Council – CMAG

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Governed by Practitioners

The Association is led by an Executive Council holding delegated, board-like authority over strategy, operations and standards — with seats structured by value-chain segment so that every part of the market is represented.

Council Seats - Balanced Across the Value Chain

Project Development

Those who originate, design and run carbon projects on the ground.

Finance

Investors, lenders and structurers funding the market.

Validation & Verification

The VVBs that uphold the integrity of credits.

Legal & Advisory

Lawyers and advisors structuring and de-risking transactions.

Brokerage & Trading

Those moving credits between buyers and sellers.

Academia & Research

The researchers and educators building the evidence base.

How the Council is Composed - Two Routes to the Table

The Council combines elected practitioners — senior figures elected to the segment seats above — with appointees who anchor the founding mission and continuity of the Association during its early years.

An advisory Committee of Elders — senior figures who need not be members — may be appointed to lend standing and counsel, without binding the Council.

A note on the founding period. The Association is openly convened and anchored by the FeN Climate and Innovation Centre, which safeguards the mission during the founding period. These founding arrangements are time-bound by design, reviewed and progressively handed over, by agreement, as the Association matures toward fuller member governance.

What Council Membership Offers

A role in shaping Ghana’s organised carbon-market profession from its foundation.

Visibility as a named governor of a credible national institution.

Early and fair access to market intelligence, project pipeline and partnership opportunities

A direct voice in policy engagement with the CMO, EPA and international partners.