Our advisory board comprises of distinguished open research experts who advise on strategic directions and ensure mission alignment with the community needs.
Advisory Board List
| Martin Borchert | Research Data & Repository Specialist |  UNSW Sydney | Australia | Is a leading figure in the Australia and New Zealand repositories community. |
| Thom Blake | Open Research Manager; Chair, UKCoRR |  University of York / UKCoRR | UK | Is Chair of the United Kingdom Council of Open Research and Repositories (UKCoRR). |
| Andy Hepburn | Associate Director, Operational Programmes |  UKRI | UK | Senior policy leadership in UK research funding and infrastructure, influencing delivery of open research and national programmes. |
| Carly Robinson | Policy & Community Engagement Lead |  SPARC | USA | Brings expertise in open access policy and community engagement and represents a connection within the US repositories network. |
| Omo Oaiya | Chief Strategist |  LIBSENSE | Nigeria | Brings critical insight into African open science infrastructure and capacity building. |
| Rachel Bruce | Programme Director (Research Infrastructure) | UKRI | UK | Holds a senior leadership role in shaping the UK's research infrastructure strategy. |
| George Macgregor | Research Services Lead |  University of Glasgow | UK | Is an established expert in repositories, metadata, and scholarly communications. |
| Kathleen Sheerer | Executive Director |  Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) | Canada | Serves as Executive Director of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). |
| Herbert van de Sompel | Researcher / Digital Library Expert |  Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) | NL | Is internationally recognised for his pioneering work in digital libraries and scholarly communication infrastructure. |
| Torsten Reimer | University Librarian and Dean of the University Library |  University of Chicago | United States | Extensive leadership across major research libraries, including the University of Chicago and the British Library, driving strategic vision for open knowledge and scholarly communications. Provides international leadership through roles including Chair of the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation and the Open Repositories Conference. |
| Jean-Claude Guedon | Professor Emeritus / Open Access Pioneer |  University of Montreal | Canada | Foundational thought leadership in open access and open science; early architect of global principles, including being one of the original signatories of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI 2002). |
| Kazu Yamaji | Professor / Research Infrastructure Specialist |  National Institute of Informatics | Japan | Plays a key role in advancing open science and research infrastructure in Japan. |
| Aaron Tay | Senior Librarian / Discovery Specialist |  Singapore Management University | Singapore | Is widely recognised for his work in discovery systems and scholarly communication practices. |
| Allan Hanbury | Professor of Data Science |  TU Wien | Austria | Is a leading researcher in artificial intelligence and information retrieval. |
| Peter Suber | Senior Advisor on Open Access |  Harvard University | USA | Is one of the foremost advocates and thought leaders in the global open access movement. |