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 Ana Isabel Viloria Alebesque.
Management board members
| 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 | |
 | Christine Romeyns Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Belgium | Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain - Chief Executive Officer | 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 - Advisor to the Director for Food Safety | 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, CV | |
 | Cecilie Solstad Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Denmark | Danish Veterinary and Food Administration - Deputy Director General | CV | |
| Henrik Dammand Nielsen Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Denmark | Danish Veterinary and Food Administration - Head of Division | DoI, CV | |
 | Triin Körgmaa Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Estonia | Estonian Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture - Deputy Secretary General for Food Safety | 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 | |
 | Appointment procedure ongoing | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - France | |||
| Loïc Evain Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - France | French Ministry for Agriculture, Agri-food 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 | |
| Katharina Kluge Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Germany | German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture - Head of Department Animal Health, Animal Welfare | 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 | |
 | Greg Dempsey Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Ireland | Food Safety Authority of Ireland - Chief Executive | 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 of the Border Inspection Post of Genoa | 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 | |
| Audronė Mikalauskienė Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Lithuania | State Food and Veterinary Service of Lithuania - Director | 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 of 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, CV | |
 | Ana Isabel Viloria Alebesque Start term: | Vice Chair | 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 | |
| Pascalle de Ruyter Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Netherlands | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature - Coordinator of the Food Safety Team | DoI, CV | |
 | Janusz Ciok Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Poland | Polish National Institute of Public Health - Expert on clinical matters | DoI, CV | |
| 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 | |
 | Martin Chudý Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Slovakia | State Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic - Director General | DoI, CV | |
| 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 | |
 | Andrés Barragán Urbiola Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Spain | Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030 - Secretary General for Consumer Affairs and Gambling. President of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN). | Biography, DoI | |
| Pedro Gullón Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Spain | Spanish Ministry of Health - General Director of Public Health and Health Equity | DoI, CV | |
 | Christina Nordin Start term: | Member | Representatives of the EU Member States - Sweden | Swedish Food Agency - Director-General | CV | |
| Kristina Granelli Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the EU Member States - Sweden | Swedish Food Agency - Head of Science Division (acting) | DoI, CV | |
 | 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 | |
 | Claire Bury Start term: | Member | Representatives of the European Commission | Directorate-General Health and Food Safety (SANTE) - Deputy Director General for food sustainability in DG SANTE | DoI, Biography | |
| Gijsbertus Schilthuis Start term: | Member | Representatives of the European Commission | EC - DG AGRI - Director of Directorate AGRI.B – Sustainability | DoI, CV | |
| Klaus Berend Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the European Commission | Directorate-General Health and Food Safety (SANTE) - Director of Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation | DoI, CV | |
| María Gafo Gómez-Zamalloa Start term: | Alternate | Representatives of the European Commission | EC - DG AGRI - Head of Unit B.3 – Social Sustainability | DoI, CV | |
| 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 | ||
| Appointment procedure ongoing | Alternate | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Consumers organisations - | |||
| Appointment procedure ongoing | Member | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Industry organisations - | |||
| 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 | ||
| Martin Dermine Start term: | Member | Representatives of the civil society and of the food-chain interests | Environmental non-governmental organisations - Pesticide Action Network Europe - Executive Director | DoI, CV | ||
| Appointment procedure ongoing | 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 | |
| Margrét Björk Sigurðardóttir 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 | |
| Appointment procedure ongoing | Alternate | Representatives of the EFTA countries | |||
 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Margaret Bateson-Missen | 30 November 2024 |
| Tejs Binderup | 22 April 2025 |
| Pamela Byrne | 1 March 2025 |
| Sigurborg Daðadóttir | 31 October 2024 |
| Marie-Ange Delen | 1 October 2024 |
| Herman Diricks | 14 July 2025 |
| Rebeca Fernandez | 16 January 2025 |
| Deividas Kliučinskas | 1 February 2025 |
| Hendrik Kuusk | 4 June 2025 |
| Karoline Mathisen | 13 August 2024 |
| Zuzana Nouzovska | 4 December 2023 |
| Isabel Peña-Rey | 10 February 2025 |
| Dietrich Rassow | 30 June 2024 |
| Ana Rodriguez Castaño | 11 March 2024 |
| Annica Sohlström | 31 May 2025 |
| Katarzyna Stoś | 04 June 2024 |
| Benoit Vallet | 15 November 2025 |
Declarations of Interests: download