The election took place within the Annual General Meeting of CO-LaN, organized during the CAPE-OPEN 2008 Annual Meeting held in Cambridge, UK.
| Role | Member | Representative |
| President | Shell Global Solutions | Ray DICKINSON |
| Treasurer | TOTAL | Francis LUCK |
| Secretary | BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd | Malcolm WOODMAN |
| Member | IFP | Claude MABILE |
| Member | The Dow Chemical Company | Werner MERK |
| Member | BASF | Ronald KLEIN |
| Member | Akzo Nobel | Bert van UITERT |