The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) is a non-profit-making organisation. CEPI is headed by Director General, Marco Mensink, with a staff of 17, based in Brussels. It has three standing committees, which take long-term strategic perspectives on the issues affecting the industry. These are the Environment and Safety, Climate Change and Energy and Raw materials committees under which a number of ad-hoc issue groups operate. The Association Directors' Group (ADG) is the senior advisory group to the Director General of CEPI and is composed of Director Generals of National Associations.