Statutes and Governance

EBN statutes - Governance - Meet the Board

EBN Statutes

EBN is an international non-profit making organisation. The Statutes of Association establishing EBN (the Association) state that:
“All funds available to the Association will be devoted to the pursuit of the Association’s aims and objects. Its main object is to promote the growth of Business and Innovation Centres both within and outside the European Union (EU), the aim of which is to set up new small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and/or new activities within existing SMEs based on new ideas with growth potential. It will mobilize any system, service or activity, which may directly or indirectly assist its members in achieving their objectives with optimum professionalism and efficiency.”

The full text of the Statutes is available to download here.

Governance

The EBN Association is administered by a Board of Directors composed of full and associate members elected by the General Meeting which takes place during the Annual Congress usually in June each year. Members belonging to a Member State of the European Union are entitled to be represented on the Board by a director. Associate members will be represented by two directors.

The Board appoints ten (10) of its members to an Executive Committee, which is comprised of:

• the elected President;
• four directors representing the full members of those States which, not counting that of the President, have the largest number of full members;
• five other directors from the Board, irrespective if they are full or associate members representatives. 

The President is supported by two Vice-Presidents whose role is to deputise for the President when required.

The Board of Directors is invested with full authority to administer and manage the EBN Association with the exception of those responsibilities specifically attributed to the General Assembly. The Board is also responsible for appointing the Chief Executive Officer in charge of day-to-day management of EBN and will grant him/her the necessary authority to fulfill his/her duties.

The members of the board convene from across the Member States to meet at least every 3 months.

Meet the Board

Full Members: 16 Directors

 

	Alvaro Simon De Blas	EBN President and representative of Spanish BICs BIC Euronova, Malaga (Spain)
	Lennard Drogendijk	EBN Vice-President and representative of Dutch BICs Business Development Friesland, Leeuwarden (Netherlands)
	Pascal Hurel	Vice-President and representative of French BICs CEEI Synergia, Caen (France)
	Joe Greaney	Representative of Irish BICs WestBIC, Galway (Ireland)
	Pietro De Martino	Representative of Italian BICs BIC Liguria, Genova (Italy)
	Patricia Dantas	Representative of Portuguese BICs CEIM-BIC Madeira (Portugal)
	Diego De Biasio	Representative of Luxemburg BICs Technoport, (Luxemburg)
	Luc Peeters	Representative of Belgian BICs Innotek, Geel (Belgium)
	Franz Glatz	Representative of German BICs Gate Garchinger Technologie-und Gründerzentrum, Garching bei München (Germany)
	Dimitris Karachalios	Representative of Greek BICs BIC of Attika (Greece)
	Attila Toth	Representative of Slovak BICs Novitech, Kosice (Slovakia)
	Stojan Gorup	Representative of Slovenian BICs Inkubator Sezana, Sezana (Slovenia)
	Geoff Riley	Representative of UK BICs Staffordshire and Black Country BIC (United Kingdom)
	Nicolas Rouhana	Representative of BICs from non-EU countries Berytech, Beyrouth (Lebanon)
	Pekka Jussila	Representative of Finnish BICs Hermia Business Development, Tampere (Finland)
	Matts Dunmar	Representative of Swedish BICs Ideon Innovation, Lund (Sweden)

Associate Members: 2 Directors

	Frank Salzgeber	European Space Agency (ESA)
	Nils Karlsen	BIC Mid Sweden