Management group
The PESI Project is led by Yde de Jong from the University of Amsterdam and the project bureau is managed by: Eric Breuker and Juliana Kouwenberg.

Steering committee
The PESI Steering Committee has 13 members and is formed by the six work package leaders, the coordinators of the botanical, marine and zoological communities, the coordinator of the EU-based GSD network and the project bureau managers.

• de Jong, Yde (General Coordinator, WP1 leader - Project coordination + Coordinator zoological community)
• Breuker, Eric (Project manager)
• Kouwenberg, Juliana (Project manager)
• Ærenlund Pedersen, Henrik (WP2 leader - Expertise networks)
• Aktac, Nihat (WP3 leader - Focal point networks)
• Hussey, Charles (WP4 leader - Taxonomic standards)
• Berendsohn, Walter (WP5 leader - e-Infrastructure integration)
• Appeltans, Ward (WP6 leader - e-Services & Dissemination)
• Bourgoin, Thierry (Coordinator EU-based GSDs network)
• Costello, Mark (Coordinator marine community)
• Minelli, Alessandro (Coordinator zoological community)
• von Raab-Straube, Eckhard & Greuter, Werner (Coordinator botanical community)

Liaison group
To assure a permanent contact with associated international initiatives, the PESI Liaison Board is represented by coordinators of several related initiatives and programmes:

• Tillier, Simon (NoE EDIT)
• Heip, Carlo (NoE MarBEF)
• Los, Wouter (LifeWatch)
• Bisby, Frank (Species2000)
• Remsen, David (GBIF-ECAT)
• Blum, Stan (TDWG)
• Edwards, Jim (EoL)
• Patterson, David (EoL Informatics/uBio)
• Vanden Berghe, Edward (OBIS)
• Froese, Rainer (SpeciesBase)
• Claesson Stefan (CETAF)
• Higley, Graham (SYNTHESIS)
• Settele, Josef (LifeData consortium)

Advisory and working groups

• Focal Point working group