Si Francis nagkapot man nin nagkapirang organisasyon sa nasyonal sagkod internasyonal na pan-agham na grupo .[1] Siya miyembro kan UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Executive Board; miyembro kan Scientific Advisory Group kan Swedish Polar Research Secretariat; Executive committee member man siya kan European Polar Board; sagkod UK Delegate to the international Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.[2][3]