Governing Board
The Governing Board is responsible for the overall management of the EPC.
Composition
The Governing Board is responsible for the overall management of the EPC.
Chair
Former European Commissioner for Consumer Protection
Members
Executive Search,
Russell Reynolds Associates
Former European Commission Director General for Information Society and Media
Partner, COMPER Fornalczyk & Partners General Partnership;
former President of the Anti-monopoly Office in Poland
Chief Executive,
European Policy Centre
Secretary
Director,
King Baudouin Foundation
Former ambassador of Germany to the EU
Member of the Brussels Bar,
Chairman and Professor at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
Powers
The Governing Board is responsible for the management of the EPC and has all the associated powers.
However, powers relating to the day-to-day management of the EPC are delegated to the Chief Executive, who sits on the Governing Board ex officio and also acts as the EPC's Legal Representative.
The Board's main function, in practice, is to provide strategic direction to the EPC and to monitor and evaluate its operations and the implementation of the strategic plan.
The Chief Executive is accountable to the Board for the good functioning of the EPC.
Meetings
The Board meets three to four times a year.