Board Member – GCRI Washington D.C.

Location: Washington D.C. (Hybrid participation supported)
Term: 2 Years (Renewable)
Time Commitment: Quarterly board meetings, annual strategy retreat, strategic committee engagement as required

About GCRI Washington D.C.

The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) is a sovereign-grade, nonprofit, and multilateral institution headquartered in Washington D.C., committed to building the next-generation global infrastructure for risk governance, innovation diplomacy, and capital resilience. GCRI D.C. serves as the U.S. anchor of a globally federated network operating across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Global South—ensuring the United States is strategically positioned at the forefront of global foresight, risk intelligence, and system-scale resilience.

Recognized in special consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC, and affiliated with global institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and UNSDSN, GCRI D.C. engages across U.S. federal agencies, sovereign institutions, financial leaders, and technology coalitions to address complex global risks spanning macroeconomic volatility, geopolitical instability, climate disruption, cyber-physical threats, public health, infrastructure resilience, and digital governance.

Position Overview

GCRI Washington D.C. invites applications and nominations for Board Directors who are actively shaping national, multilateral, or global agendas in finance, policy, innovation, infrastructure, and systemic risk management. The Board is responsible for guiding GCRI’s strategic positioning, governance integrity, multilateral credibility, and scaled capital enablement as it operationalizes its mission over the first critical years of launch.

We seek distinguished leaders who hold (or have recently held) senior executive or governance roles in public institutions, central banks, sovereign funds, international organizations, leading investment firms, or global innovation hubs. Board Members will play a decisive role in ensuring GCRI D.C. is institutionally positioned, politically relevant, and financially empowered to serve as the United States’ premier platform for anticipatory governance and strategic foresight.

Strategic Mandate for the Board

• Position GCRI D.C. as a central institutional node for governments, capital markets, and innovation ecosystems seeking reliable, nonpartisan infrastructure for global risk governance.
• Provide active leadership in GCRI’s capital mobilization strategy, helping catalyze partnerships with philanthropic capital, strategic investors, international financial institutions, and government-backed funding mechanisms.
• Guide the successful deployment of GCRI’s early-stage operations—including national working groups, institutional demonstrators, and multilateral programming—with a focus on delivery excellence and global credibility.
• Advise on U.S. engagement strategies in key sectors: financial regulation, infrastructure modernization, digital sovereignty, climate adaptation, and frontier technology governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide fiduciary, strategic, and governance oversight for GCRI D.C. as a federally registered nonprofit operating at global scale.
• Review and approve long-range institutional strategies, programmatic priorities, budget frameworks, risk policies, and annual reporting.
• Champion GCRI D.C. in national and international forums; serve as an advocate in engagement with key stakeholders including federal agencies, multilateral banks, sovereign funds, and global regulatory coalitions.
• Collaborate closely with the executive leadership in designing GCRI’s U.S. and global partnerships strategy, including capital deployment pathways, blended finance instruments, and public-private models.
• Serve on board committees focused on audit, innovation, foresight diplomacy, global partnerships, and investment oversight.
• Maintain GCRI’s commitment to institutional neutrality, multilateral ethics, and transparency, upholding its role as a trusted global public institution.

Eligibility Criteria

• A track record of senior leadership in sovereign financial institutions, ministries, multilaterals, regulatory authorities, global corporations, advanced research entities, or large-scale investment organizations.
• Demonstrated experience in capital mobilization, global governance, risk oversight, innovation strategy, or economic diplomacy.
• Strong understanding of macro- and micro-level risk across domains such as climate, finance, health security, cyber, digital infrastructure, or global trade.
• Commitment to building public-purpose institutions and advancing long-horizon, system-level impact.
• Outstanding professional integrity, discretion, multilateral mindset, and cross-sector fluency.

Preferred Experience

• Current or former seat on a governing board of a central bank, sovereign wealth fund, G7/G20 policy body, IFI, or global research consortium.
• Experience in structuring or overseeing ESG capital flows, blended finance vehicles, infrastructure investments, or resilience-linked financial instruments.
• Deep familiarity with regulatory innovation, treaty frameworks, or systems governance at national or supranational level.
• Expertise in navigating the intersection of technology governance, national security, and economic stability.

Why Join the Board of GCRI Washington D.C.?

Joining the GCRI D.C. Board is a rare opportunity to help design the foundational architecture for how America and its allies govern systemic risks, build global resilience, and lead through complex transformation. As a board member, you will directly shape a strategic institution working at the intersection of public policy, market coordination, technological foresight, and global stability.

GCRI operates as a neutral, nonprofit institution backed by a global multilateral mandate—with capabilities across real-time risk intelligence, clause-based governance, global benchmarking (GRIx), and sovereign-grade digital infrastructure. With its global headquarters in Geneva and operating nodes in Canada, Singapore, and the Global South, GCRI D.C. ensures the United States is embedded at the center of a new multilateral framework for foresight, investment, and innovation governance.

Board service is a high-trust, high-impact commitment—ideal for current leaders who see risk not as chaos, but as a call to build the future.