The Steering Committee consists of between five and seven members. Steering Committee members are elected for two-year terms by a two-thirds majority of the votes of members present at the EPLO General Assembly and proxy votes. Steering Committee members are proposed by their organisation or another member, are generally the EPLO representatives of that organisation, and have the seniority to engage their organisation. They are elected in a personal capacity and on the understanding that they work in the interest of EPLO, independent of their professional commitments elsewhere. Steering Committee members contribute their professional experience on a voluntary basis and seek to represent the best interest of EPLO as a whole and of all its members. The Steering Committee meets as necessary but at least four times a year.

President:
Ambassador Emilio Cassinello Aubán
Director General, Toledo International Centre for Peace (CITpax)

Vice-President:
Martina Weitsch
Representative/Head of Office, Quaker Council for European Affairs

Treasurer:

Professor Aurélien Colson
Director, ESSEC IRÉNÉ

Abou El Mahassine Fassi-Fihri
Europe Representative, Search for Common Ground

Dr Laurent Goetschel
Director, swisspeace

Simon Gray
Team Leader - Advocacy and International Institutions, Saferworld

Dr Antje Herrberg
Brussels Director, Interpeace Europe; Director & Senior Mediation Advisor, Crisis Management Initiative

Phil Vernon
Director of Programmes (Africa and Peacebuilding issues), International Alert