This page lists the current members of EFSA’s Management Board, providing key information for each member.
The Board is chaired by Aivars Bērziņš, supported by the Vice-Chair Pamela Byrne.
| Country / institution | Name and details | Position | Role | Institution of origin and position | Documents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ulrich Herzog Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Austria | Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Care, Health and Consumer Protection - Director of the Division Consumer Policy and Consumer Health - Chief Veterinary Officer | DoI, CV | |
| Josefine Sinkovits Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Austria | Austrian Federal Office for Food Safety - Vice-Director | DoI, CV | ||
 | Herman Diricks Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Belgium | Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) - Chief Executive Officer | DoI, CV | |
| Carl Berthot Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Belgium | Belgian Federal Public Service Public Health, Safety of the Food Chain and Environment - Head of Service - DG for Animals, Plants and Food, Foodstuffs and Other Consumer Products | DoI, CV | ||
 | Koycho Koev Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Bulgaria | Bulgarian Risk Assessment Center on Food Chain - Director | DoI, CV | |
| Gergana Balieva Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Bulgaria | Trakia University - Veterinary Professor | DoI, CV | ||
 | Darja Sokolić Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Croatia | Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food - Executive Director | DoI, CV | |
| Lidija Kozačinski Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Croatia | University of Zagreb - Former professor | DoI, CV | ||
 | Stelios Yiannopoulos Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Cyprus | State General Laboratory (SGL) - Cyprus - Former Director | DoI, CV | |
| Herodotos Herodotou Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Cyprus | Cypriot Ministry of Health - Head of the Health Services | DoI, CV | ||
 | Jindřich Fialka Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Czech Republic | Czech Ministry of Agriculture - Director General, Section of Food Production | DoI, Biography | |
| Martin Štěpánek Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Czech Republic | Czech Ministry of Agriculture - Director of the Food Department | DoI | ||
 | Tejs Binderup Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Denmark | Danish Veterinary and Food Administration - Deputy Director General | DoI, CV | |
| Henrik Dammand Nielsen Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Denmark | Danish Veterinary and Food Administration - Head of Division | DoI, CV | ||
 | Hendrik Kuusk Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Estonia | Estonian Ministry of Rural Affairs - Deputy Secretary General for Food Safety | DoI, CV | |
| Pille Tammemägi Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Estonia | Estonian Ministry of Rural Affairs - Head of the Food Safety Department | DoI, CV | ||
 | Marjatta Rahkio Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Finland | Finnish Food Authority - Director of Food Safety Department | DoI, CV | |
| Sebastian Hielm Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Finland | Finnish Ministry of agriculture and forestry - Food Safety Director | DoI, CV | ||
 | Benoît Vallet Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - France | French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) – Director General | DoI, CV | |
| Loïc Evain Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - France | French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty - Inspector General of Veterinary Public Health | DoI, CV | ||
 | Marie-Luise Trebes Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Germany | German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture - Head of Division for Food Control and Crisis Management | DoI, CV | |
| Dietrich Rassow Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Germany | German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection – Head of the Animal Health and Welfare Directorate | DoI, CV | ||
 | Antonis Zampelas Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Greece | Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) – President | DoI, CV | |
| George-John Nychas Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Greece | Agricultural University of Athens - Professor Emeritus | DoI, CV | ||
 | Szabolcs Pásztor Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Hungary | Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture - Chief Veterinary Officer | DoI, CV | |
| Beáta Czeglédi Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Hungary | National Food Chain Safety Office - Senior Adviser | DoI, CV | ||
 | Pamela Byrne Start term: | Vice Chair | Representatives of the EU Member States - Ireland | Food Safety Authority of Ireland - Chief Executive Officer | DoI, CV | |
| Geraldine Duffy Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Ireland | Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc) - Head of Food Safety Department | DoI, CV | ||
 | Ugo Della Marta Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Italy | Italian Ministry of Health, Directorate for Hygiene, Food Safety and Nutrition – Director General | DoI, CV | |
| Pierdavide Lecchini Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Italy | Italian Ministry of Health - Director General - Animal Health and Veterinary Medicines | DoI, CV | ||
 | Aivars Bērziņš Start term: | Chair | Representatives of the EU Member States - Latvia | National Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment (BIOR) - Latvia - Chair of the Scientific Board | Deputy Director on R&D | DoI, CV | |
| Jānis Ruško Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Latvia | National Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment (BIOR) - Latvia - Senior expert in chemical risk assessment | DoI, CV | ||
 | Egidijus Pumputis Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Lithuania | National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute of Lithuania - Director | DoI, CV | |
| Deividas Kliučinskas Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Lithuania | State Food and Veterinary Service of Lithuania - Director of Food and Veterinary Policy Department | DoI, CV | ||
 | Patrick Hau Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Luxembourg | Luxembourgish Veterinary and Food Administration (ALVA) – Deputy Director | DoI, CV | |
| Marc Weyland Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Luxembourg | ASTA - Ministry of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development - Luxembourg - Director | DoI, CV | ||
 | Ingrid Borg Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Malta | Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority - Director - Regulatory Affairs | DoI, CV | |
| Rudie Vella Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Malta | Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority - Director General (Technical Regulations) | DoI | ||
 | Ana Isabel Viloria Alebesque Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Netherlands | Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport - Team coordinator food safety at the Department of Nutrition, Health protection and Prevention | DoI, CV | |
| Marie-Ange Delen Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Netherlands | Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food – Coordinator Codex Alimentarius (NL) | DoI, CV | ||
 | Awaiting appointment | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Poland | |||
| Piotr Jedziniak Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Poland | State Veterinary Institute - National Research Institute in Puławy - Head of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology | DoI | ||
 | Ana Batalha Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Portugal | Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Senior Advisor - Directorate for European Affairs | DoI, CV | |
| Susana Pombo Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Portugal | General Directorate of Food and Veterinary – Director-General | DoI, CV | ||
 | Alexandru Nicolae Bociu Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Romania | Romanian National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority - President Secretary of State | DoI, CV | |
| Laszlo Csutak-Nagy Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Romania | Romanian National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority - Vice President | DoI, CV | ||
 | Awaiting appointment | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Slovakia | |||
| Martin Polovka Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Slovakia | VUP Food Research Institute - Slovakia - Director | DoI, CV | ||
 | Jernej Drofenik Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Slovenia | Slovenian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry - Administration for Food Safety, Veterinary and Plant Protection - Head of Plant Protection Products Unit | DoI, CV | |
| Ana Le Marechal Kolar Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Slovenia | Slovenian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Food and Fisheries Directorate - Director General | DoI, CV | ||
 | Isabel Peña-Rey Lorenzo Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Spain | Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) - Executive Director | DoI, CV | |
| Awaiting appointment | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Spain | ||||
 | Annica Sohlström Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Sweden | Swedish Food Agency - Director General | DoI, CV | |
| Kristina Granelli Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Sweden | Swedish Food Agency - Head of Science Division (acting) | DoI, CV | ||
European Parliament | Sanja Musić Milanović Start term: | Member | Representatives of the European Parliament | Croatian Institute of Public Health - Head of Health Promotion Division; University of Zagreb - Associate Professor | DoI, CV | |
| Astrid Thors Start term: | Member | Representatives of the European Parliament | Former Finnish Minister of Migration and European Affairs (2007-2011) - Former Member of the European Parliament (1996-2004) | DoI, CV | ||
European Commission | Claire Bury Start term: | Member | Representatives of the European Commission | Deputy Director General for food sustainability in DG SANTE | DoI, Biography | |
| Margaret Bateson-Missen Start term: | Member | Representatives of the European Commission | EC - DG AGRI - acting Director of Directorate AGRI.B – Sustainability / Head of Unit AGRI.B3 - Social sustainability | DoI | ||
| Klaus Berend Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the European Commission | Director of Directorate SANTE.E (acting) – Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation | DoI, CV | ||
| Awaiting appointment | Alternate | Representatives of the European Commission | ||||
| Floriana Cimmarusti Start term: | Member | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Consumers organisations - Safe Food Advocacy Europe (SAFE) - Secretary General | DoI, CV | ||
| Awaiting appointment | Alternate | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Consumers organisations - | |||
| Rebeca Fernandez Start term: | Member | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Industry organisations - FoodDrinkEurope - Director Food Policy, Science and R&D | DoI, CV | ||
| Dimitrios Ladikos Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Industry organisations - YIOTIS S.A. - Plant Director | DoI, CV | ||
| Annette Toft Start term: | Member | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Farmers organisations - Danish Agriculture & Food Council - Director of the Brussels' Office | DoI, CV | ||
| Maira Dzelzkalēja-Burmistre Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Farmers organisations - NGO Farmers Parliament - Vice-Chair | DoI, CV | ||
| Awaiting appointment | Member | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Environmental non-governmental organisations - | |||
| Awaiting appointment | Alternate | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Environmental non-governmental organisations - | |||
 | Janne Britt Krakhellen Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EFTA countries | EFTA Surveillance Authority - Deputy Director - Food and Veterinary Unit of the Internal Market Affairs Directorate | DoI, CV | |
| Karoline Mathisen Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EFTA countries | EFTA Surveillance Authority – Legal Officer - Food and Veterinary Unit of the Internal Market Affairs Directorate | DoI, CV | ||
 | Hrönn Ólína Jörundsdóttir Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EFTA countries | Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority – Director General | DoI, CV | |
| Sigurborg Daðadóttir Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EFTA countries | Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority – Chief Veterinary Officer | DoI | ||
 | Ingunn Midttun Godal Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EFTA countries | Norwegian Food Safety Authority – Director General | DoI, CV | |
| Ole-Herman Tronerud Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EFTA countries | Norwegian Food Safety Authority – Chief Veterinary Officer | DoI, CV |
Registry of activities of former members of the Management Board
In compliance with the provisions in EFSA’s Policy on Independence and in the Code of Conduct of the Management Board of EFSA, the Declarations of Interest of the former members of the Management Board are made publicly available for a period of two years from the end of their term of office as Management Board members.
| Name and surname | End term |
|---|---|
| Hanna Dufva | 8 February 2023 |
| Iñaki Eguileor | 30 June 2022 |
| Annelise Fenger | 23 January 2023 |
| Xavier Gabarrell i Durany | 12 July 2023 |
| Roger Genet | 30 October 2022 |
| Jitka Gotzova | 23 August 2022 |
| Eleni Ioannou-Kakouri † | 29 May 2023 |
| Zuzana Nouzovska | 4 December 2023 |
| Patricia Reilly | 23 August 2022 |
| Ana Rodriguez Castaño | 11 March 2024 |
| Apolline Roger | 10 January 2023 |
| Craig Simpson | 26 April 2023 |
| Mantas Staškevičius | 28 November 2022 |
| Katarzyna Stoś | 04 June 2024 |
| Svetlana Tcherkezova | 12 December 2022 |
Declarations of Interests: download