The Board of Directors meets to approve policy, agree and review the Federation's strategy, approve arrangements for Governance of the Federation, approve the Budget and subscription levels, to review financial performance against the Budget and to monitor operational performance against agreed outputs and other measurement criteria. The Board of Directors shall consist of:

• The Chief Executive
• The chair of the Technical & Legislative Expert Group
• The chair of the Audit Committee;
• A retailer representative;
• and 6 Directors from the Producer, Importer, Broker and Wholesaler categories of membership with a minimum of 2 Producer, Importer or Broker Members and 2 Wholesaler Members. The ideal make up would be one director from each of the following categories:-
  • Large producer;
  • Medium size producer;
  • Small producer;
  • Major wholesaler;
  • Wholesaling buying group;
  • Independent wholesaler.