The WAGGGS World Board (the Board of Trustees) is the governing body of WAGGGS and is responsible for ensuring the effective leadership of the organisation. It has ultimate responsibility for the organisation, overseeing its activities and determining its mission and future direction.
The Board is also collectively accountable for compliance with relevant UK legal and regulatory requirements.
There are seventeen members of the World Board consisting of twelve Elected Trustees and five Regional Chairs. The twelve Elected Trustees are elected at World Conference by Full Member Organisations from a list of nominees submitted by Member Organisations. They are appointed for a term of six years after which they retire. The six-year term of office is staggered so that each triennium six out of the twelve World Board members elected by World Conference retire. The twelve Elected Trustees should include, so far as practicable, at least two women under the age of 30 at the time of election.
The Regional Chairs, constituting the chairs of the five Regional Committees, are elected by their respective Regional Committee from amongst the members of the committee. They automatically become a member of the World Board of WAGGGS upon their election as Regional Chair. They serve a term of three years at the end of which they retire. Each Regional Chair may be appointed for a further term of three years but only if eligible and subsequently re- elected.