CERN Accelerating science

The CMS Management Board is chaired by the CMS Spokesperson. The CMS Management Board through the Spokesperson is responsible for directing the CMS experiment and for drawing up policy. The organisation of the individual subprojects has to be endorsed by the Management Board. It has the mandate to resolve controversies - within or between the various sub-projects and coordination tasks. All important Management Board decisions must be submitted to the CMS Collaboration Board for discussion and final approval.

All important matters of scientific and technical nature, safety, organisation and finance shall be discussed in the Management Board, either through its own initiative or upon request. The Management Board through the Spokesperson represents the Collaboration in dealing with other organisations and committees. The Management Board interacts, in particular, with the CERN Management and its various scientific committees.

Read more in the CMS Constitution

Membership of the CMS Management Board