EFFRA is managed by a Board of Directors whose members are elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years. The composition of the Board reflects the diversity of European manufacturing and includes suppliers as well as customers of production technologies, trade associations, research centres and universities.
Olaf Pannenbäcker - Voith Group
Marco Taisch - Politecnico di Milano
Juliane Hess - BOSCH
Herman Derache - SIRRIS
Riikka Virkkunen
Joaquim Menezes
Johan Svenningstorp
Ennio Chiatante
Stefan Kammann
Štefan Rosina
Eduardo Beltran
Cecilia Warrol
Sabine Hesse
Philippe Lubineau
Maurizio Gattiglio
Ben Van Roose
Eric Maiser
Jeroen van Weesep
Ulrich Adam
The Board convenes two to three times per year and oversees, amongst other matters, the drafting of research priorities, financial management and cooperation with the European Union.