The centre is headed by the Director assisted by staff of the collaborating departments in the areas of research, consultancies and training and public outreach activites. The oversight of the centre's program is under the Board of Trustees, whose membership is from national thinkers, private sectors, donor community and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The main advisors to the centre are matrons and patrons comprising the former President of the Government of Zanzibar, former Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania (URT) and Chinese Ambassador to the URT