As a Member-led organisation, the EIRMA two main instances are the Governing Board, to steer the association, and the Programme Planning Committee, to establish the programme of activities.

Governing Board

The EIRMA Governing Board is composed of elected representatives from among member companies’ Representatives and Alternates.

Board members serve two year terms of office, with the possibility for re-election.

The President shall be elected for a period of two years and is eligible for re-election for another two years. The election shall take place one year before the end of office of the serving President at the General Assembly accompanying the Annual Conference. The elected President serves as "President Elect" until he takes office as President when elected for the first two-year period. The retiring President serves as "Past President" during one year after leaving office. (Read more about the previous EIRMA Presidents)

Governing Board Members

The current Governing Board was elected at the Cannes Assembly in May 2011:

• President: Léopold Demiddeleer, Senior Executive Vice President, General Manager Future Businesses, Solvay (Brussels, Belgium)
• Secretary: General Daniel Michel Judkiewicz
• Dr Carlos Härtel, Director, GE Global Research (Germany)
• Carla Hilhorst, Vice President R&D, Global Regulatory Affairs, Unilever
• Dr Matthias Kaiserswerth, Director, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory (Rüschlikon, Switzerland)
• Kari Knuutila, Senior Vice President - CTO, Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland)

Programme Planning Committee

The EIRMA Programme Planning Committee (PPC) is responsible for establishing the programme of activities, which currently consists of 15-20 events per year.

The PPC members use their experience and insight to achieve a balanced yet topical thematic coverage that is relevant to the participants who are responsible for effective management of business-oriented R&D.

Programme Planning Committee Members

The Programme Planning Committee is composed of EIRMA experienced members with a strong understanding of Industrial R&D and Innovation:

• Chairman: Chris Shilling, Innovation Agent, NewHowKnowHow (Temple Ewell, UK)
• Hans-Christian Dibbern, Deputy Division Manager, Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark)
• Erik Drop, Strategy & Planning, TNO (Delft, Netherlands)
• Anne Goldberg, Project Manager & Material Science Community, Solvay (Brussels, Belgium)
• Kim Lansford, Manager Sustainable Development and Mobility, Renault (Guyancourt, France)
• Dr. Julio Danin Lobo, Group Leader, ABB (Baden, Switzerland)
• Philippe Queille, R&D Deputy Director, Air Liquide (Jouy-en-Josas, France)
• Alejandro Sanz, Head of Group Technology Intelligence, SKF Engineering & Research Centre (Nieuwegein, Netherlands)
• Monica Schofield, Director, International Cooperation & EU Office, TuTech Innovation GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)

PPC Secretary

• D. Michel Judkiewicz, EIRMA Secretary General
• Camille Roy, EIRMA Programme and Members Relations Manager

The five key themes driving the programme are:  

• Innovation Processes
• Human Capital and Knowledge Management
• R&D Asset Management
• Link to R&D Strategy and the Market
• Public Framework for Innovation

Links

• Link: Past EIRMA Presidents
• Link: Word from the President
• Link: Statutes of EIRMA
• Link: Programme of events
• Link: Exhaustive List of EIRMA Presidents (History)