Decision 87/54

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on the progress made on the recruitment process for the position of Chief Officer of the Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund (decision 86/2(h)) contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/87/55;
   2. The job opening for the post of fourth Chief Officer, with its closing date of 3 August 2021, as contained in Annex I to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/87/55;
   3. The reply of 18 May 2021 from the Executive Director of UNEP to the Chief Officer regarding the two UNEP representatives to serve on the selection panel;
2. To approve the establishment of a selection panel composed of: Ms. Annie Gabriel (Australia), Mr. Alain Wilmart (Belgium) (Co-Chair), Mr. John Thompson (United States of America), representing non-Article 5 Parties; Ms. Liana Ghahramanyan (Armenia), Mr. Li Yonghong (China) and Ms. Erika Spiess (Paraguay), representing Article 5 Parties; and Ms. Inger Anderson (Executive Director of UNEP) (Co-Chair) and Ms. Megumi Seki (Executive Secretary of the Ozone Secretariat), representing UNEP;
3. To request the members of the selection panel to work intersessionally on the matters within its purview, including the definition of the selection process, the dates for interviews, to be held virtually, and the assessment matrix for attributing scores to candidates; and
4. To request the selection panel to report, through the Chair of the Executive Committee, at the 88th meeting on progress made in the process to select the fourth Chief Officer.