Board of Directors
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.
Members of the Board
Chairman
Olaf Pannenbäcker - Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
Vice Chairman
Marco Taisch - Politecnico di Milano
Vice Chairwoman
Juliane Hess - BOSCH
Treasurer
Herman Derache - SIRRIS
VTT
Riikka Virkkunen
Iberomoldes
Joaquim Menezes
Volvo Group
Johan Svenningstorp
Comau
Ennio Chiatante
Continental Eng.Services & Products
Stefan Kammann
Matador Group
Štefan Rosina
Mondragon
Eduardo Beltran
Teknikföretagen
Cecilia Warrol
FMTI
Sabine Hesse
CETIM
Philippe Lubineau
Orgalim
Malte Lohan
ManuFuture ETP
Maurizio Gattiglio
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.