Our Governance
AIMS Trust
AIMS is a charitable trust registered in South Africa. The AIMS South Africa Board of Trustees governs the institute and appoints its Director.
The current Trustees are:
Council
The AIMS Trustees delegate detailed oversight of the Institute’s activities to the AIMS Council which includes a representative from each of the partner universities.
The current members of the AIMS Council are
Patrons
AIMS has widespread support among the international academic community. Our patrons include:
- Sylvester J. Gates, (Maryland University), Director, Center for String and Particle Theory
- Sir John Sulston, (Sanger Institute), Nobel Prize in Medicine (2002)
- Philip W. Anderson, (Princeton University), Nobel Prize in Physics (1977)
- David J. Gross, Director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA, Nobel Prize in Physics (2004)
- Romain Murenzi, Hon. Minister of Education, Science and Technology (Rwanda)
- Joseph H. Taylor, (Princeton University), Nobel Prize in Physics (1998)