribution discipline, and closure records\u2014<strong data-start=\"5690\" data-end=\"5713\">no silent revisions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"6752\" data-end=\"6796\"><strong>Deliverables and Performance Expectations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"6799\" data-end=\"6902\">A functioning council\u00a0 and committee system with clear mandates, membership rosters, and output ownership.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6905\" data-end=\"7026\">Monthly profile-review decisions that reliably close: <strong data-start=\"6959\" data-end=\"6997\">approve \/ revise \/ defer \/ elevate<\/strong>\u2014documented with rationale.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7029\" data-end=\"7145\">Quarterly Nexus Reports contributions delivered on schedule with high publishability quality and low dispute drag.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7148\" data-end=\"7276\">Measurable correction discipline: corrections issued promptly, redistributed reliably, and closed with accountability records.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7279\" data-end=\"7385\"><strong data-start=\"7279\" data-end=\"7320\">Membership growth and seat completion<\/strong> as core KPIs (without compromising independence or integrity).<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7388\" data-end=\"7510\">High trust posture: <strong data-start=\"7408\" data-end=\"7441\">zero procurement implications<\/strong>, zero endorsement ambiguity, disciplined permitted-claims posture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"7512\" data-end=\"7555\"><strong>Compensation, Remuneration, and Expenses<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"7557\" data-end=\"7654\">This is a founding leadership position designed to maximize trust, independence, and credibility.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"7658\" data-end=\"7902\"><strong data-start=\"7658\" data-end=\"7695\">Governance authority is not paid.<\/strong> Chairs are not compensated for votes, approvals, profile outcomes, recognition decisions, enforcement actions, or any result tied to sponsorship or market outcomes. <strong data-start=\"7861\" data-end=\"7900\">No success fees. No pay-to-approve.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7905\" data-end=\"8319\"><strong data-start=\"7905\" data-end=\"7967\">Operational workload may be compensated (where permitted).<\/strong> If Chairs take on build-year operational work beyond chairing\u2014such as producing standardized council playbooks, committee frameworks, training modules, or publication templates\u2014compensation may be provided only for clearly defined operational deliverables: scoped, time-bounded, independently approved, auditable, and subject to conflict safeguards.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"8322\" data-end=\"8508\"><strong data-start=\"8322\" data-end=\"8353\">Expenses may be reimbursed.<\/strong> Reasonable, documented, pre-approved out-of-pocket expenses required for the role may be reimbursed in accordance with policy and handling requirements.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"8511\" data-end=\"8706\"><strong data-start=\"8511\" data-end=\"8542\">Good standing is mandatory.<\/strong> Continuation depends on fit-and-proper standing, disclosures, participation, independence, and compliance with influence caps and communications integrity rules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"8708\" data-end=\"8744\"><strong>Opportunities for Leaders to Join<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"8746\" data-end=\"8854\">This is a rare chance to build durable governance infrastructure that will shape how the world manages risk. Leaders who serve as Founding Council Chairs will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"8911\" data-end=\"9008\">Build the <strong data-start=\"8921\" data-end=\"8956\">rules-of-the-road for readiness<\/strong> that governments and markets increasingly demand.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"9011\" data-end=\"9142\">Help make national portfolios investable by making risk <strong data-start=\"9067\" data-end=\"9106\">legible, defensible, and corrigible<\/strong>\u2014without compromising sovereignty.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"9145\" data-end=\"9261\">Set a new accountability standard: disputes handled <strong data-start=\"9197\" data-end=\"9211\">on a clock<\/strong> and corrections treated as governance strength.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"9264\" data-end=\"9378\">Convene across sectors and borders in a system designed to turn <strong data-start=\"9328\" data-end=\"9351\">claims into records<\/strong> and records into action.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"9381\" data-end=\"9510\">Be recognized as <strong data-start=\"9398\" data-end=\"9422\">institution builders<\/strong> at the intersection of risk, finance, technology, policy, and resilience engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"9512\" data-end=\"9530\"><strong>Leaders Profile<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"9532\" data-end=\"9649\">We are seeking senior leaders (typically <strong data-start=\"9573\" data-end=\"9589\">15\u201325+ years<\/strong>) with credibility and operating maturity in one or more of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"9653\" data-end=\"9750\">Government leadership, regulators, sovereign funds, central agencies, or multilateral processes<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"9753\" data-end=\"9870\">Critical infrastructure and system-of-systems governance (energy, water, health, food, telecom, logistics, finance)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"9873\" data-end=\"9968\">Risk governance, audit, assurance, standards, due process, or institutional integrity systems<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"9971\" data-end=\"10078\">Technology and data governance leadership (AI\/model governance, cyber\/OT resilience, evidence discipline)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"10081\" data-end=\"10176\">High-stakes convening under scrutiny (confidentiality, neutrality, disciplined documentation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"10178\" data-end=\"10205\"><strong>Capabilities and Mindset<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"10208\" data-end=\"10346\"><strong data-start=\"10208\" data-end=\"10230\">Builder mentality:<\/strong> comfortable designing committee systems, routines, templates, and decision discipline\u2014not just chairing meetings.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"10349\" data-end=\"10456\"><strong data-start=\"10349\" data-end=\"10369\">Integrity-first:<\/strong> uncompromising on non-execution boundaries, neutrality, and anti-capture safeguards.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"10459\" data-end=\"10565\"><strong data-start=\"10459\" data-end=\"10483\">Calm under pressure:<\/strong> able to drive closure across divergent interests without compromising fairness.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"10568\" data-end=\"10730\"><strong data-start=\"10568\" data-end=\"10590\">Technical fluency:<\/strong> able to engage with technical teams and understand evidence limits, model risks, and data constraints without becoming a vendor advocate.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"10733\" data-end=\"10839\"><strong data-start=\"10733\" data-end=\"10774\">Clear writing and records discipline:<\/strong> able to produce decision-ready, executive-grade documentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"10841\" data-end=\"10885\"><strong>Eligibility, Membership, and Independence<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"10887\" data-end=\"10972\">To preserve legitimacy and sustainability, chair eligibility follows a clear pathway:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"10976\" data-end=\"11064\"><strong data-start=\"10976\" data-end=\"11009\">Join the GRF Council Registry<\/strong> as a subscribing member and remain in good standing.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"11067\" data-end=\"11172\">Serve as a 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