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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Foundation is managed by a Board consisting of a maximum of ten members with candidates proposed by Non-profit Organisation (NPO) Affiliates and Industry Affiliates, a majority of which must be nominated out of the candidates proposed by NPO Affiliates.

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Mrs. 
PENILLA GUNTHER
PRESIDENT
(Sweden)

EUPSF President

Founder of FOKUS Patient® 

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Mr. 
PEDRO VIEIRA DOS SANTOS
VICE-PRESIDENT
(Portugal)


Respiratory Interventions
Commercial Director,
Western Europe at Medtronic

PD Dr.
MICHAEL WAGNER 
BOARD MEMBER
(Austria)



Medical University of Vienna

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Ms.
KIRA TOSBERG 
BOARD MEMBER
(Germany)


German Coalition for Patient Safety (APS)

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Mrs. 
DOINA CARMEN MAZILU 
BOARD MEMBER
(Romania)


The Order of Nurses, Midwives and Medical Assistants in Romania (OAMGMAMR)  

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Mr. 
JOSE LUIS GOMEZ
BOARD MEMBER
(Spain)


VP Public Policy and Advocacy Europe, Middle East and Africa, Becton Dickinson (BD) 

Mr. 
ANDREA RAPPAGLIOSI 
BOARD MEMBER
(Switzerland)


Senior Vice-President
Public Affairs EMEACLA
at Edwards Lifesciences

ADVISORY BOARD

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PD Dr. 
SVEN STAENDER
(Switzerland)

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Prof. Dr.
ADRIAN W. GELB
(USA) 

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Prof. Dr. 
EBERHARD F. KOCHS 
(Germany)

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Dr.
DAVID BORSHOFF
(Australia)

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Dr. 
NANCY REDFERN
(UK)

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Mrs.
CECILIA EDSTRÖM
(Sweden)

PAST PRESIDENTS

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PD Dr. 
SVEN STAENDER
(Switzerland)

2019-2022

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
HUGO  VAN AKEN
(Germany)

2013-2019

EUPSF SECRETARIAT

The EUPSF is based in Brussels, Belgium and the Secretariat is managed by TRASA.

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Mrs.
MIRKA ÄŒIKKELOVÁ
General Secretary
(Belgium) 

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Mr.
STEPHANE BOULANGER
Policy Advisor
(Belgium) 

Secretariat
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