Industrial sponsors can advise and impact the research performed by the RING Team during the Steering committee.

The Steering committee of the consortium is in charge of discussing and voting the budget and the research topics.
It usually meets once a year, right after the annual technical meeting.
The Steering committee includes one representative of each industrial sponsor.
Since 1994, it has been chaired by a President and a Vice-President elected by the members.
Every year, the Vice-President becomes President and a new Vice-President is elected.

2024 Chairman: Antoine BOUZIAT (IFPEN)     

               
                  Photo credits: A. Bouziat

2024 Vice-Chairman:  Simon LOPEZ (BRGM)

               
                  Photo credits: S. Lopez

Former Presidents of the Consortium :                                                                                        

• 1998 - Steve Garrett (Chevron)
• 1999 - Olivier Dubrule (Elf)
• 2000 - Richard Wetterauer (Exxon)
• 2001 - Tim White (Landmark)
• 2002 - Rupert Cole (Shell)
• 2003 - Jackie Singleton (Phillips Petroleum)
• 2004 - Sebastien Bombarde (ChevronTexaco)
• 2005 - Christophe Basire (Statoil)
• 2006 - Phil Ware (Kerr McGee)
• 2007 - Isabelle Moretti (IFP)
• 2008 - Alan Curtis (BHP Billiton)
• 2009 - Luciano Pereira Dos Reis (Petrobras)
• 2010 - Marek Czernuszenko (ExxonMobil)
• 2011 - Francis Morandini (Total)
• 2012 - Paolo Ruffo (ENI)
• 2013 - Peter Suess (Wintershall)
• 2014 - Remi Moyen (CGG)
• 2015 - Sebastien Strebelle (Chevron)
• 2016 - Jean-Luc Rudkiewicz (IFPEN)
• 2017 - Emmanuel Gringarten (Paradigm)
• 2018 - Abdulaziz Al-Moqbel (Saudi Aramco)
• 2019 - David Ledez (Total)
• 2020 - Stan Jayr (Chevron) 
• 2021 - Arnaud Levannier (Schlumberger)
• 2022 - Marcus Apel (Equinor)
• 2023 - Noelia Rodriguez (Repsol)