The Commission is a non-departmental public body in its own right, and seeks to conform to all relevant guidelines on good practice.  As a public body, the Commission is required to disclose various details about the nature of its work.

These include the following:

Membership

By Act of Parliament, the Commission comprises up to fourteen members and a Chair, who are appointed by the Secretary of State for International Development.

Register of Interests
Members of the Commission are required to declare any interest or appointment that might influence their judgement on decisions in which they participate. Examples include appointments in any university, or other organisation that receives awards from the Commission, or positions in any organisation that undertakes work on the Commission's behalf. The Register of Interests is held by the Commission secretariat, and is open to public inspection free of charge. Please contact the Executive Secretary, Dr John Kirkland, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, c/o Association of Commonwealth Universities, Woburn House, 20-24 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HF for further details, allowing 14 days for an appointment.

Remuneration
All positions on the Commission are part-time. The only member of the Commission to receive payment is the Chair, who is paid an honorarium of £5000 per annum. Other members of the Commission receive travel and other out of pocket expenses only. Members of the Commission who review applications and attend selection committee meetings also receive an honorarium of £200 per meeting.

List of Commission members

Professor Trudy Harpham (Chair)
Department of Urban Development and Policy, London South Bank University

Dr Hilary Perraton (Deputy Chair)
Research Associate, Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund's College, Cambridge

Dr Denis Blight AO, FRSA
Independent Consultant on international education; Chairman, LIS Pty Ltd (StudyLink)

Dr Monica Darnbrough CBE
Independent consultant and writer on life science issues; former Director, Bioscience Unit, Department of Trade and Industry

Sir Brian Donnelly KBE, CMG
Former Special Adviser in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Former British Ambassador to Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe

Professor Ann Floyd
Open and Distance Learning Consultant and former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Open University

Dr Norman Geddes
Business Group Technical Manager, Sensors and Electronics Division, QinetiQ

Professor Sharon Huttly
Dean of Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Professor David Johns CBE, FREng, DSc
Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford

Professor John Morgan FRSA
UNESCO Chair of the Political Economy of Education, Director of the UNESCO Centre for Comparative Education Research and Commonwealth Education Documentation Centre, University of Nottingham

Professor Timothy Shaw
Professor, MA Human Security and Peacebuilding, Royal Roads University; former Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Professor Gurharpal Singh
Nadir Dinshaw Professor of Inter-Religious Relations, University of Birmingham

Professor Martin Snaith OBE, FREng
Emeritus Professor of Highway Engineering; Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Birmingham

Professor William Stephens
Change Programme Director, Cranfield University

Professor Timothy Unwin
Professor of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London; Programme Director, Partnerships for Education, World Economic Forum