Multi-Stakeholder Group
Multi-Stakeholder Group
The UK EITI MSG is responsible for overseeing and agreeing all decisions on EITI implementation. Find out more about their work and MSG members.
The UK Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) lies at the heart of EITI implementation in the UK and is responsible for overseeing and agreeing all decisions on implementation.
Some of the functions of the MSG include determining the scope of UK EITI, developing the work plan and appointing an administrator to carry out the reconciliation.
Find out more about the role of the MSG in our Terms of Reference
The MSG is composed of representatives from three constituencies: government, industry and civil society.
MSG members ensure that the views of their constituency are taken into account when making decisions on EITI implementation. If you are interested in becoming a member of the MSG then please contact the UK EITI Secretariat.
MSG Members
Sophia Brecknell
Chair
Foreign & Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) & Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ)
Jacqui Akinlosotu
Full Member
Head of Tax
Eni UK Limited
John Bowater
Full Member
Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive
Aggregate Industries
Dr Patrick Foster
Full Member
Head of Camborne School of Mines
Camborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter
Aurelie Delannoy
Alternate Member
Director Economic Affairs
Mineral Products Association
Mike Tholen
Alternate Member
Sustainability Director
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)
Kirsty Benham
Alternate Member
Founder
Critical Minerals Association
Dr Martyn Gordon
Full Member
National Senior Tax Training Manager
MHA
Professor Hafez Abdo
Full Member
Associate Professor of Accounting and Challenge Lead
University of Nottingham Energy Institute
Chara de Lacey
Full Member
Head of Business Integrity
Transparency International UK
Professor Muhammad Azizul Islam
Full Member
Chair in Accountancy & Professor in Sustainability Accounting & Transparency
University of Aberdeen Business School
Tilly Prior
Alternate Member
Senior Programme Officer - Business Integrity
Transparency International UK
Madeline Young
Alternate Member
Associate Lecturer
University of Exeter
Mike Earp
Full Member
Senior Economist and Fiscal Analyst
North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)
Nick Everington
Full Member
Portfolio Manager - Marine Minerals
The Crown Estate
Johann MacDougall
Full Member
Hydrogen and Subsurface System Policy Unit
Scottish Government
Dr Richard Griffiths
Alternate Member
Fossil Fuel and Carbon Capture and Storage Licensing Manager
Welsh Government
Mark Wilson
Alternate Member
Head of Minerals and Petroleum Branch
Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland
Vacant
Alternate Member
Leo Kellaway
Full Member
HM Revenue & Customs
Vacant
Alternate Member
Kerry McCarthy MP
UK EITI Champion
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Climate) at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Mike Nash
UK EITI Secretariat
Joel Watson
UK EITI National Coordinator
Civil Society involvement in UK EITI
The participation of civil society organisations is central to the EITI process. The views of civil society in the UK EITI are represented by members of the UK EITI Civil Society Network (CSN) - a voluntary group of UK based non-governmental organisations and individual citizens committed to greater transparency and accountability in the extractive industries.
The CSN has currently seven organisational members, including the NRGI, Publish What You Pay UK, Article 19, Global Witness, Transparency International UK, Oxfam GB and ONE Campaign, and a number of individual members associated with various civil society organisations and academia.
Join the UK EITI Civil Society Network
Membership of the UK EITI CSN is open to UK based civil society organisations and individuals - subject to minimum criteria outlined in the CSN Membership Principles.
We are seeking to broaden and diversify civil society representation on the Multi-Stakeholder Group to make EITI more relevant to UK communities affected by the extractive sector. We welcome in particular local organisations, interest groups and individuals representing views of UK local communities living close to the resource extraction projects to join the network.
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Latest reports
A key responsibility of the MSG is to oversee the production of annual EITI reports that pull together data from a wide range of sources from both government and industry bodies in an accessible format. These reports include data on the financial flows between government and industry. You can find the latest UK EITI payments data here.
UK EITI Work Plan
The MSG sets out its plans to meet the UK EITI objectives in annual work plans. You can see our work plans here.
Latest minutes
The minutes of all MSG meetings are uploaded to our website so that you can see what was discussed at each meeting and the decisions made. Here are our latest.
Communications
The MSG have drafted and agreed a communications strategy to raise awareness of the work of UK EITI and of the importance of the extractives sector in the UK. A Communications Subgroup has been set to take forward the strategy.
Mainstreaming
In 2018 the MSG commissioned a feasibility study to explore the extent to which the EITI Standard can be achieved through systematic disclosure or ‘mainstreaming’ disclosure of data by companies and public authorities, rather than through EITI reporting.
The final version of the study was approved by the MSG in January 2019 and a subgroup of the MSG is currently taking forward the recommendations of the study.
Open data policy
In January 2017 the MSG agreed an open data policy for UK EITI. This ensures that UK EITI data are published in a standardised, open format, which is machine-readable and can be accessed by all. The MSG updated the policy in October 2021 and again in December 2023.