2.2 Membership

Upon agreement by GFSI to benchmark an applicant scheme, the GFSI Executive Director shall appoint a GFSI Benchmark Committee Leader from a cohort of independent technical experts, who have undergone a selection process and who meet the criteria specified in Annex 2 - GFSI Benchmark Committee Terms of Reference.

The GFSI Executive Director shall appoint a GFSI Benchmark Committee Leader for each scheme application.

The GFSI Executive Director shall appoint a GFSI Benchmark Committee Leader for the management of the desk review and the benchmark committee review process. The name of the GFSI Benchmark Committee

Leader shall be made known to the scheme owner upon confirmation of the appointment.